Sustainable Mobility
Atelier Mobilite Durable

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This conference on sustainable mobility has been organised by Rhônalpénergie-Environnement (RAEE) and the Rhône-Alpes Region within the framework of the European project ClimactRegions.

Transport is the sector that most emits carbon dioxide (26% of GES emissions in France, 34% of carbon dioxide*). Road transport remains the principal responsible for these numbers. Technical advances, together with an increasingly restrictive regulation, have made vehicles less fuel-consuming and less polluting. But if vehicles consume and pollute less, road traffic, on the other hand, increases. Thus global carbon dioxide emissions by road transport have remained around 130Mt since 2001 (17% above their 1990 level*). It is then necessary to take action over urban and interurban traffics in order to regulate their growth. This issue naturally falls into the scope of the European project ClimactRegions, as it aims at feeding regional policies of fight against greenhouse effect.

The conference « Sustainable mobility: regions in action » will gather the European partners of the project who will talk about their experiences and give examples of good practice that have been initiated. The conference will deal with three concrete leads aiming at acting on transport to reduce greenhouse gas emissions:

• How to reduce transports in urban areas.
• Tools to develop sustainable mobility in rural areas.
• Alternative engine types and fuels.

The conference will be attended to by Benoît LECLAIR, Vice-president of the Rhône-Alpes region in charge of energy and climate.

Translations: There will be a simultaneous translation English / French.

Registration: Online registrations on Rhônalpénergie-Environnement’s website: http://www.raee.org/reunions/ - Requested password: CLIMACT

Venue: Best Western Hotel Charlemagne, 23 cours Charlemagne 69002 LYON, France

 Conference Programme (14:00-16:00)

• 14:00 - The scopes of sustainable mobility. Jacques LEGAIGNOUX, regional direction for transports
• 14:30 - Transport and town planning: « the  chrono-urban development ». Gabriel JOURDAIN, Town planning agency (Grenoble)
• 15:00 - Questions
• 16:00 - Sustainable mobility in rural areas. Augustin PESCHE, MOPI, Mobility agency in rural area
• 16:30 - Alternative fuels (overview, charter for organo-fuels) and electric vehicles. Laurent Cogérino, RAEE
• 17:00 - Territorial strategy at regional level as regards sustainable mobility: experience of the Spanish Basque country.
  Jose LOPEZ, Ente Vasco de la Energia, Spain
• 17:30 - Questions
• 18:00 - Conclusion. Benoît LECLAIR, Vice-president of the Rhône-Alpes region in charge of energy and climate