Welcome to the. 1st TEMPO Conference on Sustainable Transport: High-Speed Rail in Norway? Oslo, May 2010

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1 Welcome to the 1st TEMPO Conference on Sustainable Transport: High-Speed Rail in Norway? Oslo, May 2010 Lasse Fridstrøm Managing Director, Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) and TEMPO Project Manager

2 Transport and Environment Measures and POlicies A cooperation project funded by the Research Council of Norway and user partners 5 research partners og 12 public and corporate user partners Budget 35.6 mnok over 4 years ( ) = appr m 4. : 19/05/2010 Institute of Transport Page 2

3 TEMPO objective A gap exists between the perceived need for policy intervention in the transport sector and our knowledge on the real-world, end-of-chain environmental, economic and societal effects of the various policy measures available to governments. The main aim of TEMPO is to help fill this gap, i. e. to provide policy makers with the information needed for effective policy formulation. Implementation Market choices Cost effective measures Decoupling From governing to governance

4 TEMPO Tasks 1. Quantification of the climate impacts of technological opportunities and structural shifts 2. Travel demand modelling 3. Field experiments and behavioural economics. 4. Decision support tools for the greening of the freight transport sector. 5. Policy integration and implementation in view of institutional constraints and opportunities 6. Management, synthesis and dissemination 19/05/2010 Institute of Transport Page 4

5 TEMPO research partners Transportøkonomisk institutt (TØI) coordinator CICERO Centre for Climate Research Free University of Amsterdam Dept of Spatial Economics University of California, Davis Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS) Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Dept of Transport Engineering and Logistics 19/05/2010 Institute of Transport Page 5

6 TEMPO user partners Vegdirektoratet Jernbaneverket NSB Ruter AS Akershus fylkeskommune Vestregionen Framtidens byer Schenker AS Nor-Way Bussekspress Scania Norge Norge Automobil-Forbund (NAF) Transportbedriftenes landsforening (TL) 19/05/2010 Institute of Transport Page 6

7 Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary ENvironmental and Social Research CIENS is a strategic research collaboration between independent research institutes and the University of Oslo. A total staff of around 500 representing the natural sciences, technology, the social sciences, and economics will work together at the centre. The centre will build capacity to face the serious and complex challenges in the intersection between environment and society. Side 7

8 CIENS: integration and complementarity along two dimensions Side 8

9 The CIENS partners Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO) Institute of Transport Economics (TØI) Norwegian Meteorological Institute (met.no) Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research (NIBR) Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU) Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA) University of Oslo (UiO): Department of Geosciences, Meteorology and Oceanography Section Associate member Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) Side 9

10 Institute of Transport Economics Mission: To develop and disseminate transportation knowledge with scientific quality and practical application. Private, non-profit foundation per cent basic funding Contract research Some 70 researchers Interdisciplinary Side 10

11 About TØI Non-profit foundation Board members are appointed by the Research Council of Norway (3), the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications (3), and the TØI employees (2) Research staff 2008: 58.7 man years Turnover in 2008: NOK* million Equity capital as of 31 Dec 2008: NOK* 54.7 million (61 %) A partner of CIENS: Oslo Centre for Interdisciplinary ENvironmental and Social Research * US$ 1 = appr NOK 6.60 Side 11

12 Institute of Transport Economics 19/05/2010 Institute of Transport Page 12

13 Today s agenda (1) 11:00-12:30: Setting the scene Welcome and introduction by Lasse Fridstrøm, Managing Director of TØI and TEMPO Project Manager The Norwegian Government s efforts to assess the feasibility of offering domestic high-speed rail services by Eva Hildrum, Secretary General, Ministry of Transport of Communications A vision for intercity high-speed rail in Norway by Jørg Westermann, Director General, Norsk Bane High-speed rail concept for the Oslo-Bergen corridor by Jon Hamre, Director General, Høyhastighetsringen 12:30-13:30: Lunch 15:00: Coffee break 17:00: Coffee break Side 13

14 Today s agenda (2) 13:30-19:00: Learning from experience High-speed rail world-wide history, main characteristics and future prospects by Iñaki Barrón de Angoiti, Director of Passenger Department, Union Internationale des Chemins de fer (UIC) The economic assessment of intercity high-speed rail lessons from Europe by Ginés de Rus, Professor, University of Las Palmas Wider economic benefits of high speed rail by Lars Rognlien, Steer Davies Gleave High-speed rail in Germany by Johann Metzner, Head of Transport Policy Europe, Deutsche Bahn Past and future high-speed rail development in France: financing the infrastructure by Julien Brunel, Director of Public Policy, Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) High-speed rail operations in France: demand, service level and profitability by Jean-Francois Paix, Deputy Director, Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF) High speed rail in Spain by Dr. Marta Sánchez-Borràs, Centre d'innovació del Transport (CENIT), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 20:00: Dinner at D/S Louise Side 14

15 Tomorrow s agenda 08:45-09:00 and 10: : Coffee break 09:00-11:00: Planning for the future challenges and opportunities Assessing the market for high-speed rail by Marc Gaudry, Professor, University of Montreal High-speed rail the Swedish case by Per Kågeson, Professor, Centre for Transport Studies, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm The climate and environmental impact of high-speed rail by Holger Schlaupitz, Friends of the earth Norway The Norwegian high-speed rail assessment by Tom Stillesby, Project Manager, Høyhastighetsutredningen 11:00-13:00: Panel discussion 13:00-14:00: Lunch Side 15

16 From Thon Hotel Cecil to D/S Louise Side 16