EMTA Barometer of public transport in the European metropolitan areas

Updated: January 2013

New : Barometer 2011 - published in late 2012

A six-pages summary is available in pdf format : page to page

A precise knowledge of reality is a prerequisite to define pertinent policies. This is particularly true in the field of public transport, where decisions affect the daily lives of millions of people and where the investment and operation costs of complex systems often amount to millions, if not billions, of Euros.

In this context, comparison of data between territories facing the same kinds of challenges (“benchmarking”) is a useful source of information for decision makers. The EMTA Barometer of public transport in the European metropolitan areas aims to provide such comparative insight.

It illustrates the diversity of public transport systems and public transport policies in the European largest cities. 25 metropolitan areas have contributed to this new edition of the EMTA Barometer of public transport, by providing data based on the year 2011.

The work has been carried out with the strong support of Carlos Cristóbal Pinto, Head of the department of Studies and Planning and Laura Delgado of the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid, who have prepared this report.