Mobility Management and Commission meeting

Mobility Management seminar and Annual meeting of the Commission on Transportation took place in Tallinn and Paldiski on 24-26 April 2003.

The Commission on Transportation has in the initial stage focused on three large areas in order to encourage sustainable transport solutions, public transport, cycling and mobility management. The prior meeting treated public transport and cycling, and now it was time for mobility management.

The 24^th of April 2003 the Commission arranged a mobility management seminar in Tallinn, to discuss and exchange ideas about mobility management-tools to develop efficient, sustainable transport habits. 35 participants from 15 different cities attended the seminar.

The concept of mobility management is still rather unknown for many people. At the seminar, mobility management was presented as a complement to an already existing infrastructure. Questions concerning increased efficiency in transport systems through new technique, attractive transport solutions, attitudes and new forms of collaboration were treated. The speakers from Malmo, Tallinn, Goteborg and Helsinki talked about practical examples of mobility management. There was a behavioural scientist treating the questions about aware-ness raising and behaviour changes and a representative from Access-Eurocities speaking about mobility management from a European perspective.

On 25 April, an Annual Commission Meeting was held in Paldiski. The participants discussed how the commission can work and how to use the network as efficient as possible. The conference ended with a sightseeing tour the 26^th of April in the city of Tallinn. Next activity on the agenda is a meeting in connection with the General Conference in Klaipeda in October.