EcoMobility Dialogues 2015

5 – 9 October 2015 Johannesburg, South Africa Part of the EcoMobility World Festival 1 – 31 October 2015

4 October- Official opening Streets Alive #Jozi we r 1 The Festival will officially begin with the opening of the streets between the Sandton CBD and Alexandra

5 – 8 October EcoMobility Dialogues A series of dialogues focusing on how cities can advance sustainable and low carbon urban mobility 9 October Mayors’ EcoMobility Ride

11 October Road Safety Family Day A range of activities for families to participate in to raise awareness 17 – 18 October Sports tournament 24 October Street Carnival 25 October Discovery Duathlon 31 October Closing ceremony Battle of the DJs and fan park for Rugby World Cup Final Month-long: EcoMobility World Exhibition

EcoMobility Dialogues 2015, a part of the EcoMobility World Festival 2015, will be a five day event in which thought leaders, decision makers and implementers of innovative forms of sustainable urban mobility meet and discuss the future of urban mobility.

Solutions will be sought to reduce the dominance of private automobiles in cities and to build an urban transport system that meets the needs of residents while minimizing energy consumption, emissions, material use and space requirements.

The EcoMobility Dialogues will be hosted by the City of Johannesburg and organized in partnership with ICLEI from 5 - 9 October 2015. Various pre- and post-events are being planned together with partners of the Dialogues such as workshops and an exhibition.

Within the EcoMobility Dialogues the “Cities Declaration on Low Carbon Transport” will be signed by participating local mayors arising of a Leaders’ Roundtable on Transport and Climate.

The dialogues will end with an International Press Conference and the Mayors’ EcoMobility Ride where Mayors and city leaders shall parade the Festival area on EcoMobile vehicles.

EcoMobility Dialogues 2015 The EcoMobility World Festival 2015 at a glance

The EcoMobility Dialogues 2015: The Dialogues are categorized into four parts to allow participants to learn and address the transport issues most relevant to them.

Technical experts will share their expertise and experience to impart Workshops: information on state-of-the-art practices to address issues on topics such as transport and climate change, transport demand management, clean vehicles.

Stakeholders, practioners and academics will have an Stakeholder Dialogues:opportunity to enage on burning issues in urban mobility and explore good practices to address these issues. Panel discussions, case study presentations and keynote presentations form these dialogues.

Decision-maker Dialogues: Mayors, local leaders and policy makers, heads of transportation, urban planning, and climate policy departments, and other key implementers of innovative sustainable urban transportation solutions will share their experience in implementing EcoMobility. A Leaders’ Roundtable on Road to Paris: Transport and Climate Change will be an impetus for “Cities Declaration on Low Carbon Transport” a message from leaders to the UN Climate Conference (COP21) in Paris in December, 2015.

There will be two public dialogues or Imbizos (as Public Dialogue/Imbizo:known in South Africa). The first will be an opportunity for citizens to raise questions on issues of EcoMobility which will be answered by the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg and other international leaders and experts. The second Public Dialogue/ Imbizo will involveinvited Mayors from around the world to talk about initiatives their own cities which promote EcoMobilty.

09:00 – 12:00

Transport Demand Management workshop (in partnership with GIZ) This one day workshop on Transportation Demand Management (TDM) is targeted at local decision makers and practitioners who want to learn the basics of TDM strategies and explore the implementation options in cities. The main themes will include parking management in cities and economic instruments such as congestion pricing and electronic road pricing.

Achieving Clean Bus Fleets workshop (in partnership with C40)

Reshaping Cities for EcoMobility: Strategies and Tactics This daylong dialogue will focus on how to reshape the urban built environment to accommodate EcoMobility. Experts will also present case studies from various parts of the world on how changes in urban form affect mobility. This dialogue will also explore tactical urbanism; short term interventions by citizens usually at small scale that aim to promote more spaces for the people and revert car oriented cities and what is the appropriate balance between such measures and longer term planning.

07 October 2015, Wednesday Stakeholders Dialogue Achieving and enabling EcoMobility: New and shared forms of mobility This daylong dialogue will focus on exploring how shared mobility can contribute towards an integrated transport system in developing countries in general and South Africa in particular. The advent of shared mobility especially bike sharing, car sharing, carpooling and e-hailing are inevitable in cities. These concepts also introduce new vehicle types including innovative human-powered and/or electric vehicles. Cities have different takes on the concepts and various business models exist. While some cities have embraced the new concept some are either hesitant or unacquainted with certain schemes. This dialogue will also focus on the role of shared mobility in promoting EcoMobility.

06 October 2015, Tuesday Stakeholders Dialogue

Workshops 05 October 2015, Monday

08 October 2015, Thursday Stakeholders Dialogue Making the commuting decision safe, sustainable and popular Many countries have invested significantly in public transport infrastructure such as BRTs (Bus Rapid Transport) or dedicated cycle lanes. However this is often insufficient to convince car owners to change their commute decision, especially for work and school trips. This dialogue will explore what is necessary to change commuter behaviour. The dialogue will touch on the role of technology, fashion and wellness opportunities to create a critical mass needed to support government led initiatives.

09:00 – 17:00

This one-day workshop will outline the opportunity for cities to shift to clean bus fleets, provide an overview of available technology options, opportunities for discussions with industry stakeholders and initiate the process of building a global picture of urban bus fleets. The workshop will also provide city officials with a chance to discuss common challenges, and agree ways of moving forward collectively.

09:00 – 17:00

09:00 – 16:30

09:00 – 16:30

09:00 – 16:30

Technical Experts Meeting on Road to Paris: Transport and Climate Change A Technical Expert Meeting will be held to discuss and develop a proposed draft declaration that will cover topics such as the role of climate financing, harmonizing planning approaches, tools and implementing procedures, and setting robust institutional framework.

Public Dialogue/ Imbizo

Leaders’ Roundtable on Road to Paris: Transport and Climate Change

Mayors and other local leaders from cities as well as international transport and sustainability leaders will gather to review for adoption of the “Cities Declaration on Low Carbon Transport”.

Expert Dialogue

Mayor of Johannesburg and experts Answer Residents A public event to raise questions on issues of EcoMobility which will be answered by the Executive Mayor of Johannesburg and other international leaders and experts.

Contact for further information: EcoMobility World Festival 2015 Team

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Kaiser-Friedrich-Str. 7 53113 Bonn, Germany

E: ecomobility.festival@iclei.org T: +49 228 976 299 54 F: +49 228 976 299 00

07 October 2015, Wednesday

09:00 – 16:30

Decision-maker Dialogue 09:00 – 16:30

08 October 2015, Thursday

06 October 2015, Tuesday

17:00 – 19:15

International Press Conference and release of the “Cities Declaration on Low Carbon Transport”

Decision-maker Dialogue 09:30 – 10:30

09 October 2015, Friday

Mayors’ EcoMobility Ride

On this day, Mayors and city leaders will parade the Festival area on EcoMobile vehicles and have the possibility to have individual media appearances and interviews to share their experience and views on the EcoMobility World Festival 2015.

11:00 – 13:30

Featured speakers: Ethan Kent Senior Vice President, Project for Public Spaces PPS, USA Carlos Felipe Pardo Executive Director, Despacio, Colombia Timothy Papandreou Director, San Francisco’s Municipal Transit Agency, USA Naureen Kabir Director, New Cities Foundation, France

Public Dialogue / Imbizo 07 October 2015, Wednesday

International Mayors Demonstrate Commitment to EcoMobility In this public event, mayors from around the world will share outstanding policies and achievements in EcoMobility and sustainable urban transportation around the world.

09:00 – 16:30