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22 February 2010 | By Dr. Peter Ramsauer, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Development, Germany
Mobility is among the most elementary basic needs of our society. To be able to guarantee mobility for everyone, local public transport is of great importance within a networked transport system. In Germany, nearly 30 million people use local public transport everyday. Especially in the agglomerations where the number of…
Stuttgart is a city built on many hills and this results in countless stairs and slopes. Organising public transport in a place like this means you have to be careful not to end up running a network like a rollercoaster!
22 February 2010 | By Dr. Walter Casazza, CEO, Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund GmbH (KVV)
In Karlsruhe, a fully developed tram-system has been operating since 1900, and there is also an important railway junction where many main lines and branch lines meet. This situation creates the idea of a track sharing network - connecting the tram and rail network. Using existing infrastructure should help to…
22 February 2010 | By Bombardier
The project On 18 September 2009, the transport authorities Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH (AVG) and Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH (VBK) ordered 30 FLEXITY Swift type dual-system tram-trains from Bombardier Transportation. These ultra-modern and comfortable vehicles, valued at approximately €129 million ($190 million US), will be delivered between August 2011 and September 2013. An…
22 February 2010 | By Prof. Knut Ringat, Managing Director and CEO, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund GmbH
The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) passenger transport association is one of the biggest in Europe, and has recently made plans to implement Germany's first large-scale electronic ticketing system. Specifically for Intelligent Transport, RMV's Managing Director and CEO, Prof. Knut Ringat, explains the details behind this new ticketing system and what the future…
22 February 2010 | By Jürgen Fenske, CEO, Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG
On a daily basis, more than 200,000 people come to Cologne to work, shop and to experience all that the city has to offer. Cologne is a metropolis in the west of Germany and is a big city with an importance for commuters and tourists alike. Public life in a…
22 February 2010 | By José-Dionisio González, Director, Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM)
The Spanish State is organised on the basis of a Central Government - 17 Autonomous Regions with wide-ranging powers at the regional level and Municipalities which represent towns and villages at the local level. Madrid is one of the Autonomous Regions and is composed of 179 Municipalities. The total population…
22 February 2010 | By Mike Schofield, Chairman, ITS United Kingdom
ITS United Kingdom is the UK society for everybody who works in the intelligent transport systems (ITS) sector. ITS can be defined as the integration of information and communications technology with transport infrastructure, vehicles and users. Everyday examples of ITS are urban traffic management systems, in-car sat-nav systems, security camera…
22 December 2009 | By Minister Aleksandar Tsvetkov, Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC), Bulgaria
Over the next four years, the main priorities in the transport policy of the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications (MTITC) are: the successful integration of the Bulgarian transport system with the European system; the development of accessible and safe transport in all regions of the country; the support,…
22 December 2009 | By Gheorghe Aron, General Manager, RATB
RATB is the main surface public transport operator in Romania. From the point of view of density, our public transport network is the fourth largest in Europe with 164 routes (118 bus lines, 26 tramway lines and 20 trolleybus lines), with an overall length of 1,929km double-way. The routes are…
22 December 2009 | By Gusztáv Klados, Project Director, DBR Project Directorate and John Larke, Contracts Manager, DBR Project Directorate
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is a city of two million people situated on the banks of the River Danube. As well as being an important historical and cultural centre, Budapest was the location of the third metro system to be constructed in the world and the first one in…
22 December 2009 | By Péter Takács, Technical Deputy CEO, BKV Zrt
Readers of Intelligent Transport have been kept informed on the overhaul of Metro Line 2 in Budapest on a once every two years basis (Issue 2 2005, Issue 3 2007). So let us report on another two years on the progression of this complex project. Budapest has always been pioneering…
22 December 2009 | By Catherine Mason, Group Chief Executive, Translink
Translink is the main provider of public transport in Northern Ireland incorporating Metro, NI Railways and Ulsterbus services. Our success is clearest in the growing numbers of passengers travelling on our bus and train services. Over 80 million passenger journeys per year are now made with Translink - a rise…
22 December 2009 | By Claudio Cassarino, Managing Director, Metro Service A/S
The symbol of the Copenhagen Metro is the white trains running both above and underground, servicing approximately 50 million passengers each year. So far this year, the service availability has been recorded at 98.6% - with headway down to approximately 120 seconds - all this running on a 24/7 service.…
22 December 2009 | By Anne Houtman, Directorate-General for Energy and Transport Internal Market and Sustainability, European Commission
On 30 September 2009, the European Commission adopted an action plan on urban mobility, proposing 20 specific measures to assist local, regional and national authorities in reaching their targets for sustainable urban mobility. Europe needs sustainable urban mobility Urban transport is of growing concern to citizens. Over 70% of the…
