Transforming urban transport to support green and resilient recovery - Leaders in Urban Transport Planning (LUTP)

Project Summary:

The Leaders in Urban Transport Planning (LUTP) is a well-established training program launched in 2012 by the World Bank with a strategic focus on capacity building. It comprises of one month of self-paced learning –using “learning modules”– followed by a weeklong, in-person interactive session that uses case studies, site visits, group exercises and lectures. Particularly with the Coronavirus pandemic and its aftermath, a green recovery via the prioritization of sustainable transport is particularly relevant for the client cities of the WB where motorization is low and the majority, particularly the poor, depend on public transport, biking, and walking. Against this backdrop, this project supports LUTP2.0 to develop knowledge – mainly based on the Korean experience – regarding resilience in urban mobility and Green Growth, recovery strategies, and management of urban transport in the context of pandemics and crisis events. Upon attending the program, participants will be better informed and able to improve project preparation. Furthermore, given this project’s financing for the development of an online version of the course, it will allow remote training for clients who otherwise could not travel to training facilities to attend online training that is engaging and illustrative of international experiences. 

List of Activities:

• Resilient Urban Transport System: (a) Create case study on the experience of Seoul and Korea’s transport system during the Covid-19 epidemic and its aftermath; (b) Write a reading module that focuses on the response of leading urban transport systems (Seoul, Singapore, London) to issues caused by climate change events and epidemics. 

• Transformative Transportation Development: (a) Create a case study based on the Korea Smart City agenda to achieve a holistic approach including traffic management measures for the reduction of the greenhouse footprint; (b) Prepare a reading module on Electric Mobility for public transport, alternative vehicle technologies to operationalize Green Growth; (c) Develop reading modules on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) including shared mobility, micro-mobility and Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) strategies. 

• Disseminate Korean case studies: (a) Deliver LUTP2.0 that draws on the Korean experience; (b) Develop a 2-day LUTP for high-level decision-makers (i.e. mayors) and sponsor the travels of foreign participants to attend a session in Seoul; (c) Deliver in Seoul the pilot session of the 2-day LUTP; (d) Sponsor participants from low/middle income countries to attend LUTP Seoul; (e) Develop an online format of the program; (f) Translate the materials into four languages.

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• Case study on the experience of Seoul and Korea’s transport system during the Covid-19 and its aftermath, which is relevant for other cities. The case will focus on the changes introduced by the Seoul transport system.
• Reading module that focus on the response of leading urban transport systems (Seoul, Singapore, London) to climate change events and epidemics

Output 2:

• Create a case study based on the Korea Smart City agenda to achieve a holistic approach including traffic management measures for the reduction of the greenhouse footprint.
• Prepare a reading module on Electric Mobility for public transport, alternative vehicle technologies to operationalize Green Growth.
• Develop reading modules on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) including shared mobility, micro-mobility and Non-Motorized Transport (NMT) strategies

Output 3:

• Deliver LUTP2.0 using the materials developed in 1 and 2 that draw on the Korean experience.
• Develop a 2-day LUTP for high-level decision-makers (i.e. mayors)
• Deliver in Seoul the pilot session of the 2-day LUTP.
• Sponsor participants from low and middle income countries to attend LUTP2.0 Seoul.
• Develop an online format of the program. This format will reduce the carbon footprint of LUTP2.0, and costs associated with travel and lodging.
• Translate the materials developed in activities 1 and 2 into four languages

Outcomes:  

This project foresees outcomes in: (i) improved efficiency and safety of urban transport by lowering its greenhouse gas footprint in developing countries; (ii) grater resilience of cities and transport systems against disruptions arising from climate change and epidemics; and (iii) increased competitiveness for a city to be less congested and more livable by showcasing examples of best practices and measures adopted by Seoul and other leading cities in addressing problems of similar nature. 

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

• Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), which will help draw the full substance of Korean knowledge
• Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• Agence Française de Développement (AFD), which will help target and deliver the developed trainings where needed.