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Brussels refreshed ! A vision on mobility in the future
By 2040, today’s children will be adults. They will move around, study, work, go out, travel, have children, create companies, take decisions, and face the future all by themselves. By then, the population of Brussels will likely have grown by 25%! So a major challenge for the Brussels-Capital Region is to manage, starting from now,
The importance of Corporate Social Responsibility for Transportation Authorities: the case of the Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid
The Corporate Social Responsibility of the Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid (CRTM) is aligned with the new social model that requires a satisfying experience of the public transport customer in his daily mobility, to position the user at the intangible values level. The association with the best values perceived by Madrid society: transparency, knowledge, leadership,
Barcelona ATM is on the way to T-Mobilitat
Over the next few months Barcelona will launch a new mobility card to replace the 84 different public transport integrated fares that coexist nowadays in the metropolitan area of the Catalan capital. However, the T-Mobilitat project is not limited to public transport but has a much broader scope, defined by current tendencies and needs, and
STIF (Ile de France Transport Syndicate) is accelerating the purchase of non-polluting buses in Ile de France
On 11 December 2013, the STIF Board of Directors adopted an unprecedented plan to reduce pollutants emitted by buses. By 2020-2025 the aim is to have a fleet of all-electric and NGV Biogas buses in Ile-de-France, consistent with the aim of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20% written into the Plan de Déplacement Urbain d’Île-de-France
CRTM grants Awards to Promotion of Public Transport and Sustainable Mobility
The Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid (CRTM) has delivered on January 14th, the II Awards on Promotion of Public Transport and Sustainable Mobility, in which Public Transport field initiatives coming from 26 organizations individuals or companies are recognised. The awards had two categories. The first category intended to recognise employees in any of the PT
The Superhub project
SUPERHUB is a European co-funded project involving 20 partners, Barcelona ATM and Helsinki HSL among them, from 6 different Countries. In 2014, after 36 months of research, development and largescale trials, SUPERHUB will unveil an open source platform for PC and mobile applications which will be able to plan customized urban routes, combining in real
Tax settlement in Warsaw offers a privilege for cheaper tickets
On 1 January 2014, a new fare scheme comes into force. It benefits people living in Warsaw by the introduction of additional discount in fares for people provided they settle their personal income tax in Warsaw revenue office. A new feature is that the new single tickets will allow travellers to transfer during their trip
London goes contactless
Contactless payment cards have been accepted on London buses as a payment mechanism since December 2012. From early summer 2014 customers will be able to use them to pay for travel on Tube (metro), tram, Docklands Light Railway and London Overground suburban rail services. As part of its preparations, TfL has invited customers to help
Vilnius: turning the decline in public transport passengers around
Over the past decades, Vilnius has seen a vast decline in public transport passengers. To reverse this trend the municipality launched a public transport reform plan including rapid bus routes and integration of operators. The reforms seem to pay off: since July 2013 ticket sales have gone up and the majority of passengers value the
A tramway network booming in Ile-de-France Region: the emblematic example of the tramway T3
The tramway network in Paris area has known a significant development with the official opening of three tramlines extensions by the end of 2012: 15th November 2012: extension of Tramway line T1 from Saint-Denis to Asnières-sur-seine-Gennevilliers-Les Courtilles 19th November 2012: extension of Tramway line T2 from La Défense to Pont de Bezons 15th December 2012:
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