National Days of Urban Transport in Jordan – A short report

The
National Days for Urban Transport, organized in partnership with AFD, Euromed RRU, the CMI and the CEREMA took place from the 26th to 28th October 2015 at the Jordanian Ministry of Transport in Amman. They stimulated fruitful discussions between the jordanian urban mobility stakeholders at the local and national level and international experts. More than 100 persons attended the event, including local and national decision-makers and experts, representatives from transport operators, funding agencies, NGOs, university professors etc.

The various perspectives brought by the speakers and the followed discussion enabled to bring to light the main challenges to be overcome as well as some stress points to be taken into account: the need for a cross sectoral national strategy for urban mobility and the need for appropriate governance structures; the definition of a relevant institutional framework for urban mobilty improvement in the cities of Irbid and Zarqa, in which mobility represents a crucial issue, as well as the need for strengthening these cities’ capacities for action on the technical, institutional and financial side; the definition of financing models for urban mobility that would be adapted to the Jordanian cities’ needs.

The Minister of Transport who opened and closed the event confirmed her Ministry’s commitment towards the elaboration of a roadmap for a sustainable urban mobility in Jordan, with the support of international partners.

The speakers’ presentations are available below.

A more detailled report of this event will be available early 2016.

Monday, October the 26th

OPENING CEREMONY

• Lina Shbeeb, Her Excellency the Minister of Transport, Jordan – Opening speach [EN]
  
• Akel Biltaji, His Excellency the Mayor of Amman, Jordan (cancelled)
  
• Mehmet Duman, Secretary General of UCLG Mewa, Turkey – Presentation [Arabic]
  
• Serge Snrech, Director of AFD Amman
• Martin Stucki, Urban Transport Key-Expert, EuroMed RRU Project
• Julien Allaire, Executive Manager, CODATU – Allocution d’ouverture [EN]

SESSION 1 – STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES FOR URBAN TRANSPORT IN JORDAN

Moderator: Gerald Schroeter, Transport expert, GIZ – Jordanian Ministry of Transport

• Marwan Al-Humood, Director of LTRC – Development of Urban Transport System in Jordan [EN]
• Ayman Smadi, Director of the transportation and traffic management, Greater Amman Municipality – Sustainable Urban Transport : Amman’s Context [EN]
  
• Said Ziane, General Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Morocco – Réforme institutionnelle et financement des transports publics au Maroc [FR] – Arabic Version

SESSION 2 – INTEGRATED URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS

Moderator: Martin Stucki, Urban Transport Key-Expert, EuroMed RRU Project

• Mohammad Armouti, Head of Zarqa traffic department – Challenges of Landuse and transportation plan integration – Road management and terminal facilities implementation [EN]
• Abdelrahim Alwraikat, Manager of the Public Transportation Operation Department, Greater Amman Municipality – Residential Neighbourhood services – Internal services and feeders [EN]
• Ilker Bektas, Transportation Systems Development Specialist, IETT, Istanbul, Turkey – Istanbul electricity, tunnel and tramway general directorate [EN]

CONCLUSIONS OF THE FIRST DAY – Julien Allaire [EN]

Thuesday, October the 27th

SESSION 3 – GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION OF URBAN TRANSPORT

Moderator: Martin Stucki, Urban Transport Key-Expert, EuroMed RRU Project

• Wesam Tahtamony, LTRC – Public Transport Master Plan / Case of Jerash [EN]
• Hassan Akour, Head of the traffic department of the Greater Irbid Municipality – The Case of Irbid and the issues of P.T. Management and Regulation [Arabic]
• Pablo Salazar Ferro, Independent consultant, CODATU – Regulating micro-companies in urban transport : experiences from abroad [EN]

SESSION 4 – PLANNING SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT

Moderator: Lorenza Tomasoni, Urban Transport Expert, EuroMed RRU Project

• Khaled AboAisheh, Head of the planning department, ASEZA – (cancelled)
• Hazem Zureiqat, Founding member of Taqaddam and Ma’an Nasel, and Transportation Consultant, Engicon – The voice of the users in transport policymaking and legislation [EN]
  
• Thierry Gouin, International project manager, CEREMA, France – Coordinating landuse and transport [EN]

SESSION 5 – FINANCIAL MODELS FOR SUSTAINABLE URBAN TRANSPORT

Moderator: Arnaud Desmarchelier, Senior Transport Expert, AFD Paris

• Marwan al-Humod, Director, LTRC – View-point from Jordan
• Julien Allaire, Executive Manager, CODATU – Who Pays What for Urban Transport ? [EN]

CONCLUSION, DISCUSSION AND PRESENTATION OF THE ROADMAP

• Julien Allaire, Executive Manager, CODATU –
  
• Lina Shbeeb, Her Excellency the Minister of Transport, Jordan

Wednesday, October 28th – Euromed Workshop on « How to develop a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan »

• Martin Stucki, Urban Transport Key-Expert, EuroMed RRU – Project Challenges of Urban mobility Planning [EN]
• Lorenza Tomasoni, Urban Transport Expert, EuroMed RRU Project – Eu guidelines on elaborating and implementing sustainable urban mobility plans – SUMP [EN]
• Benjamin Fouchard, CEREMA – Developing and implementing SUMPs [EN]
• Julien Allaire, CODATU – Urban transport planning at national and local level : mobilise your city initiative for climate change mitigation [EN]