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In this issue: A foreword from John Verity, Chief Advisor of ITSO Limited; Ticketing Supplement – assessing how contactless payment technology is stepping up a gear; A look at public transport development in Budapest, Riga and Istanbul; Vehicle Design Supplement – Mike Weston, Director of Buses at TfL explains how…
In our latest free-to-view Vehicle Design Supplement, Mike Weston from TfL gives details about bus sensor technology trials in London; Richard McClean from DB Regio Tyne & Wear explains the Metro’s massive refurbishment programme; and Yannis Vardakastanis from the EDF outlines the importance of vehicle design for persons with disabilities...
22 December 2014 | By Caroline Hoogendoorn and Bruno Guillaumin, OSIRIS Project
Project partners Caroline Hoogendoorn and Bruno Guillaumin, explain that the aim of OSIRIS is to develop an innovative methodology for simulating, evaluating and optimising energy consumption in urban rail systems, with the general objective of reducing the overall energy consumption of Europe’s urban rail systems by 10% (compared to current…
22 December 2014 | By Michele Tozzi and Pauline Bruge, UITP European Project Manager
The intelligent, innovative, integrated Bus Systems project (3iBS1) has been founded on the consideration that buses still remain the most universal solution for sustainable urban development, effectively taking into account its economic, environmental and social perspectives...
22 December 2014 | By Kaan Yıldızgöz, Head of Training, UITP
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, constituting the country’s economic, cultural, and historical heart. With a population of 13.8 million, Istanbul forms one of the largest urban agglomerations in Europe and has a unique feature as the city spans two continents – Europe and Asia. With ever-increasing population numbers,…
22 December 2014 | By Leona Bemhens, Chairman, Rigas satiksme
In an interview for Intelligent Transport, Leons Bemhens – the company’s Chairman of the Board, discusses passenger and staff satisfaction levels, the ordering and delivery of new vehicles, plus the city’s increasingly popular electronic payment system...
22 December 2014 | By Tibor Bolla, CEO, BKV Zrt.
Budapest is a well-liked tourist destination ranking 37th among the 100 most popular worldwide cities; 2.7 million tourists choose to visit each year. And with a city-population rising to 1.7 million in 2013 (2.5 million within the suburbs), Hungary’s capital is quickly growing. BKV Zrt. is the main local public…
22 December 2014 | By John Verity, Chief Advisor for ITSO Limited
Smart ticketing has emerged over the past few months as one of the central considerations when it comes to a number of core transport issues in the UK, just as it is throughout Europe. However, Chief Advisor for ITSO Limited John Verity explains that a wider working partnership for ticketing…
Two years after signing their Memorandum of Understanding, the five founder members of the Smart Ticketing Alliance1 (STA) formally launched the Alliance in Brussels in June 2014 to a wider audience of transport operators and industry players. The transport smartcard operators from 10 countries came together at UITP’s head office…
The Open Standard for Public Transport™ (OSPT) Alliance1 is a global association working to advance transport ticketing from fragmented, national schemes to multi-modal, international and interoperable solutions, through the adoption of its CIPURSE™2 open standard. In this article, Laurent Cremer, Executive Director of the OSPT Alliance, talks about the association’s…
With increasing amounts of people now owning a smartphone, Deputy Chairperson of Kontiki e.V, Anne Grünkorn, highlights the trend of mobile devices being part of the daily lives of people using public transport, plus what m-ticketing and contactless technology is currently available to allow passengers to access new sales channels…
Speed, simplicity, flexibility and interoperability. When STIB – the Brussels Inter-municipal Transport Company – launched its ‘MOBIB’ smart travel card six years ago, it was making a firm decision to focus on the future of travel tickets. Erik Baele and Henri Devreux from the STIB, and both involved in organising…
President of the European Disability Forum (EDF) – Yannis Vardakastanis – says that the three main points which can make a difference concerning the design of public transport vehicles include boarding, space allocation, and information. Yannis takes a further look into these features which can be helpful to improve accessibility…
The £30 million modernisation of the Tyne and Wear Metro’s train fleet has past the half-way point, and eye-catching new features and functional changes are now emerging across the system. Nexus, the public body which owns and manages Metro, commissioned the fleet refurbishment project in 2010 when modernisation funding was…
For more than 120 years, London’s roads have played host to the iconic red bus. From humble beginnings of horse-drawn ‘Shillibeers’, the fleet has now grown to 8,700 buses and account for more than a quarter of all road journeys in the city, with many running through the day and…
