News from the Cities
Amsterdam urban transport facing severe cutbacks
The public transport systems in the 3 largest metropolitan areas in The Netherlands are facing severe budget cuts starting 2013. As part of a national government program of public expenditure cuts of around €18 million, the Dutch government has imposed a €120 million cut on the budget available to Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague for
ZTM a European actor of importance
On July 1, Poland took hold of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Presidency, which lasts six months, is a tremendous challenge and, at the same time, a splendid opportunity to promote both Poland and the city of Warsaw. The Public Transport Authority ZTM, based on the cooperation agreement with the
EPT launches NFC bus ticketing service in Murcia Spain
“This is a new opportunity to put technology at the service of citizens, improve public transport and encourage its use”, says the Minister of public work of the Murcia Region Jose Ballesta. The Regional government in Murcia has teamed up with the Mobile phone operator Vodafone Spain, to introduce an NFC-based public transport payment system.
Warsaw public transport consistently modernised
“I am glad to say, that the public transport system in Warsaw is consistently modernised,” says Leszek Ruta, Director of ZTM, the Warsaw Public Transport Authority. A city payment card and internet-purchased tickets are the paramount innovations ZTM has introduced in 2010. More and more tickets are also bought via cell phones, and the number
London to allow access with bank or credit cards to its entire transport network
London will lead the world in 2012 when it becomes the first city where passengers are able to access an entire transport network with just a swipe of their contactless bank or credit card. By the end of 2012 card readers across the whole of the Transport for London (TfL) network will have been upgraded
iFahrinfo – the new VBB App for your iPhone app
The official time table iPhone app for Berlin and Brandenburg shows all travel connection for train, bus, tram and ferry – and is for free. All time tables of more than 1.000 lines covering more than 13.000 stations of the 30.0000 square kilometer VBB-area are now fitting in the passenger´s pocket. The time table will
New hybrid fuel cell buses for GVB Amsterdam
Public transport company GVB, operator of urban transport in the city region of Amsterdam, will start with 2 hybrid fuel-cell buses in their daily operations in the Spring of 2011. The main features of the buses, built by the Dutch company Advanced Public Transport Systems (part of the VDL Group) are: Lightweight composite body, with
Proposal to raise child bus fares for the first time in eight years
Councillors at next week’s South Yorkshire Integrated Transport Authority (SYITA) are due to vote on a recommendation to increase child concessionary bus fares in the county for the first time in eight years. A report to the meeting on Thursday 3 February recommends the fare should rise from 40p to 50p from 1st April this
Transfer of the Renfe-Rodalies local railway service to the Catalan Government
Contractual framework On January 1st this year, the local railway service operated by Renfe Rodalies was transferred from the Spanish Central Government to the Government of Catalonia. 197 trains and around 900 workers provide the service. This is the first time that a regional government in Spain has taken over functions that have been, until
London set to become a cyclists’ paradise
London’s cycling revolution has begun. This summer marks the start of the two major schemes introduced by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Transport for London (TfL), putting cycling at the heart of transport in the Capital. Thousands of bikes will be available for hire in central London from end of July when Barclays
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