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Sofia transport authority joins the EMTA network
EMTA welcomes the Sofia Urban Mobility Centre (SUMC) as new member of the association. SUMC is procuring public transport services from 3 municipal and 2 private operators, offering the 1.5m inhabitants of Sofia the benefit of 4 metro lines, 14 tram lines, and over 100 bus/trolleybus lines. Public transport has a 40% mode share in

A new deal for SYTRAL in Lyon
In Lyon, the public transport authority SYTRAL is leading remarquable changes: a wider area of competence, now covering 3200 km² an expected new fare system to cover this wider territory, a more stable governance, at last, enshrined in the French law, a new approach to allotment in the tendering framework to stimulate competition. Read more

EMTA welcomes a new member: Athens Urban Transport Organization S.A. (OASA SA)
On 21 Oct 2022 at the Vienna General Meeting, OASA formally joined EMTA as a new member. AOSA is the public transport authority responsible for planning, coordinating, and financing the largest public transport system in Greece. With nearly 120 staff, OASA coordinates the service provision by its subsidiary companies, the two transport operators STASY S.A

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Catch up with the EIT MobilityTalks on Multimodal Digital Mobility Services
EMTA Secretary general Alexandre Santacreu commented on MaaS in the latest EIT MobilityTalk on 7 July 2022. The event was focussed on the building blocks for the development and deployment of multimodal digital mobility services, such as Mobility-as-a-Service applications. Speakers included:

Help – not hinder – public transport’s ability to deliver Green Deal Goals!
In a joint statement on the proposed revision of the interpretative guidelines on Regulation (EC) No 1370 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road (‘PSO regulation’), a broad coalition of transport stakeholders calls on the European Commission to avoid undermining the legal framework for public transport organisation. The PSO Regulation sets out