ITRACT

Next event:  Midterm conference, June 4,5, 6 2013, Skipton (UK)  

Location: Skipton which is one of the gateways to the Dales.  There are good rail links via Leeds and reasonable train connections are available from the airports at Manchester, Newcastle, London Stansted and all other London Airports. Leeds/Bradford Airport is also near with bus connections into trains at Shipley, Bradford or Leeds.  Ferries from Rotterdam come to Hull from where the M62 Motorway to Leeds and the A65 bring you to Skipton.

Hotel:   The Rendezvous Hotel is near to Skipton Town Centre, bus services and taxis.  They are a conference hotel with full facilities able to accommodate the numbers we are thinking of.  Other hotels in Skipton or other nearby centres could not accommodate more than 30 or so.  Harrogate is a commercial conference centre with a choice of large hotels but further from the Dales.  Alternatively we could enquire about the facilities of Craven College, the further education (16 plus) institute based in Skipton but this may not be available until July.

Format: Tuesday evening (5^th  June): Project Steering Group followed by pub meal in Skipton or eat in hotel

Wednesday: Transnational partner meeting

Wednesday evening: (some) Conference participants arrive, explore Skipton or bus trip to Grassington for evening pub/cafe meals (DITA supports the evening bus services on a pilot basis)

Thursday morning: study visit and Dales introductory tour to Little Red Bus (Logical Transport presentation and demonstrations, possibly organised in two parties one to LRB direct then Dales and vice versa)

Thursday afternoon:  Conference opening (by WYITA Chair or Metro Director?), ITRACT Presentations and Progress Report, DITA Presentation and Progress Report, European Community and UK Department for Transport inputs?

Thursday evening: Conference dinner (Transport Minister or Leader of County Council to speak briefly welcoming delegates)

Friday: Conference sessions on ICT for Transport, Tourism etc. from UK and European sources

Conference close by 4pm.

 Preliminary Agenda Cover page, Thursday, Friday

Weekend: Delegates will be  encouraged to spend the following weekend in the Dales –DITA could offer a guided round trip on Saturday, by rail to Garsdale (the famous Settle-Carlisle railway), bus(es) through Wensleydale returning via Ripon, Nidderdale and A59 to Skipton.  This trip would take in all of transport, ITRACT pilot, natural and historic environments.

We plan to have a first version of Newsletter 3 available at the Yorkshire meeting in June 2013. That means that thewre is a deadline for submitting content Mid-MAY. Content may be delivered at the Newsletter 3 folder at projectplace.com   

Blogg for a local wifi- bus transport development project:

next.kolumbus.no

http://next.kolumbus.no/2010/03/25/ta-en-kikk-inn-pa-laben-var/

It is available at iTunes by nema "Kolumbus sanntid". It plans your travel and tells you when the bus will arrive compared to the planned schedule.

Åse Lea (ase.lea@uis.no) have reserved a number of rooms for the ITRACT meeting. She will send a note on how to register, but if you need  that information before, please contact her.