FACULTÉ DES LETTRES, DES SCIENCES HUMAINES, DES ARTS ET DES SCIENCES DE L’ÉDUCATION

public lecture in luxembourg

the challenges ofSustainable mobilityDavid banister, claude Wiseler

thursday, 30th may 20h00 carré rotondes 1, rue de l’Aciérie | L-1112 Luxembourg

David Banister is Professor of Transport Studies at the School of Geography and the Environment, Director of the Transport Studies Unit, and a Fellow of St Anne’s College. Until 2006, he was Professor of Transport Planning at Uni-versity College London. He is currently the first Benelux BIVET-GIBET Transport Chair (2012-2013). He has authored and edited 23 books and published more than 250 papers in international refereed journals, and a further 300 pa-pers as book chapters, reports and conference papers.

Claude Wiseler is Minister for Sustainable Development and Infrastructures of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and thus responsible for the country’s transport policy. His intervention will complement the lecture of David Ban-ister and will present the Luxembourgish strategy of “Sustainable Mobility / Mobilité durable”. This strategy was introduced in Spring 2012. It aims at providing significant improvements in the transport and mobility system, both strengthening soft modes of mobility and also making motor transport more environmentally and socially sustain-able.

The achievement of sustainable mobility has proved to be elusive, as travel has continued to increased, and as both energy and emissions have grown. This presentation will examine the factors behind this growth with evidence taken mainly from the EU, identifying both positive and negative trends. The potential for transition to a low carbon future is identified, and the main components of sustainability identified. Three new issues are identified – the optimal use of available capacity, sharing rather than ownership, and transport as a service – and the opportunities for sustainable urban mobility are outlined. But for longer distance travel the opportunities are less apparent, and as this is where travel growth is continuing to increase the goal of sustainable transport may continue to be elusive.

Jointly organised by UL, BIVEC-GIBET, the Benelux Interuniversity Association of Transport Researchers and the Luxembourgish Foundation for Architecture and Engineering (Fondarch). With support granted from the MDDI.