Mendel, Luca, Andrew, Marco, Thomas, Guowen, Els, Jan, Paul and Wendy (minutes)
Roel (absent with apologies)
Agenda
- Short introductions
- Announcements
- Presentation (Andrew): Transition strategies for sustainable integrated transport in the Randstad
- Presentation (Jan): 'Densification' and infrastructure planning
Announcement
- Andrew will take over Els coordinating role for the coming year. Wendy will keep supporting with the website and whenever needed.
- Thomas has contact with Curtin and Melbourne, to build accessibility models, with aim to build one for polycentric region (OV-Randstad). Thomas arranging funds and Jan Scheuerer will be here in July but based out of Goudappel Coffeng. To ask for presentation opportunity.
- Thomas asked by APPM to participate in group to write about accessibility in Randstad, dealing with planning process and improvements.
- Luca was also involved in Spoorzoneontwikkeling group, possible lobby platform for TOD in Netherlands.
- Thomas doing research for railway development for North Holland, in contact with Paul and Wendy.
- Paul is organizing a workshop in Zaanstad for MRA and perhaps its good to join up efforts. City region has sensitivity towards spatial development. Rotterdam Blaak will be next workshop topic in September - trying to unravel the success factors and together with private stakeholders.
- Els is going to join a summer course on ex-ante method on evaluation process, followed by a conference in Aalborg, Denmark. Els to pass around information for the group on conference.
- Wendy will have an evaluation symposium in September for her research project and Leonie Janssen-Jansen will be her other supervisor. To add Leonie to join group.
- Andrew's research will probably have JG (from political science) as supervisor as his focus will also be based on transition theory. JG's group is interested in linking transition to transport/mobility issues.
- Mendel received email from TU Delft, if theme group would like to collaborate on workshops with TU Delft/YA from AESOP/practitioners. Brainstorm & proposals are welcomed.
- Martin de Jong is comparing land use planning and decision making (NL vs China) - role of culture in decision making (Institutional transplantation) in Delft at 15:30 on 29th June.
- COST action funding approved. COST Project: cross country networking fund. Research will be linked and possible collaboration and publications. Build up for EU funding. Based from AESOP Transport Planning group for YA. Workshops will be held on current accessibility measures used to support land use planning. Partners: 10 countries, open to others now. Structure of workshop to be homogenous and use results for publication.
- Post doc advertisement closed this week. All application will be vetted by Marco and Thomas. Appointment has to be soon and for 2 years. International candidate who can easily integrate, possibly participate in new proposals.
- Application ongoing for NWO sustainability for cities with W. Salet and TU Eindhoven.
- Kevin Chung - visiting researcher from John Forester has arrived. He will do something in Almere.
- Possible post-doc from China, but financial issues. Similar topic to Guowen.
- Carey Curtis will spend sabbatical in 2010 here with group. Luca might join her in Perth for collaboration in 2011. Closest group to us in terms of topic and approach.
- Many of the group will be in AESOP in Finland this July. Luca will chair transport track. 10 min presentation and 20 min discussion. Each session is chaired with moderator. There will be transport planning round table at event but possibly coupled with the Airport City excursion. Interesting papers should be put on blog. Luca can send Thomas program of track.
- World conference on Transport in Lisbon, Portugal. Andrew, Marco and Mendel.
- CVS congress deadline.
