1. What is Smart Move? www.busandcoach.travel

2.  Who are IRU?  Founded in Geneva in 1948  4 Regional Offices  170 Member Associations – 74 countries  One of the 10 largest NGOs globally  TIR system - $100m per day www.busandcoach.travel

3. Smart Move today – 105 partners worldwide www.busandcoach.travel

4. What are the benefits of ‘doubling’ in the EU? www.busandcoach.travel 1500 less road fatalities per year

5. What are the benefits of ‘doubling’ in the EU? www.busandcoach.travel 40 – 50 million tonnes less CO 2 per year

6. What are the benefits of ‘doubling’ in the EU? www.busandcoach.travel 10 -12 % less car traffic

7. What are the benefits of ‘doubling’ in the EU? www.busandcoach.travel 3 million green, sustainable jobs at lowest cost to society

8. BRT is a Smart Move www.busandcoach.travel BRT – the newest mobility hit >160 cities across the globe run a BRT, 4400 km, 30 m passengers/day BRT - still in its infancy in Europe and Middle East and regions RegionsPassengers/dayCitiesLength (km) Africa242,000 (0.81%)380 (1.84%) Asia8,165,822 (27.52%)341,093 (25.2%) Europe (+Turkey)1,723,529 (5.81%)43715 (16.48%) Latin America18,327,783 (61.78%)551,410 (32.51%) North America876,185 (2.95%)24712 (16.42%) Oceania327,074 (1.1%)7326 (7.51%)

9. BRT in Europe www.busandcoach.travel BRTs in Western Europe are called BHLS (Bus with High Level of Service) BHLS in Western Europe = 1 m passengers/day in 42 cities (but Transmilenio, 2.2 m) Western European BHLS 6 times less productive than Latin American BRTs Europe is still searching its way in the BRT’s world Most serious problem – lack of BRT visibility, in particular with policy decision makers in Europe

10. BRT in the Middle East and Central Asia www.busandcoach.travel Istanbul – 0,75 m pax, 1 corridor, 52 km Tehran – 1.8 m pax, 6 corridors, 115 km Lahore (Pakistan) – 0,13 m pax, 1 corridor, 26 km Sana’a (Yemen) – 27km BRT building begun

11. Intercity coach lines – the case of Germany www.busandcoach.travel Market opening on 1 January 2013 Results; January-November): 125% increase in the number of lines (86 => 194) 40 more waiting for approval in German MoT Market boom, but lack of terminal infrastructures

12. Coach tourism– the case of Southport (UK) www.busandcoach.travel

13. Smart Move – from campaigning to making transport policy proposals www.busandcoach.travel Creation (2012) of the first of its kind EU public- private High Level Group (HLG) to work out recommendations for policy and decision makers and industry on how to achieve the Smart Move objective of doubling the use of collective passenger transport in the EU by 2025

14. EU Smart Move HLG - topics www.busandcoach.travel Urban transport and taxis Intercity scheduled bus/coach lines Group tourism by coach

15. EU Smart Move HLG – analytical framework www.busandcoach.travel Users needs Legislative and administrative frameworks Fiscal matters and charging Infrastructure and seamless intermodality Easy access to services through better information and new technologies Safety and environment City-related aspects International dimension Innovation and best practices

16. Results of the EU HLG www.busandcoach.travel 1.Recognise buses, coaches & taxis as the most dynamic part of the collective transport chain 2.Establish the objective of ‘doubling’ as a formal EU policy and business objective 3.16 HLG recommendations proposed 4.Creation of a permanent European Citizens Mobility Forum => European Action Programme 2015-2025 on doubling

17. The private industry proposals to UN www.busandcoach.travel Establish at UN level - as a global UN objective - the ambitious and yet realistic objective of doubling the use of collective passenger transport by 2030 Create a UN High Level Group (HLG) of key public and private stakeholders to work out a proposal for a UN framework on how to achieve the objective of “doubling” Create, as a follow up, similar HLGs at regional and/or national level to work out specific regional/national plans Involve actively private industry and customers into this process

18. The IRU’s plan www.busandcoach.travel Establish public private High Level Groups in most world regions Work out dedicated regional “road maps” on how to achieve the Smart Move objectives Ensure a follow up on the implementation of the regional road maps For the Middle East and the region – HLG to be launched in 2014 => work to be finalised in 2015

19. Middle East and region Smart Move HLG - Objective www.busandcoach.travel Establish a representative public-private High Level Group (HLG) of road transport professionals, civil servants and experts from the countries in the region, with the objective to work out a vision, as well as policy and business recommendations, and a short-, medium-, and long- term Action Plan on removing the barriers and substantially facilitating national and international bus and coach transport (both regular lines and tourist services)

20. Middle East and region Smart Move HLG - Composition www.busandcoach.travel Representatives of countries’ transport and tourism authorities, interested international organisations/institutions active in the region, bus and coach trade associations and their member operators, researchers, and possibly bus and coach manufacturers. It shall consist of maximum 15 members from as many as possible countries.

21. Middle East and region Smart Move HLG - Coordination www.busandcoach.travel The IRU shall assume the function of Secretariat and facilitate the functioning of the HLG, including the provision of required logistical support for documentary exchange and meeting facilities (almost exclusively by e-mail, Internet). Physical meetings only to start and conclude

22. Middle East and region Smart Move HLG – Deliverables (12 months) www.busandcoach.travel A vision on the role and place of collective passenger transport by buses and coaches in the region Policy and business recommendations (short-, medium, and long-term) on how to facilitate national and international bus and coach transport within the region and with its neighbouring countries, with the objective of increasing its use substantially (double?) by 2030.

23.  What is Smart Move?  www.busandcoach.travel www.busandcoach.travel  Smart Move video Smart Move video www.busandcoach.travel

24. doubling the use of collective passenger transport by bus and coach www.busandcoach.travel