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New night bus services in Paris Ile de France region
In order to better match the growing mobility needs in night time, the network of night buses in Paris and Ile de France region has been restructured and reinforced in September. Provision of services has been doubled compared to the before situation. They are now run under the same name ‘Noctilien’ and are operated by
Transdev Group pursues expansion in Italy
The city of Genoa, Italy decided to entrust the management of its transport network (bus, Metro, etc.) to a private partner for the first time via an open tendering process. The network is Italy’s 5th largest urban public transport network. In Genoa, where 610,000 people live, more than 400,000 journeys are made daily and every
RATP and ALSTOM sign a €474 million for the supply of metro trainsets
RATP, ParisÂ’ metro operator, and ALSTOM signed a contract on 20 October 2005 for the delivery of 49 rubber-tyred automatic metro trainsets with an option for 10 additional metro trainsets. The order was concluded in the context of the automatisation programme for line 1, one of the most important line of Paris network with 700.000
New Bombardier tramways in the streets of Brussels
The first Flexity Outlook tramway, manufactured by Bombardier, has been delivered to STIB (Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles) on 14 September. STIB and Bombardier concluded a contract in 2003 for the acquisition of 46 trams and 15 years maintenance for a total amount of €106 million. The rolling stock is split among 27 T3000
UITP presented Mobility in Cities Database, illustrating current mobility worldwide
UITP, the international association of public transport, presented during Rome congress its last version of Mobility in Cities Database (MCD), gathering 120 mobility indicators in 50 cities across the world. This important source of information for actors of urban moblity analysed major urban trends for the period 1995-2001 and concluded that: – Car equipment have
Energy efficiency addressed at European level
With the growing concerns about oil prices energy supply dependence and climate change, efficiency in energy consumption becomes more and more key issues for future development of our countries. On 22nd June, the EU Commission adopted a Green Paper on Energy Efficiency that seeks to put energy savings higher on the agenda. The Green Paper
International Energy Agency call governments to “Save oil in a Hurry”
The International Energy Agency which is the energy forum for 26 industrialised countries published on April 28th a report exploring a set of measures governments could take to save oil as quick as possible, in order to cope with oil supply foreseen disruptions. Different measures have been analysed in terms of financial costs, energy savings
PLUME final conference promotes integration of land use and transport planning
Planning and Urban Mobility in Europe (PLUME) is a EU funded project that is part of Land Use and Transport Research cluster (LUTR). It aims at facilitating transfer innovation in the field of planning and urban mobility from the research community to the end users. PLUME has been initiated in November 2002, organised two workshops
Benchmarking initiative: end of year 2
The Urban Transport Benchmarking Initiative is a EU funded project gathering a group of participants representing local and regional urban transport stakeholders from 35-40 cities. The objective is to undertake a comparative analysis across stakeholders by gathering a set of common performance indicators covering urban passenger and freight transport, exploring several thematic working groups on
UK Department for Transport launches debate on road charging
The Department for Transport published in May 2005 National Statistics of average traffic speeds in English urban areas in 2004. This report shows that average speed on roads in large urban areas was 33 km/h during peak hours. However, almost 30% of this time was spent at a speed under 8 km/h (and 20% during
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