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EMTA 10th Anniversary Conference – 27 November 2008 – Paris (France) incl. Proceedings
On November 2008, EMTA celebrated 10 years of activity in the field of Urban transport with a conference held in Paris at the invitation of STIF and the Regional Council of Ile de France. President of Region Ile de France Jean Paul Huchon and Vice President Serge Mery and Director General Sophie Mougard deserve the
London : Cool addition to the Tube network unveiled
Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled its first air-conditioned trains. They will operate on the Metropolitan line from 2010 and the Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines from 2011. The ‘S-Stock’ trains, which will serve around 40 per cent of the Tube network on the sub-surface lines, will have air conditioning, walk-through carriages with
EUROCITIES Conference – 26 to 29 November 2008 – The Hague (Netherlands)
More details on their website : www.eurocities.org
UITP : 3rd Metro Conference – 3 to 5 December 2008 – Lausanne (Switzerland)
More info on their website : http://www.uitp.org/Events/2008/lausanne
Helsinki region: A new procurement organization
A new public transport procurement organization is being created in the Helsinki region. The new organization will bring together the different bodies currently responsible for the organization of public transport services in Helsinki and in the rest of the metropolitan area. The new organization is expected to attract also new members from among municipalities surrounding
European Transport Conference – 6 to 8 october – Leeuwenhorst (The Netherlands)
More information on their website : ETC 2008 Download the program
Extension of L3 metro line in Barcelona: infrastructure and urban design
The extension of the L3 line between the Canyelles and Trinitat Nova stations came into operation on 4 October 2008, with a new 1.8-kilometre tunnel section and two new stations, Roquetes and Trinitat Nova, which it is estimated will provide service for 4 million journeys a year. The initiative included the construction of two new
Advanced ITS system for Dublin Bus
Dublin has recently opted for an advanced intelligent transportation system (ITS). The Intermodal Transport Control System MOBILE-ITCS dispatchers maintain the overview over the traffic situation in the city of Dublin at all times and can initiate counter measures should disturbances occur. The system includes the provision of the integrated statistical evaluation software MOBILEstatistics that allows
About Torino Public Transport Authority
The Agenzia per la Mobilità Metropolitana is a consortium of functions instituted in 2003 by the Region Piemonte, the Province of Torino, the City of Torino, and the 31 Municipalities forming the Metropolitan Area. The whole transport system managed by the Agenzia supplies about 75 million vehicles*km and serves about 175 million of paying passengers
POLIS Annual Conference – 25 & 26 November – Barcelona (Spain)
More info on their website : www.polis-online.org/
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