News from the Cities
Hannover Mobile turns public transport into a full mobility service provider
The Greater Hannover Transport Association (GVH) manages mobility issues of a 1.1 million inhabitant metropolitan area through an integrated system. It offers a wide range of public transport services provided by four different companies: urban bus, tram, suburban bus, regional trains, and local rapid transit. However, this level of integration and this range of services
Rail services improvements foreseen in Switzerland
Swiss Federal Railways (SBB-CFF-FFS) are currently working on the strategic planning of rail services for 2030: the Zukünftige Entwicklung der Bahnprojekte (ZEB). Concrete measures will be announced in 2006, as required by the Parliament. However, general guidelines of service improvements have been exposed in September. The scope covers all types of rail services: freight, long
Stockholm about to experiment congestion charging
The Municipality of Stockholm will experiment a trial period for congestion charging for all private vehicles crossing the city border on weekdays. Car users will have to pay for each crossing with a maximal daily fee of about €6 per day and per car. The trial will take place from 3 January to 31 July
London uses fare policy to influence behaviours of travellers
In order to encourage the use of public transport by young people, the Mayor of London – Ken Livingstone, through his agency Transport for London, has extended the age limit for children eligible for free travel on bus and tram networks from those under the age of 11 to those under 16. Children aged less
Very short term rental of cycles available in Lyons
Greater Lyon launched in May VeloV, an innovative service of cycle rental for very short duration. Rental spots are spread across the cities of Lyons and Villeurbanne, where about 600,000 people live and work. The network consists of almost 200 stations, situated in strategic locations and no more than five minutes away from any place
Turin prepares to host winter Olympics
In about 100 days, Torino will host the XX Olympic Winter Games that will take place from 10 February 2006. Organisation of world wide events welcoming thousands of visitors put a strong pressure on transport systems a wide range of projects are undertaken to face the expected demand, even if for winter Games, sports venues
New night bus services in Paris Ile de France region
In order to better match the growing mobility needs in night time, the network of night buses in Paris and Ile de France region has been restructured and reinforced in September. Provision of services has been doubled compared to the before situation. They are now run under the same name ‘Noctilien’ and are operated by
New service provision in Lisbon
In order to better take into account mobility needs of citizens and to reverse the current trend (32% fall in patronage in 15 years), Carris, the State owned company operating Lisbon public transport networks, is significantly changing the structure of its surface network. The new proposed network: will work in tandem with the rail networks,
Mobile phone services to be implemented in London Underground
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London announced in March a consultation aiming at exploring possibilities offered by new mobile technologies in order to improve passengers’ journeys in the Underground. These services consist in audio or video broadcasting and wireless Internet. Many interested companies expressed their interest and have been asked to fill the consultation document
Successful partnership between public transport and car sharing in Hamburg
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, the local public transport authority, announced in June new developments of its successful partnership with Greenwheels, a car sharing company, initiated in 1998. New prices for short term car rental based on an easily structured tariff-system are proposed to holders of public transport season passes, exempting them completely from any entry fee, deposit
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