Stockholm April 27, 2007
Seminar on implementation of congestion charging
May, 30, 2007
Location:Â Â Â Â Â City Conference Centre, Drottninggatan 71 B, Stockholm, Sweden
Final program
09.30-10Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Coffee
10-12 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Welcome and introduction
Dr Lena Smidfelt Rosqvist – Programme director TransportMistra
The Story of the Stockholm Congestion Charging Trial
Dr Muriel Beser Hugosson – former Project Manager at the Congestion Charge Secretariat, Trivector Traffic
Congestion charging in London
Ms. Lucinda Turner – Policy Manager - Congestion Charging
Public Acceptability of Road User Charging: The Case of Edinburgh and the 2005 Referendum
Mr. Martin Gaunt, Steer Davies Gleave &
Mr. John Saunders, involved in developing the congestion charging scheme for Edinburgh
“How Oslo is about to failâ€: The case of Oslo, Norway.
Mr. Arvid Strand, The Institute of Transport Economics
12-13Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Lunch
13-13.30                              Urban pricing – how, why, when?
Dr Karin Brundell-Freji – from the Expert evaluation committee for the Stockholm trial
13.30-14.30Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Workshops on implementation issues
In different workshops the practitioners and the researchers will exchange experiences on implementing measures such as congestion charging. Success and failure will be scrutinised, and the driving forces for or against such measures will be discussed.
14.30-15Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Coffee
15-16Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Workshops on implementation issues
16-17 Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Summary and conclusions of the workshops
Plenary discussion