Improper MDMS regulation will fragment metropolitan public transport services
In an open letter to the EU Transport Commissioner Adina Vălean, EMTA reacts on open ticketing policy options that would impose on local rail services the rules designed for long distance rail services. EMTA alerts on the risk of fragmentation of the metrpolitan integrated public transport systems, used by millions of Europeans daily for their
Open ticketing in Finland – What was the impact of the 2017 Act on Transport Services?
In Helsinki this week, an EMTA delegation met with the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications together with HSL, the public transport authority for the Helsinki region. Open ticketing was central to the conversation, which coincides with the preparation of a European regulation on multimodal digital moblity services (MDMS) and with the evaluation of the