News from the Cities
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
Stockholm PTA spurs data driven track maintenance
Is it possible to increase vehicle availability, reduce noise and reduce maintenance cost by combined actions? By purchasing the service of providing high quality real time track data the Public transport administration of Stockholm foresees great opportunities. In March 2017 the Public transport administration signed a contract for providing the service of real time track
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
Just launched: Metropolitan region Rotterdam – The Hague
By the 1st of January 2015, a new Public Transport Authority will be formally launched in The Netherlands: the Metropolitan Region Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH), resulting from a merger of two regional transport authorities stadsregio Rotterdam and stadsgewest Haaglanden. This article briefly explains the scope of the area, structure of governance, legal tasks and budget,
Trolleybus line 72 weekend route extension to Orczy tér
From Saturday, 19 August 2017, trolleybus 72 will serve an extended weekend route between Zugló railway station and Orczy tér. BKK’s network development pilot proved to be a success at July weekends when a new, environmentally friendly north-south public transport connection was created providing additional direct access options to several major hubs in the city
Licensing decision on Uber London Limited
Transport for London (TfL) has today (Friday 22 September) informed Uber London Limited that it will not be issued with a private hire operator licence after expiry of its current licence on 30 September. TfL’s regulation of London’s taxi and private hire trades is designed to ensure passenger safety. Private hire operators must meet rigorous
The Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid launches the Multi Card, the new contactless non-personal public transport card
The new transport card is a prepaid multi-person card that single tickets of Metro network and Light Rail can be charged, as well as Metrobus 10-trips tickets or suburban buses. On 7th July 2017 came into operation the Multi Card, the new prepaid contactless and non-personal public transport card launched by the Regional Transport Consortium
An electric bicycle (e-bike) rental service
Île-de-France Mobilités will launch a regional electric bicycle rental service for a period of one month to one year. This summer it launched a call for bids to make 20,000 e-bikes available to the inhabitants of Paris for a period of at least 6 months. Fifty percent of this service, to be provided for a
From private cars to Public Transport
Like most European capitals Vilnius city is facing congestion problems. It looks for solutions on how to save the time of the citizens and how to control the constantly rising private car use and pollution from traffic. A few innovations recently adopted by Vilnius city council are aimed to encourage citizens to switch from private
One billion journeys made by contactless payment on London’s transport network
London’s transport network recently celebrated its billionth pay as you go journey made with a contactless payment card. On average, two million journeys in London are made using contactless every day. In total, 40 per cent of all pay as you go journeys are made using contactless, up from 25 per cent in early 2016.
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