News from the Cities
Licensing decision on Uber London Limited
Transport for London (TfL) has today (Friday 22 September) informed Uber London Limited that it will not be issued with a private hire operator licence after expiry of its current licence on 30 September. TfL’s regulation of London’s taxi and private hire trades is designed to ensure passenger safety. Private hire operators must meet rigorous
The Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid launches the Multi Card, the new contactless non-personal public transport card
The new transport card is a prepaid multi-person card that single tickets of Metro network and Light Rail can be charged, as well as Metrobus 10-trips tickets or suburban buses. On 7th July 2017 came into operation the Multi Card, the new prepaid contactless and non-personal public transport card launched by the Regional Transport Consortium
An electric bicycle (e-bike) rental service
Île-de-France Mobilités will launch a regional electric bicycle rental service for a period of one month to one year. This summer it launched a call for bids to make 20,000 e-bikes available to the inhabitants of Paris for a period of at least 6 months. Fifty percent of this service, to be provided for a
From private cars to Public Transport
Like most European capitals Vilnius city is facing congestion problems. It looks for solutions on how to save the time of the citizens and how to control the constantly rising private car use and pollution from traffic. A few innovations recently adopted by Vilnius city council are aimed to encourage citizens to switch from private
One billion journeys made by contactless payment on London’s transport network
London’s transport network recently celebrated its billionth pay as you go journey made with a contactless payment card. On average, two million journeys in London are made using contactless every day. In total, 40 per cent of all pay as you go journeys are made using contactless, up from 25 per cent in early 2016.
Accessible rolling stock for the Helsinki region light-rail line
The first light-rail line in the Helsinki region will be completed in the 2020s between Itäkeskus, Helsinki and Keilaniemi, Espoo. The first design concept for the Artic XL cars to run on the line has been created. The design particularly addresses the needs of families with children and people with slow mobility. To ensure accessibility,
A large number of new low-emission buses introduced on HSL bus routes
Since August, 52 brand new buses have been operating on HSL bus routes. This is an unusually high number of new buses to introduce at the same time. New vehicles allow bus companies to give up older buses. The new buses are diesel vehicles that meet the Euro 6 emissions standards with a particular focus
Preliminary study to connect both tramways networks in Barcelona
In March 2016, the Generalitat de Catalunya – Catalonia’s regional government – and Barcelona City Hall, signed a collaboration protocol to start a study on the feasibility of interlinking the two existing tramway networks and make it into one unified network. The 4 to 4,6 km-long connection includes 5 to 6 stops depending on the
Testing of autonomous shuttles
Innovative public transport solutions will be gradually added to the existing offer, including the testing of autonomous vehicles on the Paris Esplanade in La Défense from June 29 to December 31, 2017, for the last kilometer of users’ commutes, where conventional buses cannot circulate. To carry out this testing in partnership with Defacto, a Public
New fares – cleaner air in Warsaw
Warsaw has changed its public transport fares considerably in 2017. The biggest novelty was a large reduction of the prices of travel cards valid in both zones and introduction of free rides for the students of primary schools and junior high schools in Warsaw. The city shows this way that public transport and sustainability are
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