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Taxis, the first on-demand transport system,
Urban mobility solution of the future

Scientific and technical conference
Lisbon, September 20-21 at the Gulbenkian Foundation

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Abstract case studies


Conferences

The problem of the taxi: half car, half public transport, growing needs, a swarm of responses

Lecture (french version) / Power point
Richard Darbéra, Scientific Director of the conference,researcher CNRS),/LATTS

Taxi and urbanity
Jacques Lévy, Director of the Chôros Laboratory, Lausanne

Taxi users: their habits, their new requirements
Taxis in London, Lisbon, Paris,Amsterdam, New York, survey with 2 016 users
Powerpoint 1 (french version) / Powerpoint 2
Nicolas Cardon, Director GfK CR France, Paris


The emergence of new demand
Round table led by Jérôme Monnet, Associate Professor IFU

Participants
Nicolas Cardon, Director GfK CR France, Paris; Joël Meissonnier, socio-anthropologist Galatasaray University; Caroline Dupuis, City of Paris; Howard Luke, Strategy Manager, Public Carriage Office, London; Matthew Daus, Chairman of the New York City Taxi and
Limousine Commission, New York;
Yang Guoping, Director of Administration Shanghai Dazhon group company; Monsieur Ferreira da Cunha, Ingeneer, Mobility and Land Transportation Institute, Lisbon
Matthew Daus

Changes in urban transport and taxis (French version)
Georges Amar, Head of the Forecasting and Innovation (RATP)

Improving public transport by integrating the taxi
Ronald J. Hartman, Senior Vice-President, Veolia Transportation,


Innovations in taxi services
Sessi on led by
José Manuel Viegas, Professor TIS.pt, Lisbon

New urban roles for the taxi
Brad Whittle, Senior Vice President,Veolia Transportation, Veolia

Taxi as a congestion reducing tool in Mumbai
Lecture / Power point
Bina C. Balakrishnan, consultant, Mumbai

New demands and new services, context and example of a pilot experiment
Lecture / Power point
Andrés Borthagaray, Executive Director, City of Buenos Aires
Julio F. Rearte, regulator for the City of Buenos Aires
Andrea Gutiérrez, researcher at the University of Buenos Aires, Geography Institute

An experience of taxi-based on-demand transport in the countryside (French version)
Jacques Poirson, consultant, Association TransAPT, Apt

Introduction of 81 taxis for people with reduced mobility within the Brussels Metropolitan Region (French version)
Michaela Popescu, Minister for the Brussels-Capital Region
Sabrina Cuypers, assistant

A profession dealing with innovation (French version)
Round table led by
Sylvain Allemand, journalist

Participants
Aziz Senni, Founder and Director of the ATA France network, Paris; Geoffrey Riesel, Chairman and CEO of Radio Taxi Group Ltd, London; Cyril Masson, Chairman of City Bird, Paris; Francesc Anglès, Vice-President of the firm Interfacom, Barcelona; Claude Arnaud, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Transport, Paris; Hubert J. Andela, Secretary-General of KNV Taxi, The Hague

Using taxis to bridge the gap between individual and collective transport
Lecture / Power point (Portuguese version)
José Manuel Viegas, Professor Tispt, Lisbon

Taxis: integrated and versa tile public transportation
Yngve Westerlund, Sr Consultant, MobistikUtveckling, Göteborg
Otto Cazemier, Chief Adviser, Mobicom, Zwolle

The march towards mobility centres in Europe’s cities (french version)
Richard Darbéra, Scientific Director of the conference,researcher CNRS,/LATTS
Angélique Almeida, student ENPC/IUP

Incorporating taxis into urban transport systems: a challenge for a policy of sustainable mobility
Round table led by
Jean-Marc Offner, directeur du Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés- LATTSFrançois Ascher, Chairman of IVM’s Scientific and Strategy Council

Participants
Chantal Duchène, Director-General GART; Oscar Figueroa, economist, Catholic University of Santiago de Chili; René de Beer, CEO Veolia Transport Netherlands; Alexio Picco, Project ManagerAMI, Genova; Nicholas Hanley, European Commission; Marcos Perestrello, Vice-Chairman of the Lisbon Local Council; Michel Delebarre, Chairman of the European Union Committee of the Regions


Case studies


The trade

The forgotten night of the Parisian taxi (French version)
Yves Jouffe, sociologist at LVMT

Taxi integration in Buenos Aires through the eyes of a union
lecture / Power point (Spanish version)
Claudio Palmeyro, Director General City of Buenos Aires

Moped -taxis and urban insecurity in northern Cameron , case study on the town of Ngaoundéré (French version)
Abdoulkarim Sadou, doctoral researcher, University of Ngaoundéré

New demand

Day -to -day mobility potential for an ageing population: potential for new “on - demand transport ” markets
lecture / Power point (French version)
Virginie Dejoux, doctoral researcher at the INRETS, Paris; Jimmy Armoogum, design engineer DEST/MEST/(INRETS, Paris; Yves Bussière, Professor University of Quebec; Jean-Loup Madre, Director of Research, (INRETS-DEST), Paris

Organized response

Improving access to Taxis: Meeting the needs of disabled and older people
lecture / Power point
Ann Frye, consultant IRU; Philip Oxley, consultant IRU ; Marc Billiet, IRU Permanent Delegation to the EU; Mary Crass, Principal administrator, ECMT, Paris; Donald Macdonald, Department for Transport, UK

Accesible Taxis : A new concept to be developed
Lecture / Power point (Portuguese version)
Carlos Pereira, National Institute of Rehabilitation, Lisbon

Spontaneous response

Underground taxis or tailored services: an original experiment. Case of Batna (Algeria)
Lecture / Power point (French version)
Farès Boubakour, University Professor, University of Batna

Mobility entrepreneurs: taxis and moto-taxis in Rio de Janeiro
Caterine Reginensi, Anthropologist, ENSAT
Sarah Wickenburg, Student ENSAT

The integration of “moped -taxis” into public transport in Cameron Government left behind by informal solutions: a potential solution to the problem of mobility and employment in sub-Saharan Africa
Lecture / Power point (French version)
Pierre Kamdem, PhD University of Paris 13; Célestin Kaffo, Basile Tatsabong, Geography Researchers (INC), Yaoundé; Louis Marie Diebo, FLSH, Department of Geography, University of Dschang

Collective taxi services in Morocco ’s big cities : an alternative to the failings of official transport
Lecture / Power point (french version)
Julien Le Tellier, Geographer CJB, Rabat

Moped -taxis in African towns south of the Sahara
Lecture / Power point
Lourdes Diaz Olvera, Didier Plat, Pascal Pochet, Researchers at ENTPE; Maïdadi Sahabana, Researcher at the Douala Urban Community

Integration between taxis and public transport

Collective taxis and moped -taxis : an intermodel pairing for better urban transport integration in Lomé
Lecture / Power point
Assogba Guezere, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Lomé

Pièges et conflits de l’intégration des taxis dans les systèmes de mobilité urbaine
Conférence / Power point (version anglaise)
Rosário Macário, professeur à l’Institut supérieur technique de Lisbonne

Istanbul : unusual uses that question the taxi as a transport method
Lecture / Power point (french version)
Joël Meissonnier, Socio-anthropologist Galatasaray University

The taxi, an integral part of a sustainable public mobility service
Lecture / Power point (French version)
Chantal Duchène, Director-General of GART), Paris

The inclusion of taxis into the main collective transportation system in Santiago de Chile (French version)
Oscar Figueroa, Economist University of Santiago de Chili

Taxis in Shanghai : pursuing quality of service
Pan Haixiao, Professor at the Tongji University in Shanghai

Around the world...

The moped -taxi, a diminishing transport method in the cities of Central and West Africa : the town of Garoua in Cameroon (French version)
Abdoulkarim Sadou, doctorant à l’Université de Ngaoundéré

Role and future of the collective taxi in Pondichery from the perspective of sustainable urban development (French version)
Jeanne Riot, Student at the University of Poitiers

Reforming the technical inspection system and licence management (French version)
Mark Van Horck, CEO SGS Auto Sécurité France

Taxi wars and the regulation of informal public transport in South Africa
Roland Lomme, Chair of Transportation CNAM, Paris

Technological response

Taxis : a versatile tool of dynamic , large scale on -demand transport
Lecture / Power point (french version)
Robert Clavel, Project Manager CERTU, Lyon

Parataxi! The potential for focused DRT (demand responsive transport ) to satisfy new demands outwith traditional bus services
Lecture / Power point
James Michael Cooper, TRi, Edinburgh

Learning lesons from implementation of flexible transport services and guidelines for further integration
Lecture / Power point
John D. Nelson, Professor University of Aberdeen

Evaluation of collective taxi systems by event -driven simulations (French version)
Eugénie Lioris, Doctoral Researcher (CERMICS-ENPC/ INRIA), Paris; Arnaud de la Fortelle, Researcher École des Mines de Paris/Inria, Paris ; Guy Cohen, Professor at the ENPC, Paris

Technology for taxis (Taxitronic)
Francesc Anglès, Vice-President of the firm Interfacom, Barcelona

Taxis of the future
Jean-Christophe Riat, PSA Peugeot Citroën
Christophe Cella, PSA Peugeot Citroën

Taxi rank design competition
BETi Project -
André João Matias de Sousa,
Ana Rita Silva e Emanuel Moita, Students at the Fine Arts University of Lisbon

Innovation , mised oportunities and deadends , a history of Paris taxis in the first half of the 20th century
Mathieu Flonneau, Lecturer in contemporary history, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 20th Century Social History Centre

Taxi service in Barcelonne’s urban area
Lecture / Power point (spanish version)
Miguel Angel Martin Lopez, Instituto metropolitano del taxi



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