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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,…
26 May 2015 | By Katie Sadler
Arriva’s Marco Piuri, Director Southern, Central and Eastern Europe, talks to Intelligent Transport about a varied 30-year career within the transport sector, his role at Arriva, witnessing significant changes across the industry and looking to the future...
In this issue: An extensive UK Profile with articles from: Mike Weston (TfL); Giles Fearnley (FirstGroup); Mark Yexley (Arriva UK Bus); Peter Cushing (TfGM); Paul Griffiths (Centro); Pat O’Donoghue (RPA); and Khurshid Ahmed (Dudley Council), plus a Ticketing Supplement with articles from ITSO Limited and Athens Urban Transport Organisation...
In our latest free-to-view Transport Ticketing supplement, Steve Wakeland, General Manager at ITSO Limited, covers the importance and benefits of smart ticketing, plus Jason Angelopoulos, Transport Economist from the Athens Urban Transport Organisation, gives details about implementing m-ticketing in Athens...
In our latest Transport Safety & Security Supplement, Anders Lukowski, Strategy Implementation Manager from Arriva Denmark, gives details about Arriva Denmark’s proactive approach to road safety, plus Gab Parris, Railway Engineering Consultant, gives a comprehensive comparison into metro platform and track protection systems...
6 May 2015 | By Intelligent Transport
Back in Manchester by popular demand, the 2015 European Bus Forum will present leading figures from the European bus industry, who will come together to debate everything of critical importance to the development of Europe’s bus networks. Taking place on 2 July 2015, the event has attracted a great deal…
