APPLICATION FORM
Registration for the lecture by internationally recognised transport planning expert Prof. Dr Susan Handy, followed by a round table discussion.
Thursday, 20 November 2025, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., live at the Academy of Music, University of Ljubljana, Julij Betetto Hall (Kongresni trg 1, Ljubljana).
Registration is mandatory; there is no registration fee.
The event will be recorded. By submitting your registration for the event, you grant the organiser irrevocable consent and the right to make video and audio recordings and to use the recorded material at its own discretion. By doing so, you waive any liability related to the above and acknowledge that the organisers do not assume any responsibility for any personal injury, property damage, or loss resulting from the aforementioned.
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About:
Shifting Gears: Toward a more equitable and sustainable transportation system
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.