Functioning
EMTA general meetings are held at least once a year. After the inaugural meeting in Paris in April 1998, meetings were organised in :
- Madrid (November 1998),
- Berlin (April 1999),
- Brussels (November 1999),
- Manchester (April 2000),
- Rome (November 2000),
- Prague (April 2001),
- Barcelona (November 2001),
- Dublin (May 2002),
- Frankfurt (October 2002),
- Vienna (February 2003),
- London (November 2003),
- Helsinki (June 2004),
- Seville (October 2004),
- Amsterdam (April 2005),
- Vilnius (September 2005),
- Stuttgart (May 2006),
- Lyon (October 2006),
- Bilbao (April 2007),
- Stockholm (October 2007),
- Turin (April 2008),
- Paris for the 10th anniversary (November 2008),
- Valencia (April 2009)
- Warsaw (November 2009)
- Budapest (April 2010)
- Barcelona (November 2010)
- Madrid (April 2011)
- Birmingham (November 2011)
- Prague (May 2012)
- Berlin (September 2012).
The next meetings will take place in Copenhagen in april 2013 & Vienna in autumn 2013.
EMTA is controlled by a board elected by the general meeting for a two-year renewable period. The current board is as follows:
President of EMTA:
- Verkehrsverbund Berlin Brandenburg (VBB - Berlin - Brandenburg),
M. Hans-Werner Franz
Vice-presidents:
- Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF - Paris / Ile de France),
Mrs Sophie Mougard
- Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM - Madrid),
M. Carlos Cristobal-Pinto
Other members of the Board:
- Agenzia per la Mobilità Metropolitana (AMMT - Torino),
M. Cesare Paonessa
- Autoritat del Transport Metropolita (ATM - Barcelone),
M. Marc Garcia
- Budapest Transport Authority (BKK - Budapest),
M. David Vitézy
- South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE - Sheffield),
M. David Brown
- Zarząd Transportu Miejskiego (ZTM - Warsaw),
M. Leszek Ruta
- Helsinki Region Transport Authority (HSL - Helsinki)
Mrs Suvi Rihtniemi
The association is managed by a secretary general, M. Ruud van der Ploeg, placed under the president’s authority.
An assistant, M. Olivier Barbosa, placed under the secretary general’s authority, helps for all administratives and communication tasks.
EMTA is organised on a voluntary basis into working groups on subjects decided jointly by the members.
Any Authority responsible for transport in a main European city or metropolitan area may become a member by applying to EMTA for membership.