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The annual conference of the Citizens' Network Benchmarking Initiative took place in Brussels on 25 February 2002.

The conference aimed to:
    1. Present the results of the common indicators (general assessment of performance)
    2. Highlight the activities and findings of the thematic working groups (benchmarking in detail)
    3. Provide an outlook on future activities of the Citizens’ Network Benchmarking Initiative

Representatives from various different organisations and institutions took part, such as:
     Local and regional authorities
     Regional representations in Brussels and EU liaison offices
     European Commission and other EU institutions
     International organisations, user groups and associations
     Transport operators, manufacturers and service providers
     Experts, consultants and academics working in the field of local mobility

Conference Presentations

Note: The downloads are in PDF format

Keynote speech
- Kevin Leydon, Head of Unit, Clean Urban Transport, European Commission DG Energy and Transport - download, 117 Ko

The Citizens' Network Benchmarking project in the period 1998-2001 - Juan Moreno Acedo and Jose Riesgo, European Commission DG Energy and Transport - download, 201 Ko

Presentation of the Citizens' Network Benchmarking Initiative 2001 - Henry Britton, Project Management Office - download, 111 Ko


Benefits and experiences for participants
- Roundtable discussion with representatives of the authorities and transport operators that are taking part in the project 

Moderator: 
Hillary Howatt, Strathclyde Passenger Transport - download introduction, 54 Ko

Participants:
Irvine Lavery, Translink Northern Ireland - download, 121 Ko
Jean-Michel Ratron, EFFIA (Clermont-Ferrand)
Luca Mora, METIS-Consiel group for the Emilia-Romagna Region - download, 962 Ko
Alice Simonickova, District of Liberec

Plans for the future - Juan Moreno Acedo, European Commission DG Energy and Transport - download, 80 Ko


Results of the self-assessment survey on the performance of local and regional transport systems in Europe (common indicators, 1990-2000)
- Kai Dahme, Project Management Office - download, 1559 Ko


Results of the working groups
- Chair: Henry Britton, Project Management Office - download introduction, 89 Ko

Working group on accessibility and needs of different user groups - Rudolf Barth, German rail users' association - download, 391 Ko

Working group on interchanges and intermodal transport - Mark Finer, METRO West Yorkshire, Erik Lachmann, FAV Berlin and Jan Kasik, DHV CZ - download, 1248 Ko

Working group on quality and contracts in public transport - Jochen Schneider, State of Brandenburg - download, 505 Ko

Working group on public transport (marketing / soft measures, clean technologies) - Paul Cook, Cambridgeshire County Council - download, 4.3 MB

Working group on the citizens' perception of local transport (opinion survey) - Mohammed Haider, Nottingham City Council and Seppo Hanste, YTV Helsinki - download, 122 Ko

Working group on information systems and smartcards (ITS) - Paul Riley, PPU-Babtie CZ - download, 1761 Ko


Plenary debate: How can benchmarking support the exchange of best practice in the field of urban and regional transport? - Chair: Yves Mathieu, OGM

The NATCYP national cycling policy benchmarking survey - Olly Hatch, Vélo-Mondial - download, 1401 Ko

The EUSLand project on local transport benchmarking - Jean Louis Graindorge, Urba 2000/Impacts

UK local cycling policy best value benchmarking - Tony Russell, CTC - download, 84 Ko

Input to common discussion by all conference delegates on five key questions - download questions, 30 Ko

Conclusions - Rapporteur: Pascal Vincent, Certu

Conclusions - Juan Moreno Acedo and Jose Riesgo, European Commission DG Energy and Transport


The programme of the conference can be downloaded here:

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