Webinar : The Future Of Urban Mobility ?

Description of event

In the first of our monthly Manufacturer Focus webinars, Toyota explored the Future of Urban Mobility, and how Vehicle Manufacturers have a role to play in dealing with urban congestion.

When?
The webinar was held on the 12 January 2012, at 17.00, with the meeting room opening about 15 before the start.

Where? Online! To get to the meeting,you only had to visit the home page (www.futuremobilitynow.com) when the meeting was about to start.

For those who wanted to follow the meeting on twitter, the hashtag was "#OFMNWebinar" or @fumono.



Who?
The webinar was hosted by two highly knowledgeable experts. Presenting was Stephan Herbst, Principal Project Manager at Toyota Motors Europe. He was joined by Lars Akkermans, Senior Researcher at the Transport & Mobility Research & Mobility Institute in Leuven, Belgium.

What?
The webinar discussed:

European cities in terms of congestion and energy consumption linked to transport,
Describe young generations' expectations in terms of car ownership and/or carsharing solutions,
Solutions as to how to improve transport issues in urban areas,
How to avoid unnecessary trips with the help of intelligent mobility solutions,
Improving energy consumption through technology improvements : hybrid, plug-in hybrid, electric vehicles
Trip planning and infrastructure related solutions like the Intelligent Transport Society (ITS)
The Experts


Dr. Stephan Herbst
Stephan Herbst is a Senior Manager at Toyota Motor Europe (TME). He studied business administration and economics and he holds a PhD in environmental cost management.
Stephan worked for seven years for a German OEM in Germany and China before joining TME in 2005. He was responsible for the environmental strategy of TME before moving to Toyota's Global Headquarter in Japan looking after different environmental and energy related topics.
Back to Europe he is now responsible for Low Carbon Mobility and TME's Sustainability Report.
Stephan is a member of Toyota's global climate change and energy team and he is actively involved in mobility projects of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Lars Akkermans


Lars Akkermans
Lars Akkermans holds a master in Psychology. Currently, he is working as a researcher at Transport & Mobility Leuven specialised in modelling human behaviour. His main area of expertise is the analysis of the implications of road safety measures and (transport) policy on human behaviour, society and the environment. Before joining Transport & Mobility Leuven, he worked for the Belgian Road Safety Institute and TNO Human Factors as a researcher for different European projects related to road safety as well as an analyst of different national and international measures in the field of enforcement, human interaction and technical advances in road safety. Merging and measuring theoretical models and practical implications has been a major part of his past work in the field of traffic law enforcement.

Toyota's month started in January 2012, and will be complemented by a range of exicting related content.


If you have any questions or comments, please send them in! You can either post your questions in the comments box below, or you can email them to info@futuremobilitynow.com

For inspiration, check out some of Toyota's youtube videos about their vision of future mobility and a blog, written by their team! http://www.futuremobilitynow.com/inside-industry/toyota-blog-urban-mobility/

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• mobility urban
• Toyota
• Our Future Mobility Now