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The North/South line: a new metro line for the Amsterdam Region
Updated : July 19, 2018
After 15 years of construction, the new North/South metro line will open in Amsterdam on July 22nd 2018. This new metro line will connect the northern part of Amsterdam with the southern part. Until now, the journey...
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New Danube Bridge planned for Budapest
Updated : July 19, 2018
City development focuses on the southern areas of Budapest, in which Csepel Island and its surroundings have tremendous untapped potentials. The area is an unexploited treasure of Budapest. The key to the rapid...
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London to see a huge increase in electric double decker buses
Updated : July 19, 2018
London’s zero-emission public transport network is to increase more than tenfold as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced that 68 new electric double-deckers will join the bus fleet by the summer of 2019. Two...
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EMTA members sign a declaration of intent to decarbonize public transport fleets
Updated : July 19, 2018
On June 8 members of European Metropolitan Transport Authorities gathered in a general meeting in Paris to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of EMTA. To seal this special meeting members of EMTA in presence of the...
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Ambitions to achieve Zero Emission Mobility in Amsterdam region
Updated : January 24, 2018
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...
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Corporate Plan of the Transport Authority Amsterdam
Updated : January 24, 2018
Renewal of regional traffic and transport strategies The Amsterdam (Metropolitan) region is growing: the population increases, employment rises, and the number of visits increases as well and it is expected that...
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Restrictions on circulation and promotion of public transport and sustainable mobility to combat environmental pollution in Barcelona
Updated : January 24, 2018
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...
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Metro extended from Helsinki to South Espoo
Updated : January 24, 2018
Metro extended from Helsinki to South Espoo Metro services in the Helsinki region took a giant leap forward on 18 November 2017, when the Metro extension from Ruoholahti in Helsinki to Matinkylä in Espoo was opened...
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Analysis shows how TfL’s free open data boosts London’s economy
Updated : January 24, 2018
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...
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Greater Manchester celebrate success of new cycleway
Updated : January 24, 2018
In November, Greater Manchester celebrated more than one million cycle journeys on a key new cycleway. The Oxford Road and Wilmslow Road Cycleway is a 7km route designed to make cycling safer and easier for people...
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