Together with partners at the German Historical Institute (GHI), Washington DC and the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies is pleased to a jointly organized workshop entitled “Models of Mobility: Systemic Differences, Path Dependencies, Economic, Social and Environmental Impact (1900 to tomorrow)” at York University on March 23-24, 2011.
The workshop conveners are Matthias Kipping (Schulich), Christina Kraenzle (CCGES), and Christina Lubinski (GHI).
The workshop uses as its starting point the continuing debates about the best ways to transport people and goods both over short and long distances in a world marked by population growth, increased urbanization, and –after a brief crisis-induced hiatus– growing trade flows. Building on previous efforts by the CCGES focusing on ‘automobility’, this event tries to put these debates into a broader historical and comparative context, by looking at the way different models of mobility emerged and developed in Europe and North America since 1900.
In addition to the closed workshop, this event will include a public round table discussion entitled “Future Models of Urban Mobility” to be held on Friday March 23 at the German Consulate-General Toronto, on the topic of future models of urban mobility, featuring the following panelists: Adrian Corry (BMW Designworks USA), architect and urban designer, Ken Greenberg and urban aff airs journalist and author, John Lorinc and Metrolinx’ Vice-President for Policy, Planning and Innovation.
Details on this event are found at:
http://ccges.apps01.yorku.ca/wp/events/public-roundtable-future-models-of-urban-mobility-friday-march-23rd
