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Salzburg orders 26 more Solaris Trollino MetroStyle trolleybuses
5 December 2012 | By Solaris
Salzburg maintains its commitment to eco-friendly electric mobility with quiet and clean trolleybuses...
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Renewal and development in Budapest
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…
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Stadtbus Winterthur: a strategy to keep up with growing demand
2 November 2015 | By Stadtbus Winterthur’s Thomas Nideröst, Director, and Reto Abderhalden, Director of Communications and Marketing
Steeped in history, the city of Winterthur in the canton of Zürich in northern Switzerland has seen many changes to its public transport offering over the years. But now, with areas of the city being expanded and redeveloped, plus the increase of passenger numbers, the growing demand for the city’s…
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EBRD funds new, modern trolleybuses in second city in Moldova
18 October 2012 | By EBRD
EUR 3 million investments will improve public transport for citizens of Balti...
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Ultra-modern mobility in the Alps
11 November 2013 | By Martin Baltes, Chief Executive Officer, Innsbruck Transportation Authority and Harald Muhrer, Director of Infrastructure, Innsbruck Transportation Authority
Innsbruck’s transportation authority – Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe und Stubaitalbahn GmbH (IVB) – is hard at work on the biggest project it has tackled to date: the tram/regional train system which is set to heighten public transportation capacity and provide better connections to towns in the outlying areas of the city of…
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The changing mobility landscape in Central and Eastern Europe
17 December 2015 | By Artur Perchel, Manager, Central Eastern Europe at UITP
The urban mobility revival in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries is hard to overlook. Fuelled by EU funds and evolving mobility patterns, the shift towards modern, low-carbon and customer-oriented collective transportation marches throughout the region. And although there is an array of challenges ahead, including dropping ridership levels or…
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Quiet and without emission: 11 new trolleybuses delivered to Arnheim/NL by Hess and Vossloh Kiepe
16 July 2013 | By Vossloh Kiepe GmbH
11 non-emission trolleybuses have been delivered...
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Running efficient public transport in Pilsen
16 December 2013 | By Michal Kraus, General Manager, PMDP
Pilsen is the fourth-largest city in the Czech Republic. A strong industrial, commercial, cultural and administrative centre, the city holds a dominant position in western Bohemia...
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India’s transition to sustainable public transport: From CNG to e-mobility
5 March 2024 | By Rupa Nandy - UITP India
Rupa Nandy, Head of UITP India, provides valuable insight into the dynamic transformation of India's public transportation system as it progresses towards sustainability and decarbonisation, shedding light on the multifaceted challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for the country’s rapidly evolving mobility sector.
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After a decade of growth, Geneva now concentrates on improving service quality
2 November 2015 | By Emmanuel Fankhauser, Network Development Manager at TPG
Between 2003 and 2013, additions to the local tram network doubled the offer of Geneva’s public transport system. But between 2014 and 2019, the picture will be different. Emmanuel Fankhauser, Network Development Manager at TPG, explains that no major infrastructure projects or developments are planned on the network, but concentration…
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Public transport in Poland – the reality and prospects
25 February 2016 | By Adam Karolak, President of the Chamber of Urban Transport (IGKM)
Recent years in the urban transport sector in Poland were characterised by large investment projects and purchases of bus fleets and tram rolling stock. However, the overall number of passengers decreased slightly, which is in contrast with high funds allocated annually for transport investments. As it turns out, they do…
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RATB’s projects for sustainable development
15 December 2010 | By Adrian Criţ, General Manager, RATB
We all know that providing mobility in a capital city implies high energy consumption, which has negative effects on the quality of the environment. Therefore, the current European transport strategies promote alternatives to private cars, such as public transport vehicles, walking and cycling. In this respect, RATB has focused on…
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Bergen to open its new light rail system – Bybanen
30 June 2010 | By Thomas J. Potter, Chief Engineer, Bybanen AS
Forty-five years after trams disappeared from the streets of Bergen, 20 years after serious planning began, 10 years after financing was secured through the continuation of the city’s toll ring, five years after design started and two and a half years after the start of construction, Bybanen, the new light…
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Growth through innovation – Lausanne’s new driverless metro
31 October 2011 | By Marc Badoux, Deputy Director, tl (Transports publics de la région lausannoise)
Lausanne’s new driverless metro line – named m2 – began commercial service in October 2008. The new line has boosted the ridership of the city’s public transportation network which has increased by almost 30% since commercial service started. Costing approximately £600 million, this remarkable ‘micrometro’ has 14 passenger-friendly stations and…
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Implementing mobile ticketing with Transport for Athens (TfA)
10 April 2015 | By Jason Angelopoulos
After the replacement of cash with paper tickets in 1986, the capital of Greece, Athens, had to wait 28 years before a new fare medium was introduced in the city. Having missed magnetic and SMS tickets, the so-called Athens ‘paper taboo’ was finally broken in December 2014, and Athens leaped…
