T. 1 Changing Cities with Active Mobility (MobiliseYourCity)
Thursday, 16 May | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Walking and cycling are both underutilized transport modes in many cities in Asia and the Pacific, commuters preferring individual motorized transport instead. Other than making cities more livable and improving quality of life in urban areas, active modes are emission-free, generate limited noise, and use less space than motorized vehicles. Walking and cycling are transport modes that ensure a sustainable urban development and participate in decreasing carbon dependency. This workshop will be delivered with the MobiliseYourCity Partnership. The workshop will discuss the role of integration between urban development and transport, and sound share of public and road space between modes. The workshop will explore the latest practices and strategies for creating the conditions to further promote and develop active mobility in the region. 

T. 2 Road User Charging Systems for a Green Future 
Thursday, 16 May | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Road user charges can help governments cover the costs of road construction, maintenance, and environmental and social cost of road transport, as well as raise revenue. However, the traditional way of charging road users based on fuel consumption will become obsolete, as more people switch to electric vehicles and other low carbon modes of travel. This will leave a huge funding gap for the road sector, which requires new road user charging systems that can also encourage green mobility while ensuring financial sustainability. This workshop will explore the latest technologies and strategies for designing road user charging systems that are compatible with the shift to cleaner vehicles, and that can provide stable and sustainable source of funding for roads in the future. 

T. 3 ADB-Korea Climate Technology Hub: Climate Smart Technologies
Thursday, 16 May | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 
(limited capacity, to confirm your participation please reach out to "Cai Li" <caili@adb.org>)

During ADB’s 56th Annual Meeting in 2023 in Incheon, ADB and the Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of Korea (MOEF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish the ADB-Korea Climate Technology Hub or K-Hub. The K-Hub will (i) connect ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs) to global cutting-edge climate technology, experts, service providers, and other stakeholders in the climate technology ecosystem; (ii) serve as a think tank to share and disseminate climate technology-related policies and knowledge; (iii) serve as a platform where DMCs and technology providers can interact and explore cooperation; and (iv) enable DMCs to keep abreast of the latest climate technology development and make informed decisions on the technology solutions. 

The session will introduce the K-Hub and up-to-date transport technologies that benefit climate mitigation and adaptation. 

T. 4 Metro Rail. From corrective to preventive maintenance
Thursday, 16 May | 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Sound metro and rail operations leads to quality service and cost optimization over the life cycle of the system. Poor operations planning and absence of solid asset management practice adversely affects the financial sustainability of transport system and sustainability of assets. This workshop will explore the latest practices and strategies for effective operations and life cycle management of assets. The workshop will be delivered ADB knowledge partners: University of Technology of Graz (Austria) and the International Union of Public Transports (UITP). The workshops will provide a snapshot of training workshop offerings by ADB and its partners (one-week programs) and will focus on key principles and actionable measures. DMC participants interested in building advanced knowledge, will be able to express interest for participation upcoming in-depth trainings organized by ADB (one-week trainings, organized yearly).   

T. 5 Green Roads Toolkit 
Thursday, 16 May | 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. 

Roads are essential for economic and social development but can also have significant impacts on the environment and communities. The challenge lies in planning, preparing, constructing, and managing roads that efficiently address mobility needs while minimizing transport externalities and preserving nature. This workshop will introduce the ADB Green Roads Toolkit, a compilation of good green roads practices, tools, and strategies intended to foster preparation of eco-friendly, climate-resilient, and sustainable roads in Asia and the Pacific. Participants will explore the application of this toolkit in planning and designing roads that align to sustainable development goals and support the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change.  

T. 6 Safe and Sustainable Urban Streets
Thursday, 16 May | 2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

The Asia Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) in collaboration with iRAP and the Global Designing Cities Initiative (GDCI), will deliver a new module in the Road Safety Capacity Building Program to engage developing Asian country road safety staff and managers and technical practitioners along with Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff. This is an active learning session to build capacity and understanding for delivering safe city streets.  

The purpose of the training is to build professional and institutional capacity to:  

• Understand the process for designing and implementing safer streets  
• Learn about a people and place-based approach to creating contextual streets for all road users  
• Learn from successful projects implemented in low and middle income countries.  

T. 7 Financing a Low Carbon Transport and Energy Transition
Thursday, 16 May | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

During this session, an approach for developing bankable transport-energy low carbon pathways is to be presented, as well as applied on select pilot DMCs. The workshop builds on the Data-to-Deal (D-2-D) approach developed by the UK-based Climate Compatible Growth Program (CCG), which was originally developed and tested in Costa Rica and now applied in several countries in Latin America. It provides a flexible framework of options for low carbon development tailored to individual country circumstances. The D-2-D includes a number of steps to be conducted in close collaboration and interaction with key stakeholders, leading to investment plans and financing strategies for low carbon development. The method serves as a basis for concrete action, informing capacity building, technical assistance, and research. During this session, participants will have the chance to test the method and to discuss different cross-sector trade-offs relevant for low carbon development planning, as well as the institutional arrangements needed to facilitate a holistic approach in DMCs for low carbon development and accessing climate finance. Results of modelling work, the development of a carbon calculator and stakeholder engagement in Vietnam and Lao PDR will be shared and used to support discussions during this interactive workshop. 

T. 8 Ramping Up Electrification of Transport
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

This session will discuss key aspects relating to the acceleration of e-mobility ambition in ADB’s Developing Member Countries (DMCs). The session is arranged by the E-Mobility Support and Investment Platform for Asia and the Pacific, managed by ADB and co-financed by Global Environment Facility (GEF). In this session, the current status of e-mobility markets in the region will be discussed, as well as emerging e-mobility technologies, and policy and financing measures required for increasing e-mobility take-up. Further, the social aspects of ramping up e-mobility are considered through the introduction of the framework of Just Transition. Finally, lessons for ratcheting up e-mobility ambition will be discussed in the context of currently ongoing projects in the region, as experiences from the GEF-financed e-mobility projects are shared.

T. 9 Green Ports and Shipping
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 

Looking towards 2050, the global shipping industry has agreed on objectives to decarbonize the port and shipping industry. Given the challenges in sustainability, looking at climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and improving air quality and the growing demand for mobility, there is a need to decarbonize the port, sea and inland shipping sectors by making operations and transport itself cleaner by switching to less polluting or zero-emission solutions. Focusing on options to decarbonize transport, policy objectives worldwide form an important mandate from which to tackle climate and environmental-related challenges. 

ADB has provided support to the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) through a Knowledge and Technical Assistance (TA) Program that supported research outcomes that will help promote the application of new energy solutions in ports and shipping. In this Transport Forum the results of this recent research will be presented as well as interactive discussions describing what the study results could mean for other DMC’s working on green ports and green shipping solutions and those appropriate for implementation. 

T. 10 HDM 5 Software Development 
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

For over 30 years the Highway Development and Management (HDM-4) analysis framework and tools have provided the international benchmark for evaluating road investments at the project, network and strategic level. Combining models for predicting the performance of both road deterioration and road user effects, HDM-4 has provided the basis for justifying road investments in well over 100 countries.   

However, over the past 30 years there have also been some significant changes in terms of vehicle technology (e.g., electric vehicles, etc.), new pavement construction and maintenance techniques, and a greater need to understand greenhouse gas emissions, climate resilience and related factors. To this end HDM-5 has commenced with the research into the upgrades required to take the foundation of HDM-4 and make it fit-for-purpose for the next several decades. 

This workshop will explore changes proposed for HDM-5, along with ensuring that users of HDM-4 (either users of the output or direct software users) are suitably informed of the capabilities and limitations of the system, and seek views on future needs of DMCs in this regard. 

T.11 Building Feminist Cities: Looking at the Intersections of Inclusivity 
Friday, 17 May | 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. 

Looking at cities with a Feminist lens goes beyond gender. It’s about having empathy for those who have previously been excluded by society, consciously or unconsciously, through city and transport planning. Diving into the intersectionality of creating an inclusive city for all, this session aims to have a discussion on the intersectionality of mobility and what it truly entails to make a city for ALL regardless of gender, ability, age, origin, and economic status.

The session will start with a panel of experts from different sectors to go deeper into the topic of mobility from their perspective. After the panel session, participants will be given the opportunity to be part of a breakout session focusing on one of the sectors with the guidance of the panelist representing the sector. The discussions will play into the Jane’s Walk guided tour that will take place after the panel at 9:30.   

T. 12 Informal Public Transport: Livelihoods in a Just Transition
Friday, 17 May | 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.