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European public transport in 2018: chasing value
Updated : January 24, 2018
Even in today’s sharing economy, the case for mass public transport remains uncontested. Public transport delivers many benefits to commuters, travellers and cities worldwide. It creates personal freedom through...
Read more »Stockholm PTA spurs data driven track maintenance
Updated : January 24, 2018
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...
Read more »Stockholm county to decide for a new mass transit ticketing system
Updated : January 24, 2018
Now is the time for Stockholm County Public Transport to see what the next generation ticket- and payment system will be. In Stockholm, a system based on so called smart cards is used essentially, supplemented with a...
Read more »Stockholm and Mobility-as-a-service pilots during 2018
Updated : January 24, 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...
Read more »Warsaw: a capital investing in tram connectivity
Updated : January 24, 2018
Tramway systems and light rail gain popularity worldwide. After many years of stagnation light rail is on regress. Poland as the largest beneficiary of the European funds is no different: Polish cities heavily invest...
Read more »Just launched: Metropolitan region Rotterdam – The Hague
Updated : January 23, 2018
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...
Read more »Trolleybus line 72 weekend route extension to Orczy tér
Updated : October 10, 2017
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,...
Read more »Licensing decision on Uber London Limited
Updated : September 27, 2017
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...
Read more »The Regional Transport Consortium of Madrid launches the Multi Card, the new contactless non-personal public transport card
Updated : September 14, 2017
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...
Read more »An electric bicycle (e-bike) rental service
Updated : September 14, 2017
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...
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