The event offers an overview to the action plan progress in the eBussed regions and takes the participants to sustainable mobility sites in the Tuscany region.
Thursday 25 May
Location: Museo di Storia Naturale del Mediterraneo, auditorium
8:30–09:15 Registration & coffee
9:15–9:30 Welcome
President, Livorno Province
9:30–9:45 Interreg Europe – State of state play and the new features of the programme
Interreg Europe Programme
9:45–10:00 eBussed from plan to action – Supporting the systematic e-bus procurement in six European regions
Heidi Heikkilä, project manager, Turku University of Applied Sciences
10:00–10:15 Students fostering electrification of TuKl fleet through an innovation project Heidi Heikkilä and Juha Parkkonen, Turku Urban Traffic (TuKl)
10:15–10:30 Action Plan progress and perspective in Hamburg
Stephanie Keßler, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Thomas Dahlmann, Hamburger Hochbahn
10:30–10:45 Break
10:45–11:00 Initiating the transition to e-buses in local public transport and updating related policies in the island of Gozo.
Joseph Piscopo, Ministry for Gozo
11:00–11:15 Action Plan progress and perspective in Livorno
Irene Nicotra/Ivo Tartaglia, Province of Livorno
11:15-11:30 Monitoring e-buses and peek shaving with storage at e-bus depot
Marjoke de Boer, HU University of Applied Sciences and
Jeroen Golstein, Province of Utrecht
11:30–11:45 Promotion of digital solutions and novel ways of charging in Hungarian e-bus deployment
Zsolt Pálmai, South Transdanubian Regional Innovation Agency Non-profit Ltd.
11:45–12:00 Coffee break
12:00–12:50 Open discussion, possibility for questions and answers
12.50–13:00 Conclusions and perspectives
13:00–14:30 Lunch buffet at the Museum
15:30-17:15 Partner meeting (for project partners)
15:30-18:00 A visit to the Funicular plant (for stakeholders)
The funicular (link to Wikipedia), completed in 1908 operates on the slopes of the
Montenero hill. It is integrated into the local public transport network and constitutes the first solar powered integrated cableway system commissioned in the year 2000.
Friday 26 May
Visit to Autolinee Toscane Headquarters in Florence (Firenze)
for eBussed stakeholders and project partners
8:00 Departure from Livorno
10:00–14:00
- Presenting the infrastructure, projects, and other initiatives of Autolinee Toscane and introducing the forthcoming electrification of urban public transport.
- Open discussion on thematic issues and opportunities of common interest, also for future cooperation.
- Buffet lunch Autolinee Toscane‘s premises
15:30 Back at Livorno