Lecture and Swiss Exhibit on Alternative Transportation

Title: Lecture and Swiss Exhibit on Alternative Transportation
Location: Rice University, Brochstein Pavilion (open during business hours; to find the Brochstein Pavilion visit http://www.rice.edu/maps/maps.html )
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Description: Thursday April 8th Public talk “On track to the future” with Christoph Ebell (Science Attache at the Swiss Embassy in DC) Duncan Hall #1070 1pm)

The Swiss exhibit “The Challenge of Sustainable Transportation for the 21st Century: The Prospects for Switzerland and the U.S.” presents information on policies, incentives, infrastructure, land use planning, and timetables, providing insights into the long-term financial aspects of transportation and funding plans to ensure high quality and sustainable solutions. This exhibit was created by the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Federal Office of Transport in Switzerland as part of a U.S.-wide program “Think-Swiss-Brainstorm the future”. As a leading country in science and technology, Switzerland is dedicated to working with its American counterparts to address the challenges of sustainability and find solutions that benefit our world. Two launching events in Washington, D.C., gave the impetus for the traveling exhibit that will visit Houston from April 5th to April 9th, at the Brochstein Pavilion of Rice University. On Thursday April 8th (1 pm, Duncan Hall #1070) Christoph Ebell, Science Attaché at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington D.C., will present “On Track to the Future”, a public lecture to discuss how Switzerland tackled the transportation challenges and how the Swiss example could be an inspiration for the USA. For more information on the public lecture, email cses@rice.edu
Start Date: 2010-04-08
End Date: 2010-04-09