News from the Cities
The power of advertising
ME ‘Susisiekimo paslaugos’ recently took a completely different approach when it comes to promoting PT services. In the early days of Autumn advertising School ‘The Atomic Garden Vilnius‘ in cooperation with the ME ‘Susisiekimo paslaugos’ gathered together young people from Vilnius and other cities to look for innovative solutions that will promote city residents to
Parking lots powered by green energy in Warsaw
The Public Transport Authority in Warsaw invests in renewable energy sources. A tender will be announced soon that will answer the question how to power the Park and Ride parking lots with green energy. The owners of electric cars may also expect to find facilities there. In the coming days the Public Transport Authority (ZTM)
The New Bus Network in Barcelona
TMB operates in the city of Barcelona and part of its metropolitan area, serving a territory of 2.4 million inhabitants. The former Barcelona Bus Network, with 100 lines, was highly appreciated by the citizens as the satisfaction ratios used to reflect it. Nevertheless, there were some weaknesses: it only provided good service from the city
A total of 20 brand new buses improve the ratio of accessible services in Budapest
The mobility manager of the Hungarian capital, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport, was commissioned by the Municipality of Budapest to improve the service quality level of public transport. BKK and its service providers have recently put into service 20 brand new, barrier-free buses on several routes. A total of 15 Mercedes Conecto G articulated, low-floor,
Customer information
This summer Vilnius again have some exciting news to share with our dear colleagues! We recently have been working a lot on of the main fields when it comes to any service provider, whether than would be public authority or grocery market and that is CUSTOMER INFORMATION. We always work on improving our services according
The Sustainable Mobility Strategic Plan of the Madrid Region continues to developing measures and proposals
The Sustainable Mobility Strategic Plan of the Madrid Region, developed by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes, continues progressing, thanks to the collaboration between the different administrations, since it was set up in late 2013. This Plan has involved the 179 municipalities of the Madrid Region, through regular meetings with technical staff of the different City
Android Pay accepted for pay as you go travel in London
Since May, customers using Transport for London (TfL)’s services, including the Tube, buses and trams, as well as most National Rail services in London, have been able to travel using Android Pay on their mobile phone. The new payment app, developed by Google, supports MasterCard and Visa credit and debit cards from many of the
The North West’s first guided busway has arrived
The opening of the North West’s first guided busway in April 2016 was a crucial milestone for Transport for Greater Manchester’s wider bus priority package, a £122 million investment to enable more people to enjoy faster, more punctual and more reliable bus services from a wider area across Greater Manchester, to, from and through the
The Barik contactless: topping up your card by an app on your smartphone
The possibility of topping up Biscay’s contactless card, Barik, using smartphones was launched on 29 February 2016. The Biscay Transport Consortium (CTB) activated an app on Google PlayStore, Barik NFC, which makes it possible for any Barik user to top up their card, as many times as they want, anywhere and at any time in
Pay for what you use
RMV pilots innovative smart fare system As of April 2016, the RMV is the first public transport association in Germany to try out an innovative kilometre-based fare system in a large-scale pilot. 20,000 test users of the new fare model RMVsmart are no longer paying the rate for an entire fare zone but only for
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