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Contactless payment’s popularity continues to grow
More than half of all pay as you go trips made on London’s Tube and rail services are now made with contactless payment. On buses and trams, the use of contactless is also increasing rapidly – with around 45 per cent of all pay as you go journeys now being made using contactless. The convenient

ECOMM 2018 – 30 May to 1rst June- Uppsala / SWEDEN
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CIPTEC Final conference – 24 April 2018 – Brussels / BELGIUM
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Transport Research Arena (TRA) – 23 & 24 April 2018 – Vienna / AUSTRIA
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The Midlands Intelligent Mobility Conference 2018 – 24 January 2018 – Nottingham / UK
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Transport Ticketing Global – 23 & 24 January 2018 – Old Billingsgate London / UK
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Stockholm and Mobility-as-a-service pilots during 2018
Public transport in Stockholm County should be easily accessible, reliable and environmentally friendly. Trafikförvaltningen (Public transport administration SLL) is responsible for planning, coordination and tendering transport services. The number of travelers has been increasing each year. More than 780 000 people travel by public transport in Stockholm County each day. The various means of transport

Analysis shows how TfL’s free open data boosts London’s economy
Research by Deloitte shows the release of free, accurate and real-time open data by Transport for London (TfL) is generating annual economic benefits and savings of up to £130m (€150m) a year. The report found that customers, road users, business and TfL itself all benefit. More than 80 data feeds are now available for developers

Restrictions on circulation and promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility to combat environmental pollution in Barcelona
From December 1st 2017, by virtue of an institutional agreement, the Department of Territory and Sustainability (DTES) of the Generalitat de Catalunya can declare episode situations of environmental air pollution in Barcelona. The agreement was signed in March 2017 between the main agents and the public administrations in Area 40 of the Barcelona conurbation (see

Ambitions to achieve Zero Emission Mobility in Amsterdam region
Things are going well with the introduction of Zero Emission buses in the Amsterdam region. From April 2018 100 zero emission buses will be deployed in the area around Schiphol Airport. In summer, the Waterland region will follow with 10 electric buses. Within the entire Amsterdam metropolitan region plans to make public transport more sustainable