News from the Cities
London uses fare policy to influence behaviours of travellers
In order to encourage the use of public transport by young people, the Mayor of London – Ken Livingstone, through his agency Transport for London, has extended the age limit for children eligible for free travel on bus and tram networks from those under the age of 11 to those under 16. Children aged less
Very short term rental of cycles available in Lyons
Greater Lyon launched in May VeloV, an innovative service of cycle rental for very short duration. Rental spots are spread across the cities of Lyons and Villeurbanne, where about 600,000 people live and work. The network consists of almost 200 stations, situated in strategic locations and no more than five minutes away from any place
Turin prepares to host winter Olympics
In about 100 days, Torino will host the XX Olympic Winter Games that will take place from 10 February 2006. Organisation of world wide events welcoming thousands of visitors put a strong pressure on transport systems a wide range of projects are undertaken to face the expected demand, even if for winter Games, sports venues
New night bus services in Paris Ile de France region
In order to better match the growing mobility needs in night time, the network of night buses in Paris and Ile de France region has been restructured and reinforced in September. Provision of services has been doubled compared to the before situation. They are now run under the same name ‘Noctilien’ and are operated by
New service provision in Lisbon
In order to better take into account mobility needs of citizens and to reverse the current trend (32% fall in patronage in 15 years), Carris, the State owned company operating Lisbon public transport networks, is significantly changing the structure of its surface network. The new proposed network: will work in tandem with the rail networks,
Mobile phone services to be implemented in London Underground
Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London announced in March a consultation aiming at exploring possibilities offered by new mobile technologies in order to improve passengers’ journeys in the Underground. These services consist in audio or video broadcasting and wireless Internet. Many interested companies expressed their interest and have been asked to fill the consultation document
Successful partnership between public transport and car sharing in Hamburg
Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, the local public transport authority, announced in June new developments of its successful partnership with Greenwheels, a car sharing company, initiated in 1998. New prices for short term car rental based on an easily structured tariff-system are proposed to holders of public transport season passes, exempting them completely from any entry fee, deposit
New metro line and paying expressway in St Petersburg
St Petersburg metro network, made of 4 lines representing 100km will significantly grow in the coming years, with a target of 140 km by the year 2015, particularly in the northern area of the city. This extension plan includes a new line and the beginning of a circular line. These projects should lead to a
Lyons renew its global contract with Keolis for six years and develops its networks
Sytral, Lyons transport authority is responsible for organising and financing the largest French public transport network open to competition, with a €1.5bn contract lasting 6 years. As the previous contract was ending in December 2004, the tendering process has been initiated in November 2003. The last choice had to be done between Keolis, the incumbent
New developments and operations schemes in Warsaw region
New infrastructure projects have been decided for Warsaw and at a regional scale: the second metro line is currently under construction and is expected to enter in service in 2007. The works for the third line, measuring 6 km will start just after the beginning of first line operations. A project of a suburban express
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