Transportation in urban areas, with its related environmental and social impacts, is a topic of significant concern for policymakers in both municipal and central government and for the urban citizens who need effective and efficient transport systems.

Urban transport systems require considerable studies to devise and then safeguard their operational use, maintenance and operational safety. Transportation systems produce significant environmental impacts and can enhance or degrade the quality of life in urban centres. The research goal to which the conference contributes is to devise and implement transportation systems that contribute to a sustainable urban environment through minimising the negative environmental impacts whilst improving the socioeconomic and cultural development of the urban environment.

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“MagLev trains are not just ordinary trains but wings that help mankind take another leap forward in the future”

(KIMM – Center for Urban MagLev Program)

Topics

• MagLev Development, Projects and Operational Results – High Speed

• MagLev Development, Projects and Operational Results – Urban MagLev

• Vehicle Levitation and Guidance

• Guideway and Infrastructure

• Economic Planning / Feasibility Studies

• Safety and Operational Control

• New Ideas on Levitating Device Applications

• Prospecting Ideas on Transportation Systems

• Propulsion, Linear Motors and Energy Supply

• Environmental Impact

• Magnetic Bearings

• Education

• Comparison of MagLev to High Speed Wheel and Rail Technology

• Other Related Topics

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Presented by IST in cooperation with KOMPASS, INIST and partners.

Post-Car Urbanism: Implications for Town and Airport District Planning

Auto-addiction brings high costs. This happens when we depend on cars for almost all aspects of everyday life. Airport land-sides become carbon hot spots. There are smarter solutions with Advanced Transit Networks. Citizens too are looking for better mobility options. This includes walking, biking, a dense network of quality transit and carsharing.

Conference Themes

• Revitalization of maturing suburbs and inner city neighborhoods
• Rationalization of airport clutter into airfront development
• Definition of the evolving range of ATN options including solar
• Innovative remote parking solutions, robo-valets, and urban infill
• How PPPs can finance and implement infrastructure projects.

Venues

Ice-breaker Wednesday, September 3, afternoon: Podcar Station Expo near Arlanda Airport, north of Stockholm

Thursday & Friday, September 4&5: Hotel Arlanda Radisson

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Advanced Transit Association Business Meeting

Kalorama on the lobby level of the Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue Northwest,  Washington, DC 20009

Agenda

8:00 pm Welcome and Introductions – Alain Kornhauser

8:10 pm Installation of Officers and Board Members for 2014

8:20 pm Appreciation for Board Members completing their terms

8:30 pm Keynote Speaker – Alain Kornhauser

8:50 pm Academic Research Council – Shannon McDonald

9:00 pm Strategic Direction Discussion for 2014

9:20 pm Treasurer’s Report, Tony Newkirk

9:25 pm Proposed Budget and Program

9:30 pm Adjourn

The 5th TRA conference will take place from 14th to 17th April 2014 in the famous Paris’s business district: La Defense. The theme of the 5th edition is “Transport Solutions: from Research to Deployement”.
This edition of TRA 2014 will for the first time be hosted together with other transport events, offering new views on several topics.

Thanks to its unique exhibition common to all joint conferences, TRA 2014 will also be a meeting place between researchers, practitioners, academia, industry, education and end-users, where we will exchange how best to use research results and steer future projects.

It is therefore with great pleasure that Paris throws its doors wide open, welcoming the 5th Edition of TRA 2014. Paris is looking forward to becoming for a few days the Transport Research Arena.

Come and meet us at the CNIT in Paris La Défense in April 2014.

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Passenger Terminal EXPO & CONFERENCE was founded in 1997. The event has grown to provide the most significant occasion for the airport and airline industries to debate current issues and form business relationships on a global scale. 3,500+ attendees from at least 85 countries are represented each year making this event a unique and rewarding experience for all concerned.

A world-class airport conference
Passenger Terminal CONFERENCE has firmly established itself as the most highly regarded airport terminal conference in the world. Industry leaders share their innovations, knowledge and insight through a comprehensive and diverse range of conferences. Attracting over 1,000 senior airport, airline, aviation authority, government and related business executives from all over the world, conference attendees gather to pool information, address concerns, solutions and exchange ideas for the future development of the airport industry.

Unrivalled terminal solutions exhibition
Passenger Terminal Exhibition provides an exceptional opportunity for visitors to experience the most wide-ranging display of products, services and technologies available for passenger terminals. 200+ exhibitors will be showcasing hundreds of innovations, advances and solutions to enhance efficiency, safety and the passenger experience at your airport.

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The spotlight theme for the 2014 TRB Annual Meeting is Celebrating Our Legacy, Anticipating Our Future. More than 30 sessions and workshops will focus on this theme, which reflects the last year of the Annual Meeting at the Connecticut Avenue hotels, where it has been for nearly 60 years, and the move to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in 2015. These spotlight theme sessions will be supplemented by 15 to 25 sessions and workshops on each of the following critical transportation issues: performance measurement, automated driving and connected vehicles, extreme weather events, and big data.

For more details visit the conference website.

ATRA’s Technix will be on Saturday, Jan 11 9:30-5pm.

The 2014 Technix will be hosted at the University of Maryland, Center for Advanced Transportation Technology in the first floor conference room. The building is a short walk from the College Park station to the WMATA metro. Exiting passengers should cross the highway to a cluster of industrial buildings (away from the main flow through a tunnel to the campus).

Parking map of the campus.

Registration is $35 for ATRA members, $55 for non-members. Registration includes light breakfast and lunch.

ATRA Member Registration:

Non Member Registration:

It is time to fundamentally rethink and redesign our transportation systems to adapt to the growing challenges of climate change and resource depletion. Solutions now exist and are under development that can move people and goods
faster, safer, and cheaper using only a fraction of the energy currently consumed in transportation. This Conference brings together the best thought
leaders, visionaries and leading edge companies who are working on sustainable transportation solutions.

Who Should Attend This Conference?
– Anyone who shares a passion for sustainable transportation
– Though leaders involved with innovative transportation ideas for last mile, medium distance, and long-range travel
– Inventors, researchers and educators working on new transportation technologies
– Business owners, manufacturers, and investors interested in the next wave transportation systems

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ATRA Industry Group (IG) is a separate legal entity working alongside and with ATRA to promote and provide objective information about advanced transit systems. ATRA IG’s emphasis is on fully-automated, market-ready, land-based transit systems capable of operating in a network and providing an improvement over traditional public transit means.

The Industry Group works closely together with the Advanced Transit Association, sharing the website for communication and board members to ensure a coherent and consistent focus and message. ATRA IG represents all advanced transit industry disciplines with a proven track record in advanced transit applications. Membership is therefore open to businesses and corporations experienced with applications of advanced transit.