The THNS Forum is an International Symposium on the Sustainable Development of Urban Transport Systems. The forum got the name T-H-N-S from the theme of its first edition in 2008- “Transport à Haut Niveau de Service” (transport of high-level service). THNS especially fosters the East-West exchange of knowledge advances: research outcomes, innovative technologies, implementation reports etc. Of primary interest to academics and consultants, it may also be of interest to specialized policy makers and business representatives (operators, constructors).

All along its successive yearly editions starting from 2008, the major THNS topic has been the development of high-quality transport solutions: high quality to people as users, combined to high quality to the environment, with special emphasis on the urban environment including the relation to local dwellers. BRT and LRT lines make a prominent theme. Beside public transit, the Forum also deals with:

• Shared mobility services, from shared-vehicle systems, to taxicab and ride-hailing services, and up to ride-sharing.  

• Technological solutions for better transport are of special interest: vehicle and people connectivity, automation, electrical powering, sharing schemes and applications, ride-sourcing and dynamic fleet management, traffic control at junction, link, line and network levels.

• Soft modes: walking and cycling, and the related infrastructural enablers (bike lanes, pedestrian streets…).

• Transport and land-use at all spatial scales: street layout, urban neighborhood, multimodal hubs, urban development and transport planning, interurban transport and interregional relations.