Invitation to a lecture and panel discussion

Thursday, 20 November 2025, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

The Transformative Transport Planning Research Group of the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia cordially invites you to a lecture by the international recognised transport planning expert

Prof. Dr. Susan Handy

Shifting Gears: Towards a More Equitable and Sustainable Transport System

 

A panel discussion will follow the lecture.

 

The event will take place in person on Thursday, 20 November 2025, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana, Julij Betetto Hall (Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana).

 

REGISTRATION:
Registration is required until all places are filled or no later than 14 November 2025, via the online registration form: https://1ka.arnes.si/a/d09e628e

The number of participants is limited. No registration fee.

Continuing Education Credits:

• ZAPS: 2 points / Section B – Theory and Reference Practice
• IZS: 1 elective CPD point*

You are warmly invited!

 

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PROGRAM

Shifting Gears: Toward a more equitable and sustainable transportation system

LECTURE BY PROF. DR. HANDY

The transportation system in the U.S. has been shaped by a core set of ideas that are embedded in professional practice. These ideas – freedom, speed, mobility, vehicles, capacity, hierarchy, separation, control, and technology – have produced a system in which most people are dependent on driving, with all the negative consequences that entails. Shifting to a system that is both equitable and sustainable requires a shift in thinking on the part of the transportation profession. In this talk, I take a critical look at the way of thinking that, for the last century, has shaped our transportation system and consider the ways in which that thinking is – and is not – shifting.    

 

Prof. Dr. Susan Handy is an internationally recognised expert in transport planning at the University of California, Davis. She has directed the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and the graduate program in Transportation Technology and Policy. Her book Shifting Gears: Towards a New Way of Thinking About Transportation (2023) calls for a new paradigm focused on accessibility and human-centred planning. Renowned for linking research with practice, she received an honorary doctorate from Delft University of Technology in 2025 and presented her work as a keynote speaker at the Transportation Research Board in 2024.

 

A Paradigm Shift in Transport Planning in Slovenia
PANEL DISCUSSION

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Additional Information:
E: stpn@uirs.si
 

The lecture is organized by the Transformative Transport Planning Research Group of the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS).
It is intended for professionals working in the fields of transport and spatial planning, the media, and the interested public.

* IZS Credit Points:
Authorized and supervisory engineers are entitled to 1 elective credit point for participation in the professional training, in accordance with the General Act on Continuing Professional Education of Authorized Engineers.