Events

Welcome to the Northern Ostrobothnia Transport Forum.

The event will be held as a webinar on 3 December 2020 from 9 am to 12 noon.

The theme of the day is to present current measures in accordance with the objectives of the Northern Ostrobothnia Transport System Plan and to review the state of play of the national transport system plan.

The event will be organised as a webinar. You can follow the Transport Forum at: https://youtu.be/BYdmSGTWBPU.

You can participate in the discussion of the Transport Forum via the message wall: https://viestiseina.fi/pohjoispohjanmaa/home

Sign up by 30 November 2020 from this link. The link to the webinar's participation and the message wall, which serves as a discussion platform, will be submitted in connection with the registration receipt.

Further information:
Olli Kiviniemi
Chief of Civil Engineering
Tel. +358 40 685 4017

Programme
9:00	Opening of the Transport Forum	Matias Ojalehto President of the the Board of the Regional Assembly
9:10	Transport12 progress report Comments and questions from the region	Marko Mäenpää Traficom & Anna Saarlo Fairway
Progress on the priorities of the Northern Ostrobothnia Transport System Plan
9:45	1: A stronger northern part of the European transport network
	Current rail projects and studies concerning Northern Ostrobothnia   The target state of VT4 in the province of North Ostrobothnia	Jarno Viljakainen Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency   Risto Leppänen North Ostrobothnia Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
10:15	2: The transport system supports the competitiveness of the economy and a balanced regional structure
	Preliminary study of the county logistics     News on road maintenance and public passenger transport	Ilkka Salanne Sitowise Oy   Timo Mäkikyrö North Ostrobothnia Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
10:45	Break
11:00	3: The transport system encourages sustainable mobility
	Climate impact assessment of transport in the Oulu region     Prospects for the development of road traffic forces and impacts on emissions in Northern Ostrobothnia	Vesa Verronen & Aino Nissinen Ramboll Finland Oy   Katja Kaartinen Sitowise Oy
11:30	4: Getting around in Northern Ostrobothnia is easy and smooth
	New mobility services in rural areas   University of Oulu traffic research priorities	Johanna Taskinen Kyyti Group   Pekka Leviäkangas University of Oulu
12:00	End of the Transport Forum

Keywords: Forum, transport