New transport congress in Singapore

The Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) have moved a step forward to foster closer knowledge sharing with the launch of the UITP Centre for Transport Excellence (CTE) and the first LTA-UITP Singapore International Transport Congress and Exhibition (SITCE) which will be held in October 2013. At the sidelines of this week’s World Cities Summit 2012 in Singapore, UITP Secretary General, Alain Flausch, Chew Hock Yong, LTA chief executive, officia
July 4, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
The Singapore 6101 Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the 6102 International Association of Public Transport (UITP) have moved a step forward to foster closer knowledge sharing with the launch of the UITP Centre for Transport Excellence (CTE) and the first LTA-UITP Singapore International Transport Congress and Exhibition (SITCE) which will be held in October 2013.

At the sidelines of this week’s World Cities Summit 2012 in Singapore, UITP Secretary General, Alain Flausch, Chew Hock Yong, LTA chief executive, officially launched the UITP Centre for Transport Excellence (CTE) for the Asia-Pacific Region. The centre, which is located within the Land Transport Academy, will be operational from early next month.

The CTE will be an all-encompassing centre for land transport researchers, particularly in the public transport and sustainable mobility domains. The centre will also provide training and support to land transport administrations and practitioners in the Asia-Pacific region.

One of the key initiatives by the UITP CTE is the launch of the inaugural biennial LTA-UITP Singapore International Transport Congress and Exhibition (SITCE) 2013. The congress, jointly organised by LTA and UITP, will combine the existing World Urban Transport Leaders’ Summit (WUTLS), World Roads Conference (WRC) and World Urban Transit Conference (WUTC), organised by LTA, with the series of the Asia-Pacific Congresses organised by UITP.

Through the synergy between LTA and UITP, SITCE 2013 will cover the entire urban transport spectrum, from transport policy and planning, to design and construction of rail and road infrastructures, as well as intelligent transport systems and other innovations. The event will take place in October 2013 at the Singapore Suntec City Convention Centre.

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