PAST EVENT

Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Transit: Mexico City’s Metrobus

Seminar
Series: ENRP Seminar
Open to the Public - Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building
November 12, 2009
12:15-1:45 p.m.

Related Project: Environment and Natural Resources

Description:

The winners of the 2009 Roy Award for Environmental Partnership, the Mexico City Metrobus, will discuss the innovative Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system that reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while improving the quality of life and transportation options in Mexico City, one of the largest cities in the world.

This seminar is a unique opportunity to learn how a successful public private partnership is successfully planned, developed and managed from the perspective of the organizations that made it happen.

Panelists:

Guillermo Calderon, Director, Metrobus

Adriana Lobo, Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Transport in Mexico

Nancy Kete, Executive Director, EMBARQ - The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transportation

Chris West, Director, Shell Foundation

Walter Vergara, Lead Engineer, LCSES, World Bank

Alejandro Villegas, Hewlett Foundation

Alexis Mariani, Sr. Climate Change Specialist, Global Environment Facility

Lunch will be served

Contact:

ENRP Program Coordinator
Environment and Natural Resources Program Kennedy School of Government Harvard University 79 JFK Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: enrp@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-495-1351
Fax: 617-495-1635
Url: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/bcsia/enrp