Thursday, March 21, 2024
The World Bank HQ
Washington, D.C.

• Download the presentations from Session Two and Three here.

AGENDA

PARATRANSIT / POPULAR TRANSPORTATION DAY

SESSION ONE: 12:30 PM to 2:15 PM

Roundtable on Climate Finance and Funding
for Paratransit / Popular Transportation

• MODERATOR: Binyam Reja, Global Practice Manager, The World Bank

• A frank discussion (Chatham House rules) on the opportunities and challenges of using public and private investments and assistance to mobilize the privately provided, publicly serving local transportation services and systems to decarbonize transportation and achieve a just transition. Roundtable participants include representatives from development banks, multilateral finance institutions, private philanthropies, global NGOs, and transportation researchers.

• (Working lunch provided courtesy of Volvo Research and Educational Foundations)

2:15 PM to 2:30 PM Coffee Break courtesy of World Resources Institute

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SESSION TWO: 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM (US Eastern Time)

Case Studies in Improving and Decarbonizing Popular Transportation

• MODERATOR: Mustapha Benmaamar, Program Manager, SSATP

  With case studies from Mexico City, India, and Dakar. Featuring: Secretaria de Movilidad, Ciudad de Mexico; Volvo Research and Educational Foundations; the World Bank and World Resources Institute; Africa Transport Programme (SSATP); and, the International Transport Workers' Federation.

• Mexico City’s “Movilidad de Barrio” (Neighborhood Mobility) Strategies - with Fernanda Rivera, Director General of Transportation at the Mobility Secretariat of Mexico City (SEMOVI);

• Informal and Shared Mobility (ISM) in India: Linking Research and Policy Actions - with Dr. Rutul Joshi, Sr. Associate Professor, CEPT University;

• Financing the Electrification of Paratransit Modes: A 3-Wheeler Case Study from India - with Mansha Sehgal, Transport Specialist at the World Bank, and Chaitanya Kanuri, Associate Director for Electric Mobility at WRI India;

• The Senegal Bus Renewal Scheme: From 2005 to Today - with Simon Saddier, Urban Mobility Pillar Lead for the African Transport Policy Program (SSATP); and,

• Reactor: Alana Dave, Director of Public Transport, International Transportation Workers Federation

SESSION THREE: 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM (US Eastern Time)

Expanding Data and Tech for Finance and Climate in Popular Transportation

• MODERATORS: Dr. Jacqueline M. Klopp, Director, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia Climate School, and Ben Welle, Director, Integrated Transport & Innovation at World Resources Institute

  Featuring Stellenbosch University, Digital Transport for Africa, Transport for Cairo, International Transport Forum, and the Global Network for Popular Transportation

• Data and Planning for the Eventual Electrification of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Popular Transport - with Thinus Booysen, Professor in Engineering and Research Chair in the Internet of Things, Director of the MTN Mobile Intelligence Lab at Stellenbosch University;

• Advancing Emissions and Road Safety Data Collection in Lusaka, Zambia - with Mohamed Hegazy, Director and Co-founder of Transport for Cairo (TfC), and Tolga İmamoğlu, Senior Manager at WRI Türkiye;

• ITF Modeling Framework to Assess the Impacts of Measures to Decarbonize Urban Passenger Transport (provisional title) - with Stephen Perkins, Head of Research and Policy Analysis at International Transport Forum (ITF); and,

• Data Collection & Reporting Protocol for Informal and Shared Mobility (DCRP-ISM)- with Benjamin de la Peña, CEO of Shared-Use Mobility Center (SUMC) and Chair of Global Network for Popular Transportation (GNPT)