News from the Cities
110 million euros to launch the Paris Region’s first cable car.
In May 2021, Île-de-France Mobilités, the body in charge of transport in the Île-de-France region, signed a first contract worth 110 million euros with the group DOPPELMAYER France SAS (agent) / SPIE BATIGNOLLES GC / France TRAVAUX / EGIS RAIL / ATELIER SCHALL to design, build and maintain the Cable A service. The first cable
The T9 Tram or the launch of a safe, comfortable and totally accesible tramway service.
Since 10 April 2021, the T9 Tram has been carrying passengers from Porte de Choisy (in Paris) to Orly town centre (in Val-de-Marne) in 30 minutes and with 19 stops. The line is 10 kilometres long and goes through 6 towns. The Tram T9 has now replaced bus line 183, providing a faster and more
International competition for legible Prague wayfinding system
ROPID (Regional Organizer of Prague Integrated Transport) is tendering an international design competition for a new wayfinding system for the Czech capital to be announced in August 2021. The aim of the competition is to select a team of experts who can demonstrate the best ability to create a smart wayfinding system suitable for all
A new visual style for public transport in Prague and Central Bohemia
The Integrated Transport System, which covers all public transport in Prague and the Central Bohemian region, servicing 3 million people on more than 600 lines with 5 000 vehicles operated by 35 carriers, is getting a new unified look. The logo is changing together with additional graphical elements, including a new uniform design for all
Île-de-France : €23 millions European subsidy for the purchase of electric buses and the conversion of depots to electricity and biomethane
Through this funding, the European Commission is supporting the commitment of Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP in the regional ecological transition strategy aimed in particular at converting all the bus depots (140) and a large part of the bus fleet to biomethane and electricity by 2025. This European aid, supplemented by €23 million in innovative funding
Test for App-based ticketing with best price guarantee in Austria’s Eastern Region
Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR), the managing public transport authority for Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, in collaboration with its operating partners Wiener Linien and Wiener Lokalbahnen, started testing a new way of ticketing with best price guarantee using the FAIRTIQ smartphone app. With the FAIRTIQ app, public transport use is charged according to a so-called “check-in
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
Hoekse Lijn is open
In September 2019, the much anticipated Hoekse Lijn metro line was officially opened. The railway line between Schiedam and Hoek van Holland was closed on 31 March 2017 and rebuilt into a light rail line, connecting to the regional metro network lines A and B. The conversion from rail- to lightrail was intended to take
Metropolitan region Rotterdam – Den Haag (MRDH) Towards 100% zero emission bus transport
Over the past two years, the Metropolitan region Rotterdam – Den Haag (MRDH) has been making new agreements with the public transport companies in the MRDH region about clean(er) bus transportation. In 2030, all buses will be zero emission (ZE) and from 2025 onwards, renewable energy generated locally/regionally will be used where feasible. Overall, the
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
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