Next meeting:

• Conference on the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans, Commission on Transportation
  23-24 October, Gdynia

Since 2001 the Commission on Transportation has held the following meetings:

• 21-22 October 2010, Gdynia (Poland), Road Safety Seminar
• 18-19 March 2010, Gdynia, Gdańsk (Poland)
• 4th April 2008, Gdynia (Poland)
• 28th September 2007, Pärnu (Estonia)
• 29 September 2006, Gdynia (Poland)
• 20-21 October 2005, Gdynia (Poland)
• 10-11 June 2004, Kaunas (Lithuania)
• 24-26 April 2003, Tallinn/ Paldiski (Estonia)
• 18 -19 April 2002, Riga (Latvia)
• 25-26 June 2001, Göteborg (Sweden)

Apart from annual meetings and seminars organised within those meeting, the Commission has until the present moment organised two separate bicycle seminars:

• 6-7 September 2004, Örebro (Sweden)
• 13-14 September 2002, Cēsis (Latvia)

Road Safety Seminar in Gdynia (Poland), 21-22.10.2010 

On 21-22.10.2010 the UBC Commission on Transportation organised a seminar in Gdynia: "What can we do to increase the road safety among children and young people?". The seminar was aimed at showing what measures can be taken to increase the road safety of children and the youth, what has already been done and what more could be undertaken to increase the general level of road safety. It was addressed to teachers, local government, non-governmental organisations, police as well as institutions dealing with road safety issues. Both national and foreign speakers had been invited to the seminar. The participants of the seminar learned the assumptions of the Swedish Vision Zero Initiative described by a representative of the Swedish Embassy in Poland. The basic rule of this Swedish approach to road safety is a conviction that no loss of life is acceptable. The Vision Zero approach has proven highly successful - Sweden has one of the world's lowest traffic-related fatality rates. The representative of the Gdansk of Technology presented the Polish Vision Zero - GAMBIT 2005 - 2013. The Polish and international associations, foundations as well as the Gdansk University of Technology, police and city guard informed the participants about the educational campaigns and actions aimed at increasing the road safety awareness among children and youth.

More information here

Speeches delivered at the seminar

• Activities of the Pomeranian Traffic Centre (12.14 MB)
• European Road Safety Charter (531.5 KB)
• Good practices on the road safety among children and youth (2.19 MB)
• Policy Orientations on Road Safety (865.5 KB)
• Safe Cycling SM Gdańsk (8.8 MB)
• Safety for everyone_educational programme_Renault Polska (4.38 MB)
• Safety of children on their way to school (8.85 MB)
• Vision Zero Initiative (6.03 MB)
• Safe way to school (1.93 MB)
• Activities of Gdynia police on traffic education (1.3 MB)

18-19 March 2010, Gdynia, Gdańsk (Poland)
Joint meeting of the Commissions on Energy, Environment and Transportation

More information here (25.5 KB)

Speeches delivered at the meeting

• Carina Aschan, Harsh climate needs soft measures (6.87 MB)
• Anna Clark, Carbon Aware Travel Choice (1.02 MB)
• Anders Franzen, Lake restoration and stormwater treatment (5.96 MB)
• Thorsten Geissler, Climate protection following the Summit of Copenhagen (2.01 MB)
• Bjorn Gronholm, Climate protection following the Summit of Copenhagen (2.01 MB)
• Håkan Samuelsson, Implementing the UBC Sustainability Action (1.44 MB)
• Mikko Jokinen, ”Stormwaters in focus –how to handle them in Turku” (2.51 MB)
• Piotr Kuropatwiński, Development Stages of Gdansk Cycling Policy (6.14 MB)
• Matti Lankiniemi, Storm water measures in Pori (3.43 MB)
• Dagmara Nagórka-Kmiecik, Solutions for Combating Storm Water in Gdańsk (6.78 MB)
• Sofia Ronström, Kalmar Science Park (712 KB)
• Tim Scheirs, Cycling policy in Ghent (4.26 MB)
• Stefan Windh, Smart Grids for Sustainable Future (1.51 MB)
• Katarzyna Hebel, Marcin Wołek, Gdynia public transport policy towards sustainability (928.03 KB) 

4th April 2008, Gdynia (Poland)

The Commission on Transportation organised a working meeting devoted to PRIMULA project preparation. The PRIMULA acronym stands for Policy Research for Integrated Modality towards Urban Long-term Achievements and the project’s objective is to find holistic and integrated solutions for urban transport in the field of reducing the need for transport, efficient urban personal transport and efficient urban freight transport. The meeting held in the Pomeranian Science and Technology Park in Gdynia was attended by representatives of 7 project partners: City of Turku, Transport & Travel Research Ltd. from London, Chalmers University of Technology, City of Poitiers and UBC Commission on Environment, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University as well as the representatives of UBC Commission on Transportation. During the meeting project application and further activities within PRIMULA were discussed.

28th September 2007, Pärnu (Estonia)

At the meeting held during the General Conference in Pärnu Mr. Wołek introduced the participants to the initiatives and activities of the Commission. He also encouraged the members to take part in the new undertaking of the TransCom, namely the Road Safety Contest. During the meeting the representative of Örebro (Sweden) presented a report on the implementation of the "Baltic Sea Cycling" project and the delegate of Rostock (Germany) acquainted the participants in the meeting with the "Baltic Cycling Network" project proposal. It was also decided that the next Annual Meeting of the UBC Commission on Transportation would take place in Szczecin in 2008.

Presentations:
Baltic Sea Cycling
Baltic Cycling Network

29th September 2006, Gdynia (Poland)

During the Commission's meeting in Gdynia the TransCom members reviewed recent initiatives, discussed future activities and the choice of the venue for next year's meeting. Apart from organisational matters, the participants were also provided with the information about the progress in the BUSTRIP Project. The meeting was combined with a seminar devoted to the question of transport system integration in the Baltic Europe as well as intelligent transport systems. Speakers from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany (Mr Ulrich Peters, Department of Railways/Public Trasnport, Ministry of Economy of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Region), Stockholm, Sweden (Mr Björn Dalborg, AB Stockholms Lokaltrafik, European Metropolitan Transport Authorities) and Tri-City, Poland (Mr Olgierd Wyszomirski and Mr Marcin Wołek, University of Gdańsk) presented the experiences of their regions connected with public transport planning and the integration of transport systems. Representatives of European Commission, DG TREN (Mr Keith Keen), Göteborg Traffic and Public Transport Authority (Mr Daniel Ulfheden) and University of Gdańsk (Mr Jacek Oskarbski) talked about the deployment and practical benefits of intelligent transport systems in EU.

20th-21st October 2005, Gdynia (Poland)

The 2005 Annual Meeting took place on 21st October. The focus of the meeting was on the change of Commission’s chairmanship. It was decided that the leadership would be shared by the cities of Gdynia (Poland), Mr Marcin Wołek being the Chairman and the city of Örebro (Sweden), Ms Carinne Lancereau being the Vice-Chairperson. During the meeting the work of the Commission under the leadership of Göteborg (Sweden) was presented by the former Chairperson, Ms Lisa Sundell and the future objectives and activities were discussed. The meeting was preceded by a Public Transport Seminar on Trolleybus Systems also held in Gdynia on 20th October and organised in cooperation with CIVITAS TELLUS project. Presentations were given by Mr Marcel Rommerts representing European Commission, DG TREN, Mr Guido Bruggeman from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Mr Klas Sörensson (Skånetrafiken) and Ms Leila Nielsen (Arriva) presenting the trolleybus system of Landskrona (Sweden) as well as Mr Bernt Nielsen, Director of Public Transport of Göteborg. The second part of the seminar included presentations of cities having a long tradition of developing and maintaining trolleybus systems: Lithuanian city of Kaunas (Mr Mindaugas Kucinovas), Romanian city of Bucharest (Ms Florin Dragomir) and Polish city of Gdynia (Mr Olgierd Wyszomirski and Mr Marcin Wołek).

6th -7th September 2004, Örebro (Sweden)

Between 6th and 7th September 2004 representatives of different cities from Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Sweden participated in a bicycle workshop organised in Örebro. This working meeting was addressed to bicycle planners from the Baltic Sea Region. During the meeting there was a presentation of Örebro as a “bicycle friendly city” and the National Road Administration presented a project of a 4km long bicycle route in the city centre. During the workshop such issues as bicycle network, need for single/double directed bicycle paths, safety, road signing, information, marketing and influencing behaviour were discussed.

10th -11th June 2004, Kaunas (Lithuania)

The 2004 Annual Meeting was held in Kaunas on 11th June. Representatives of 11 BSR cities participated in it. Apart from organizational matters, the issues of new areas of interest such as trolleybuses and parking places were discussed together with the question of the future change of Commission’s chairmanship. The meeting was combined with a seminar on European Transport Projects.

24th-26th April 2003, Tallinn/Paldiski (Estonia)

Representatives of 15 BSR cities attended the 2003 Annual Meeting of UBC Commission on Transportation held in Paldiski on 25th April. The meeting was preceded by a Mobility Management Seminar organised on 24th April in Tallinn. During the seminar the notion of mobility management was presented. There werediscussed such questions as incresed efficiency in transport systems, attractive transport solutions, attitudes and new forms of cooperation. Speakers from Tallinn, Göteborg and Malmö talked about practical examples of mobility management. A behavioral scientist presenting the questions of awareness raising and behaviour changes as well as a representative of Access-Eurocities talking about mobility management from a European perspective were also present at the seminar.

13th -14th September 2002, Cēsis (Latvia)

Delegates from 20 different cities in the Baltic Sea Region took part in the seminar organised in Cēsis. The meeting was devoted to cycling policy and bicycle route planning. There were speakers from national, regional and local level in Latvia presenting the Latvian Cycling Development Programme, the Cycle Route Network Development in the Riga Region and the Bicycle Transport Development Plan of Riga. There were also Scandinavian speakers from Copenhagen, Denmark as well as Örebro and Malmö, Sweden. The seminar was combined with bicycle excursions.

18th -19th April 2002, Riga (Latvia)

The 2002 meeting was organised in Riga between 18th and 19th April. It was attended by the representatives of 23 cities from 9 Baltic Sea Region countries. The meeting included a discussion on future work of the Commission and the efficient use of the network. It was combined with a seminar entitled Worst practice in managing public transport – mistakes we have made for others to avoid during which there were raised such questions as strategic planning aimed at facilitating efficient public transport, organisation of public transport and ways of financing investments and operating public transport systems. One session was also held together with the Commission on Urban Planning and its subject was the influence of transport planning on the creation of people-oriented public spaces.

25th -26th June 2001, Göteborg (Sweden)

During the meeting held in Göteborg between 25th and 26th June, the Commission discussed the priorities for its future activity. Representatives of 9 member cities from 6 countries were present at the meeting. The Commission decided then to focus on the role of city administration in meeting the challenges of sustainable mobility within the cities and methods for improving the conditions of cyclists and pedestrians as well as developing the management of public transport systems and exchange of information on the potential for mobility management tools to develop efficient, sustainable transport.