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BYPAD: QUALITY STANDARD FOR CYCLING POLICY IN EUROPEAN CITIES AND REGIONS (final conference) Tartu (Estonia), 18-19 September 2008 You are a politician, an official from a local or regional government, a policy maker from a ministry, a policy adviser or advocate from a cycling user group? You are interested in improving the quality of your cycling policy? Then this international BYPAD seminar is your place to be! BYPAD (Bicycle policy audit) is an instrument for the evaluation of local and regional cycling policy and improvement of its quality. BYPAD has been developed, applied and continuously improved since 1999, with support from the European Commission. Meanwhile more than 100 cities and regions in 20 European countries are evaluating and improving their cycling policy, supervised by 34 certified auditors from these countries. BYPAD has become a European quality standard for cycling policy and a vital European network. We want to present the results and experiences of using the BYPAD-tool during the past 9 years. Representatives from local and regional authorities that have implemented BYPAD, are presenting their cycling policies and exchanging their experiences with BYPAD. Conference language: English www.bypad.org
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BYPAD: QUALITY STANDARD FOR CYCLING POLICY IN EUROPEAN CITIES
AND REGIONS (final conference)
Tartu (Estonia), 18-19 September 2008
You are a politician, an official from a local or regional government, a policy maker from a ministry, a policy adviser or advocate from a cycling user group? You are interested in improving the quality of your cycling policy? Then this international BYPAD seminar is your place to be! BYPAD (Bicycle policy audit) is an instrument for the evaluation of local and regional cycling policy and improvement of its quality. BYPAD has been developed, applied and continuously improved since 1999, with support from the European Commission. Meanwhile more than 100 cities and regions in 20 European countries are evaluating and improving their cycling policy, supervised by 34 certified auditors from these countries. BYPAD has become a European quality standard for cycling policy and a vital European network. We want to present the results and experiences of using the BYPAD-tool during the past 9 years. Representatives from local and regional authorities that have implemented BYPAD, are presenting their cycling policies and exchanging their experiences with BYPAD. Conference language: English
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PROGRAMME
Thursday 19 September 2008 09.00 Registration and Welcome Coffee
09.30 Welcome and introduction Margus Hanson, Deputy Mayor of the City of Tartu 09.45 Bicycle policy in Europe Tom Brijs, IMOB, UHasselt and Tim Asperges, Timenco
10.10 The role of Europe in cycling policy Bernd Decker, European Commission, EACI
10.40 Coffee break
11.00 Cycling policies and their effects (3 cases) Poland: Andrzej Piotrowicz, Piotr Kuropatwinski, PSWE Czech Republic: Radomira Pliskova, CDV Estonia: Ilmar Part, Estonian Green Movement 12.30 Lunch break
14.00 BYPAD – the method Ursula Lehner-Lierz, velo consult
14.30 BYPAD in practice – the approach and results of the BYPAD audit in Tartu Rein Lepik, Vänta Aga Cycling Club
15.00 Presentation of the BYPAD-certificates
15.15 What can we learn from other European cycling projects? SPICYCLES: Pascale van den Noort, Velo Mondial
16.00 Cycle tour in Tartu
19.00 End of the day
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Friday 19 September 2008 09.00 Coffee 09.30 Cycling policy: The role of the different policy levels – panel debate
Moderator: Prof. Tanos Vlastos, University of Athens
10.30 Cycle-friendly cities in practice – Examples from Finland Ville Volti, Linea COnsultans
11.00 The future of BYPAD Tim Asperges, Timenco and Gudrun Uranitsch, FGM-AMOR
12.00 Lunch break
13.30 Workshop: How to use European standards to improve the cycle infrastructure? Introduction and chair: Rein Lepik, Vänta Aga Cycling Club
16.00 End of the conference
Side-programme: A weekend in Estonia
Discover the beautiful south of Estonia
A bus trip will be organised in the region of South Estonia, one of the best tourism regions of Estonia. Departure is Saturday morning in Tartu. The night will be spend at the tourism farm Vaskna at a beautiful lake (http://vaskna.ee/#, see pictures at “galerii” button) close to Haanja, the highest points of the Baltic States. Sunday morning the trip goes to Otepää, where the start of the Tartu Bicycle Marathon can be watched. The tour will end in Tartu in the afternoon. It is possible that the bus brings participants further to Tallinn, where the late evening flights can be reached.
The price of this tour is 100 EUR, which includes - the bus trip; - accommodation at Vaskna farm incl. breakfast, - meals (dinner and 2x lunch) and drinks; - a sauna visit and other entrance fees; - the tour guide.
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Or take part in the Tartu bicycle marathon:
For further information visit: http://www.tartumaraton.ee/index.php?sisu=yritus_edasi&lang=eng&id=95. Preliminary registration is needed.
More information about Tallinn, Tartu, Estonia:
Tallinn http://www.tallinn.ee/eng
Tartu http://www.tartu.ee/?lang_id=2
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Estonia http://www.visitestonia.com/index.php?page=2, http://www.turismiweb.ee/en/
Cycling http://www.bicycle.ee/index.php?leht=17&keel=1
Accommodation http://www2.ehrl.ee/index.php?lang=2
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Tartu
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
The conference will take place at: Dorpat Convention Centre Soola 6 Tartu 51014 Telephone: +372 733 7191 E-mail: [email protected] www.dorpat.ee
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HOW TO REACH TARTU
By plane to Tallinn From Tallinn to Tartu (185km): Busses leave at Tallinn bus terminal (approximately 3km from airport) 2 to 4 times per hour (during the day). The bus terminal in Tartu is close to the conference venue and the hotel Dorpat. For the bus timetable visit http://bussireisid.ee/index.html?MENU=&KEEL=en. There is also a train connection between Tallinn and Tartu, but trains leave only a few times per day and stations are not so close by. http://www.edel.ee/files/arts/351/TlnTrt250508.pdf By plane to Riga There are more cheap flights to Riga. However, the journey from Riga to Tartu takes longer (250km). Busses from Riga airport to Tartu leave at 6.45 and 17.45 (http://www.eurolines.ee/files/Eurolines_graafikud_BALTI_eesti_297x210mm.pdf, last table) or at 18.20 (http://www.ecolines.net/index.php?s=83).
ACCOMMODATION
Rooms are reserved at: Hotel Dorpat (next to the conference centre) Single rooms for 49 EUR /night Double rooms for 32 EUR per person /night The rates are valid for 17.-19. September 2008 To book rooms, please contact [email protected] and mention the keyword BYPAD
LOCAL CURRENCY
The Estonian currency is the Estonian crown (Eesti kroon, EEK). 1 EUR = 15.65 EEK.
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REGISTRATION FORM BYPAD: QUALITY STANDARD FOR CYCLING POLICY IN EUROPEAN
CITIES AND REGIONS BYPAD Final Conference, Tartu, 18-19 September 2008
PLEASE RETURN THIS REGISTRATION FORM BY 04/09/08 TO
[email protected], fax: +32 2 500 5680 I will attend the BYPAD Conference. I will participate in:
The plenary session on 18/09/08. The cycling tour on 18/09/08. The plenary session on 19/09/08. The bus tour on 20-21/09/2008. I will pay the amount of 100 EUR in advance, after having received further
information approximately 4 weeks before the conference.
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FIRST NAME:
NAME:
POSITION:
COMPANY/ORGANISATION:
STREET: NR:
CITY: POSTAL CODE:
COUNTRY:
PHONE: FAX:
E-MAIL:
I am vegetarian:
yes no
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