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15 November 2016
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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

15 November 2016
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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

15 November 2016
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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

15 November 2016
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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