Aberdeen is to play host to transport chiefs from six European countries who are to discuss new ways of making public transport as simple as possible to use.
Aberdeen University is to hold a two-day training sessions involving transport organisations and public authorities from countries including Germany, Switzerland and Belgium.
The seminar is to highlight efforts made to reduce car use by making public transport more accessible.
This event follows the launch of a €7.3 million European Union funded project involving academics from the university's centre for transport research, focusing on reducing the environmental impact of transport throughout north-west Europe.
The Bridging Mobility Gaps: Improving Connectivity and Mobility Access initiative is to work on the delivery of a wider range of accessible, cost effective and sustainable methods of public transport.
Professor John Nelson, Aberdeen University's centre for transport research, said in a statement: "Travelers making a journey from A to B will often come across issues such as inconvenient connections, insufficient information, or timetabling constraints.
"These factors combined make a person far more likely to choose to use their own private car rather than public transport - particularly for the beginning or end of their journey.
"The seminar provides a forum for key experts in this area to discuss how we can bridge this transport gap through creating new options which are more accessible, cost effective, convenient and sustainable."
Over the next three years, the 11 partners in the initiative will pilot projects including new models for implementing transport services that involve different operators and travel training to teach young people to make public transport journeys safely.
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