STEP on the Bus - Technology, funding, and air quality

Thursday

28

May

2015

09:20 to 16:00

At the award winning Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation (ECCI).

A green business venue in the heart of Edinburgh city centre, only a 10 minute walk from Waverley Station.

The Seminar will discuss:

Bus policy and funding.

Bus technological developments.

Bus proposals for the future and opportunities for joint working.

Who should attend: Practitioners from the Transport, Planning, Policy, Environmental Health, and Public Transport professions who want to hear of funding opportunities, best practice, and working together to support air quality improvement through new bus industry technology application.

The Scottish Transport Emissions Partnership (STEP) provides a forum that will promote transparent dialogue and debate between the key stakeholders and encourage a healthy exchange of information and experience on key issues relating to improving air quality

The partnership meets quarterly, holds regular knowledge sharing events, and hosts the STEP Annual Conference in November.

Registration is free, but places are limited (100). To reserve a place on the Seminar please email

eleanor.pratt@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk

Agenda

09:20 Registration and tea and coffee

Session 1 Setting the scene in Scotland

09:50Welcome to the day, Purpose and intended outcome

10:00The Low Emission Strategy for Scotland, The journey, the challenge, action on buses, (Stephen Thomson, Chair for the day)

10:20Buses and emissions, the history of the Scottish bus fleet, and the challenge ahead, (Dr Steve Johnson)

Session 2 the Scottish perspective

10:40Lothian Buses, journey to date, and plans for the future on reducing emissions (Emma Roy)

11:00Hydrogen Bus, the deployment of a hydrogen fuel cell bus fleet in Aberdeen (Andrew Win)

11:20Panel question and answer session

11:30Coffee

Session 3 the UK perspective

11:45Use of Flywheel Hybrid Buses in Southampton, flywheel technology to improve bus technology and air quality (Paul Walker)

12:05The Development of Greenwave, powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), implications for Reading Buses fleet replacement strategy. (Tony Pettit).

12:25Nottinghams Electric Buses, Developing the Electric Bus Partnership, Implementation stages, branding, future plans (Steve Cornes)

12:45Panel question and answer session

12:55Lunch

Session 4 The Future

14:00Green Bus Fund Report Card, A review of the effectiveness to date (Jonathan Dennis)

14:20Revised Low Carbon Vehicle approach, What happens next (Gloria Esposito)

14:40Workshop session, How can we reshape funding to target air quality (Allan Crawford).

15:30Coffee

Summary A review of the day

15:40Workshop feedback, a summary of consideration for next steps.

15:50Key Points from the Day, what did you hear, what will you do (Stephen Thomson, Chair for the day)

16:00Close, and thanks

Speakers

Tony Pettitt , Director of Resources at Reading Buses, has extensive experience of public transport planning in the UK and overseas, having worked as a consultant, and with local authorities, for more than 30 years.

Gloria Esposito, Head of Projects, Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, leads a portfolio of projects aimed at expanding low carbon fuel and vehicle markets in the UK.

Jonathan Dennis, Environmental Economics advisor, Transport Scotland, provides in-house environmental economics support on environmental economics, transport policy, and climate change.

Steve Cornes, Nottingham City Council, has been instrumental in the delivery of the Nottignham City Council electric bus partnership.

Dr Steve Johnson, Environmental Adviser, University of Glasgow, has significant previous experience of the UK bus industry and the journey of sustainable approach in Scotland.

Emma Roy, Environmental Officer, Lothian Buses, Emma is the dedicated Environmental Officer at Lothian Buses, Edinburgh and the Lothians biggest bus company, and is responsible for delivering a group wide strategy to manage and improve the environmental aspirations of the business.

Dr Stephen Thomson, Head of Environment and Sustainability, Transport Scotland, is leading across Transport Scotland to support delivery of the Low Emission Strategy for Scotland.

Paul Walker, Acting Head of Transport Highways and Parking, Southampton City Council, is an experienced transport professional having led partnership projects, and dealt with stakeholders at many different levels.

Andrew Win, Senior City Development Executive at Aberdeen City Council, is project manager for Aberdeen City Council's involvement the Aberdeen Hydrogen Project - a 20 Million European Union project that will see the introduction of 10 hydrogen fuel cell buses, together with the infrastructure to facilitate this new technology

Registration is free, but places are limited. To reserve a place on the Seminar please email drew.hill@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk

The Scottish Transport Emission Partnership (STEP),

Chair, Janice Milne, SEPA,

Secretariat, Eleanor Pratt,

http://stepscotland.com/

@step_scotland