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Urban Transport Strategies for Sustainable Development – 26 to 27 october 2017 – Catania University, ITALY
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POLIS Annual meeting – 1 & 2 december – Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
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Parking lots powered by green energy in Warsaw
The Public Transport Authority in Warsaw invests in renewable energy sources. A tender will be announced soon that will answer the question how to power the Park and Ride parking lots with green energy. The owners of electric cars may also expect to find facilities there. In the coming days the Public Transport Authority (ZTM)

The power of advertising
ME ‘Susisiekimo paslaugos’ recently took a completely different approach when it comes to promoting PT services. In the early days of Autumn advertising School ‘The Atomic Garden Vilnius‘ in cooperation with the ME ‘Susisiekimo paslaugos’ gathered together young people from Vilnius and other cities to look for innovative solutions that will promote city residents to

Hello passenger! All you need under one roof
At the end of July the ME ‘Susisiekimo paslaugos’ customer information centre was opened. Here residents and guests can not only buy public transport tickets or plan their trips, but also get parking permits and pay fees. There thousands of passengers who each day travel to and from Vilnius city, having public transport information centre

Vilnius : Bicycle-Friendly Transit = Bicycle-Friendly City
On the end of August Velobuses started to run in Vilnius city. Velobuses are special buses that that are equipped and have special designated areas for bikes, therefore public transport passengers can easily take their bikes on the road and more importantly this additional service is free of charge. It is a pilot project, therefore

The new tariff system of VOR
For the past decades there have been two different tariff systems in operation in the so called Eastern region of Austria, i.e. the three federal states Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland. As of July 6, 2016, after years of intense preparations, there is only one unified and consistent tariff system. The figures generated during the

London’s contactless payment technology celebrates its second anniversary
September saw the second anniversary of Transport for London’s (TfL’s) customers being able to use contactless payment methods to pay for travel on Underground, rail and bus services across the city. TfL is the first public transport provider in the world to accept contactless payments. Since its inception, more than 600 million contactless journeys have

A new member of EMTA: Mallorca Transport authority
During the general meeting held in Warsaw on October 6, EMTA welcomed Consorci de Transports de Mallorca (CTM) as its 24th full member. CTM is responsible for public transport in bus, metro and train on the island of Mallorca. The island covers 3.640 km2 and has 859.000 inhabitants of which over 400.000 live in the

European Transport Conference – 5 to 7 october 2016 – Barcelona (SPAIN)
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