TOMORROW’S SMART CITY: TURNING PLANS INTO REALITY
The seminar was jointly prepared by the UITP Transport & Urban Life Commission, the Sustainable Development Commission, and the Organising Authorities Committee. Moderator Gunnar Heipp, director,...
View ArticleOSIRIS & urban rail – Comprehensive approach to making the save
Co-funded by the EU’s 7th Framework Programme, OSIRIS brought together 17 partners that included public transport operators, manufacturers, and research centres.The three-year initiative, which...
View ArticleSMILE IN THE CITY
Global competition, productivity, profitability, and competitiveness have transformed our cities; one of the side effects being a less sustainable way of living. The resulting health risks are...
View ArticleWi-Fi – Passengers & beyond
The incentives driving operators, transport authorities, and governments to invest in Wi-Fi are well documented. Offering the service, preferably for free, represents a means of increasing ridership by...
View ArticleTICKETING MATTERS IN ILE-DE-FRANCE
From September 1, 2015, the Navigo pass for travel in the French capital and its surroundings (Ile-de-France) will no longer be priced according to zones (five in total). Instead, its weekly, monthly,...
View ArticleVIX TECHNOLOGY – KNOWING YOU, KNOWING ME
On an elementary level, ticketing describes the means of gaining access rights to a transit system. But as technologies continue to make inroads in the pt sector, ‘relationships’ are now being...
View ArticleCool, calm & wire-free in Doha
The Qatar Foundation and Siemens signed a contract in 2012 for the turnkey construction of a 11.5km, catenary-free tramway system for the capital of Qatar. The order, worth upwards of €100 million,...
View ArticleManaging energy the Alstom way
This strategy is built with three goals foremost in mind: to differentiate the company through its solutions, e.g. comfort, connectivity, and interconnectivity; to achieve cost-effective production by...
View ArticleOperating clean[er] with electricity
There’s no doubt the electric bus (e-bus) and hybrid have appeal when it comes to tackling current environmental and financial issues in the collective transport sector. Compared to a pure diesel...
View Article3iBS releases five-point plan
Coordinated by the UITP, co-funded by the European Union (EU), and involving major bus domain players, the intelligent, innovative, integrated Bus Systems (3iBS) project set out in 2012 to create a new...
View ArticleOtokar Europe takes the roads
The number one constructor in Turkey (5th year running) for the >25-seat bus segment – 2,032 vehicles sold nationwide in 2014 – over two years Otokar Europe has grown its presence from 40 to 60...
View ArticleInformation – Going places
One of the downsides of bus travel is finding room on board to travel with the least amount of discomfort. Seats are, of course, at a premium. This stress factor is compounded on double deck vehicles,...
View ArticleConnected mobility – Keolis joins digital dots
Keolis, which runs bus, coach, tram, metro, and rail services worldwide, is chanelling its digital action into two categories of solution: on the one hand, ‘connected mobility’ to facilitate daily...
View ArticleTransportation technology eases the commute*
In congested cities, smart transport (connected vehicles and infrastructure) has great potential to reduce bottlenecks, cut carbon emissions, and save people a lot of time and stress. Street lights,...
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Sustainable Mobility – in the air, on the ground
Coinciding with European Mobility Week 2015, Revolve Media has published a special report (with the participation of Mobility) on the theme of ‘sustainable mobility’. In parallel it has organised a...
View ArticleRENCONTRES NATIONALES DU TRANSPORT PUBLIC 2015
September 30-October 2, 2015, Lyon: ‘three days to sketch out the future of public transport in France’One aspect certainly in need of reviewing is financing for networks and infrastructure. We must...
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WALKWAY TO WORK – CHANGING THE LONDON COMMUTE
London is the home and work place of millions of inhabitants. Yet despite its highly developed transport network, including the extensive subterranean metro, also known as the Underground or Tube, the...
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HISTORY & FUTURE OF TICKETING TECHNOLOGY
Speaking at an event comprising transport policymakers and public transport operators, Mr Weir (pictured below) presented a vision of how mobile technology will shape the future of travel.Joanne...
View ArticleTHE HYDROGEN CAR – COMING SOONER… OR LATER?
Over the years, attempts have been made to reduce the environmental footprints of cars and other road vehicles. Among the alternatives experimented feature biofuels, natural gas engines, electric...
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KEOLIS – PLANTING SUSTAINABLE SEEDS
We didn’t wait for COP21 to take action on issues of current concern, such as alternative energies and sustainable mobility, says president Jean-Pierre Farandou. How so? All Keolis’ activities...
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