Program Schedule of Workshop on Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (UMTA)

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WORKSHOP ON UNIFIED METROPOLITAN TRANSPORT AUTHORITY (UMTA)

Inauguration Ceremony

Date : 26.03.2014, Time :10.00 am -10.15 am

Programme

1. Welcome by : Ved Mani Tiwari, Director (System), KMRL

2. Opening Remarks and Inauguration by : Elias George, Managing Director, KMRL

3. Address by : Xavier Hoang, Senior Transport Expert & Project Manager for Kochi Metro, AFD

10:15 – 10:45	Presentation of Kochi Development Strategy, Transport Plan and Projects by Shri Tomy Cyriac,Chief Consultant, Sub Urban Rail, Rail Rapid Transit System , Thiruvanthapuram
10.45 -11.00	Tea Break
11.00-11.30	Presentation on Concept, Objectives & institutional arrangements- by Elias George, MD,KMRL Presentation on Kochi Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority Act 2014- by Ved Mani Tiwari, Director (Systems) KMRL
11.30-12.30	Presentation on UMTA experiences in other cities (in India and abroad) + “funding mechanism” by CODATU
13.-14.00	Lunch Break
14. -14-45	Discussion on the perimeter and distribution of functions between institutions and the role of Kochi UMTA and its future inter relations with other institutions
14.45 -15.00	Tea break
15.00-16-30	Discussions about land-use and transport integration, public transport integration, and conditions for a multimodal urban transport
16.30-17.30	Synthesis of discussions by Etienne Lhomet and Julien Allaire, CODATU
27th of March
10:00 – 11:00	Discussions to define Kochi UMTA’s road map
11:00 – 11.15	Tea break
11:15 – 12:30	Concluding remarks – on Synthesis of the discussion about Kochi UMTA’s road map and presentation of the main challenges
12 :30	Lunch