Future Urban Transport
The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) is a generic term for four independent foundations. For the millennium the Board of VREF has initiated a new research programme to be funded - Future Urban Transport (FUT). The foundations commonly support the programme by providing funds for research and educational projects. (Source: VREF.se)
The Omega Centre & VREF
In January 2006 the Bartlett School of Planning at University College London was awarded a 5-year grant by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF) to set up a 'global centre of excellence' in 'future urban transport'. This Centre is one of six such Centres worldwide, and is at present the only one of its kind in Europe.
Global VREF Projects
Sustainable urban transport in less motorised countries: Research and training
Project leaders: Prof. Dinesh Mohan and Dr. Geetam Tiwari
Host organisation: Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
Web-site: www.iitd.ernet.in/tripp
Studies on the Simultaneous Interactions between Policy and Technology in Urban Transportation
Project leader: Prof. Carlos Daganzo
Host organisation: Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley
Web-site: www.its.berkeley.edu/volvocenter
The Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD)
Project leader: Prof. Elliott Sclar
Host organisation: The Trustees of Columbia University, New York
Web-site: www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/csud
Australasian Centre for Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT)
Project leader: Prof. Nicholas Low
Host organisation: Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Web-site: www.gamutcentre.org
China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center
Project leader: Prof. Zhou Wei
Host organisation: China Academy of Transport Sciences (CATS), Ministry of Communications, Beijing, P.R. China
Web-site: www.urbansustrans.cn/e-default.htm
The Omega Centre for the Study of Mega Projects in Transport and Development
Project leader: Prof. Harry Dimitriou
Host organisation: The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London, UK
Web-site: www.omegacentre.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk
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