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EMTA newsletter Spring 2020 is published
You could download the last published newsletter of spring 2020 by following this link All the previous newsletters are available in the publications section.
EMTA sent an open letter towards COVID-19 crisis to EU officials
Wedneday, april 15th 2020, EMTA board and secretary general signed an open letter to the Presidents of the European Commission, Parliament and Council regarding the perspective of EMTA and the public transport authorities towards the Covid-19 crisis, entitled “Resilience and regeneration: Public transport as powerful lever for Europe’s recovery.” A same letter is also sent
2020 – Special bikes for people with specific needs – IdFM Paris Ile-de-France
Questionnaire
2020 – E-scooter experiments – VRA Amsterdam
Questionnaire & Synthesis + Complete thesis by Mrs Amanda Vlieger.
Public transport made possible thanks to a Data Warehouse
Nowadays, to create quick, successful and efficient public transport you need more than just a modern rolling stock, infrastructure, and tools used to model communication systems. In case of large and quickly developing cities, it is equally important to collect, process and analyse data that allow to create public transport adapted to the needs of
New forms of financing can significantly change the public transport market
The transition to zero-emission bus transport results in high purchase costs for the carriers. So there is a need for a different financing model. Banks are interested in offering a variant of the bus loan, as developed by the Amsterdam Transport Region. Buses can therefore be accommodated in an asset BV, a kind of rolling
The Sound of Silence
An innovative new bus sound began trials on London’s latest electric bus route in January. Transport for London (TfL) developed the sound, which is played through special speakers inside the front of the bus, to ensure that all road users are aware of electric and hybrid buses when they are moving at slow speeds. Without
PlusBuses are a quality public transport product – A success story in 5 years
As a transport association, the VBB (Verkehrsverbund Berlin – Brandenburg) has the task of providing good bus and rail links to the whole VBB region. A real transport revolution involves shifting ever more traffic over to environmentally friendly public transport. At least, this is the demand and the major project of the political, business and
Cancelled – EMTA 45th general meeting – 13 to 15 May 2020 – Copenhagen (DENMARK)
EMTA is happy to support the next European Zero Emission Bus Conference that will take place on 07-08. April 2020 in Paris (France).
As with the previous editions of the conference, held in Cologne in 2018 and London in 2016, the Paris ZEB conference will focus on the solutions and challenges of decarbonising the bus industry. Over the two days of the conference, 400 stakeholders including bus operators, major industry players, and local and international policy makers, will
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