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The Valencia Generalitat Regional Government approved the establishment of the new Metropolitan Transport Authority of Valencia
Updated : March 15, 2017
On 29 December 2016, the Valencia Generalitat (Regional Government) passed the law that regulates the creation of the Metropolitan Transport Authority of Valencia. This entity will function as an autonomous agency to...
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CIPTEC - Co-creating collectively the future of Public Transport
Updated : March 15, 2017
CIPTEC (Collective Innovation for Public Transport in European Cities) is an EU Horizon 2020 project, addressing the challenge for “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport” and a CIVITAS knowledge generating project in...
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CIPTEC-project at its halfway mark. A progress report on the first 18 months of work.
Updated : November 15, 2016
CIPTEC (Collective Innovation for Public Transport in European Cities) is an EU Horizon 2020 project, addressing the challenge for “Smart, Green and Integrated Transport” and a CIVITAS knowledge generating project in...
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Joint letter Eurocities, UITP, UNIFE, EPF and EMTA
Updated : April 4, 2016
Coordinated action with Eurocities, UITP, UNIFE, EPF and EMTA to publish this joint letter to the Dutch minister of Transport and Environment mrs Schultz van Haegen with concerns expressed on the Informal...
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Bill for a super province in the Netherlands withdrawn
Updated : August 14, 2014
The flag went out in the provinces of North Holland, Utrecht and Flevoland after the government pulled the plug out of the plan to scale the three provinces into one super province last month. The responsible Minister...
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The BEST PROJECT - Learning from each others
Updated : August 14, 2014
BEST stands for “Benchmarking in European Service of public transport". Our goal is to provide public transport authorities, and PT professionals, with possibilities to network and learn from each other. PTA’s are often...
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Nordic Conference and InformNorden 2014
Updated : August 14, 2014
From 11-13 of June in Oslo your EMTA secretary witnessed the biannual conference of the Nordic Public Transport 2014 conference bringing together over 350 practitioners, traders, exhibitors and government experts in...
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City-HUB project: key determinants for successful interchanges
Updated : April 30, 2014
Policy makers are becoming increasingly aware of the need for public transport to compete with private transport in order to manage demand on the transport networks. Sustainable transport use is supported by good...
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Final Agreement on New EU Infrastructure Policy
Updated : March 19, 2014
For the period 2014 – 2020, the Commission last October proposed to build a European core transport network by establishing nine new major Corridors: 2 North–South, 3 East–West, and 4 diagonal. Under "Connecting Europe...
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Vice-President of the European Commission Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas addressing EMTA members during the gala dinner of September 17 2012 in the city of Berlin.
Updated : November 29, 2012
Ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to speak at the European Metropolitan Transport Authorities association’s General Meeting during the INNOTRANS Fair. As Europeans, we have one of the best transport...
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