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In this issue: A foreword from Ketil Solvik-Olsen, plus articles from our Scandinavian Profile, as well as our features on developments at stations and stops to improve passenger experience and Graffiti Crime...
In our latest Sustainable Public Transport Supplement, there are showcased articles about electric buses in Dresden, improving the air-quality in Barcelona Metro, plus looking at the TRANSFORuM and CHIC projects...
In our latest free-to-view Station & Stop Developments Supplement, David Rowe, Head of Borough Projects & Programmes at TfL and Erica Ward, Accessibility Office at WYCA, look at improving accessibility at stops in London and West Yorkshire respectively, and Anne Kiernan, Chief Architect from RPA, provides details about constructing and…
30 June 2015 | By Riggert Andersson, Head of the Extended Metro Administration, Stockholm County Council
Stockholm is one of Europe’s fastest expanding regions. The city’s rich and innovative environment, good job availability and unique interconnectedness between the sea and the city attracts approximately 40,000 new inhabitants annually. The rapid influx of people requires investments in both new public transportation and new residential areas. The extension…
30 June 2015 | By Milan Obradovic, Chair of the Technical Committee, City of Malmö
Malmö, located in Skåne County in southern Sweden, has been transformed from an industrial city to a ‘knowledge’ city during the past 20 years. The establishment of a university and investments in infrastructure have contributed to Malmö’s growing population over the past 30 years as well as creating new employment…
30 June 2015 | By Oddmund Sylta, Managing Director, Skyss
‘The number of cars on the roads shall not increase, even though the population is growing’. This is the ambitious political goal adopted by national and regional authorities in Norway. However, getting more people to use public transport is challenging in a country where people live spread out in urban…
30 June 2015 | By Audun M. Solheim, Head of Strategy and Development, Kolumbus
Kolumbus AS is an independent public transport authority fully owned by Rogaland County Municipality – the regional governing administration of Rogaland, Norway. Rogaland is inhabited by close to 500,000 people and covers around 10,000km2 in the south-western parts of Norway. Half the population lives in and around Stavanger, Rogaland’s main…
30 June 2015 | By Andrea Soehnchen, Senior Project Manager/Business Developer, and Lindsey Mancini, Security Manager, UITP
Graffiti and vandalism are growing concerns of the public transport industry. Whilst operators strive to provide high-quality services for their passengers, graffiti tags and pieces have a substantial impact. The presence of graffiti within a public transport system gives the impression of a neglected environment and negatively affects the comfort…
Almost 185 million journeys are made by bus each year in West Yorkshire, UK. West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is committed to making travel easier and more convenient for everyone, including people whose mobility is impaired. As Erica Ward, Accessibility Officer at WYCA explains, this includes developing accessible bus stations…
Millions of people of all ages, nationalities and walks of life use Transport for London’s (TfL’s) services every day, writes David Rowe – TfL’s Head of Borough Projects and Programmes. Making sure that our passengers can easily access our services is one of TfL’s biggest priorities and we have made…
The Environmental Assessment and Water Research Institute (IDAEA) of the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) and Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), the main operator for passenger transport in Catalonia, are working together to monitor and improve air quality in the subway environment, with the support of the LIFE Programme of the…
Today, urban areas are increasingly concerned with air and noise pollution – a large part of which is caused by transport. In parallel, our societies are facing growing mobility needs. Cities have been actively searching for alternative solutions to provide their population with efficient, environmentally-friendly and comfortable public transport systems.…
Is it possible to change urban mobility in Europe to achieve ambitious sustainability goals? If so, who should do what by when? These questions are answered in a new Roadmap on urban mobility prepared as part of the European FP7 research project TRANSFORuM. To explain further, this article is co-authored…
Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB) is the public transport operator in Dresden, Germany. Already operating modern low-floor trams and buses on more than 40 lines, the operator has recently introduced a battery-operated electric bus to its services. How does the bus work? DVB’s Director of Finances and Technical Services, Reiner Zieschank,…
