Connecting Remote Communities Roundtable

This Roundtable explored how to ensure adequate transport links for sparsely populated regions.
Roundtable participants sought to identify policies that ensure adequate access to indispensable services for residents in sparsely populated regions. The Roundtable aimed to provide insights into how different countries address the connectivity challenge for remote and rural communities. It outlined methods to assess the level of connectivity across transport modes and also through other means, such as internet-based services. Finally, approaches to measuring the value for money of different policy options were considered.
Videos
Chair's Summary
Gunnar Lindberg, Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics
Opening Remarks
Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister, Transport Canada
Closing Remarks
Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, International Transport Forum
Transport connectivity for remote communities
Lucie Kirstein, International Transport Forum
Northern and Arctic Air Connectivity in Canada
Mike Tretheway and Jody Kositsky, InterVISTAS Consulting Inc.
Public transport in remote and isolated territories of Chile
Nicolás Céspedes, Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Chile
Transport Connectivity for Remote Communities in Scotland
James Laird, Peak Economics
Islands transport policy in Greece: The Island Transport Equivalent
Maria Lekakou, University of the Aegean