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5th international Rail Forum, 13-16 november in Valencia
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European Transport Conference, 17-19 october in Noordwijkerhout – The Netherlands
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EMTA General Meeting 4-5 october 2007
The meeting will take place in Stockholm.
Brussels public transport on the move
Following extended works since 2005 on the tram network which aimed at redesigning some routes, extending others and creating a new line 4 linking north to south and upgrading the rolling stock with the purchase of Flexity Outlook T300 (189 passengers capacity) and T4000 (258 passengers capacity), the disclosure on 4 June of the new
Tramway lines expand in Barcelona
The Trambaix line southwest of the conurbation expanded last April to reach Sant Feliu de Llobregat. The station allows interchange with local bus routes and a 65 slots park and ride facility. The expanded line now 15 km long serves 29 stops of which 3 are interchanges with underground metro and one with suburban trains.
The future of transport in Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Transport Authorities GMPTA was given approval for launching a first consultation of stakeholders, on the proposal of a bid to UK Department for Transport for the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) scheme. It would be a £3bn package of transport funding and the introduction of a road congestion charging which would represent the biggest
Urban mobility in cities makes its way up on European Commission’s agenda
Since January this year, European Commission made broad consultation of stakeholders involved in urban transport with a view to prepare the Green Paper document to shape the European urban transport policy for the next decade. Regular appointments have been made, in the form of conferences. The first one on January 31 launched the process of
Paris Meeting 2 July 2007
– Agenda – Presentation made during the meeting (pdf): STIF Accessibility Master Plan STIF on inclusion Rupprecht presentation of the study in Bilbao Excerps from study Presentation Bolton University MSc transport leaflet BAIM project – Record of decision
EU Transport Policy
– Preparation of Green Paper: Stakeholder Conferences: Transport Problems, Solutions, Responsibilities 31/01/07 BACKGROUND PAPER FOR THE PUBLIC- EN – Towards a European policy for Urban Transport Technical Workshops: Urban Transport and Green Propulsion Urban transport financing Public transpor intermodality and intelligent transport Integrated Urban transport approaches – White Paper “European transport policy for 2010: time
2007- Financing of public transport infrastructure in Europe – CENTRO Birmingham
Questionnaire & Synthesis
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