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Belarus, Poland considering projects of new public transport technologies
GRODNO, 11 April (BelTA) – The Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno is hosting the Belarusian-Polish conference Public Transport Technologies, BelTA has learned.
The forum has united more than 130 participants, including heads of companies engaged in passenger transportation in Belarus and Poland, scientists working in the sector and university students. Belarus is hosting a conference of the kind for the first time.
“The main topic of the conference is public transport development. Our major tasks are to exchange experience, discuss public transport functioning, legislation, ways to solve problem situations,” Director General of the Belarusian Research Institute of Transport “Transtechnika” Vitaly Kireyev said. He stressed that an action plan for further international cooperation in the sector will be worked out following the conference. Implementation of joint international projects in public transport development, introduction of modern approaches and technologies are also considered.
The conference will feature a number of sections. They will focus on passenger information systems, travel planning, and real-time traffic management. Attention will also be attached to the introduction and development of electronic ticketing systems and the development of smart bus stops.
“The conference plays an important role for university. First of all, it means new connections, practices, the possibility to form international projects and improve the quality of training. The opportunity to talk with potential employers, to see how the tasks of implementing modern technologies will have to be solved in practice is useful for students as well,” Yuri Romanovsky, the vice-rector for scientific work at the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, said. He stressed the high demand for specialists in the logistics and transport sector. This year the university is to launch a new specialty “transport logistics” for college graduates.
The conference will run through 12 April. The organizers are the Belarusian Research Institute of Transport "Transtechnika", the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, the European Educational Center CENTRUS and the Polish Chamber of Public Transport.
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