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Call for Papers for SIG10 Workshop on the Transferability of Urban Transport Policy Dear SIG10 member We invite you to submit an abstract for a Workshop on the Transferability of Urban Transport Policy to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden on the 18th April 2009. The focus of the Workshop will be to explore the issues surrounding the transferability of policy from one urban environment to another. It will complement a study being conducted for the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations by Tony May, Greg Marsden and Karen Frick, and a presentation will be given of their findings. The Workshop will consider issues such as: * What motivates a particular city to adopt a policy which has been successful in another city?; * What motivates a particular authority to want to share/promote its successes?; * What types of information cities look for from other cities when seeking to develop a policy?; * What benefits can be gained from research projects involving 'leaders' and 'followers' in terms of urban transport policy?; * What types of support specifically facilitate the consideration of policy transfer and what are the barriers to looking elsewhere?; * What lessons can be learnt from the implementation of particular policy instruments, such as road pricing, parking and travel plans, which is of relevance to other cities considering a similar cause of action?; * What role can awareness campaigns play?; * Examples of 'novel' policy innovations in evidence in a particular urban setting which might be suitable for transfer to other urban areas; * Socio, economic, political issues surrounding policy transfer; * Benchmarking of urban transport policy. The above is by no means exhaustive but is indicative of the areas likely to be covered. Papers on the experience with the implementation of specific policy instruments will be particularly welcome. The Workshop input can comprise case studies, examples of good practice and the experiences of unsuccessful policy transfer. The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) - Future Urban Transport (FUT) will be holding the 4th International Conference on Future Urban Transport, Gothenburg, 20-21 April 2009. The aim of the Conference is to arrange a meeting place for decision makers, private sector and academics in the field of urban transport. The day before, 19 April 2009, is reserved for an academic workshop for presenting the latest research on FUT. See http://www.fut.se/conferences/ The SIG10 Workshop on the Transferability of Urban Transport Policy will take place on the 18 April 2009 and is open to all SIG10 members whether they submit a paper or not. All SIG10 participants will also be invited to the academic Workshop and also the 4th International Conference, for which there will be a Conference Registration Fee. Important Dates: Deadline for submission of abstracts: 24 October 2008 Notification of accepted abstracts: 28 November 2008 Deadline for submission of full papers: 20 February 2009 The intention is to collate the papers from the Workshop into an Edited Book. Please email your abstract (maximum 700 words) giving title of paper, authors affiliation and issue to be addressed, to Stephen Ison at [log in to unmask] Kind regards Stephen Ison Chair of SIG10 Transport Studies Group, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1509 222605 Fax: +44 (0) 1509 223981 Email: [log in to unmask] Guenter Emberger Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering (TUW-IVV) University of Technology Vienna Vienna, Austria Phil Charles Centre for Transport Strategy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia