Barcelona’s transport operator, Transports metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) has always been sensitive to the needs of travellers...
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Milan's plan for sustainable, efficient and innovative mobility (Italy)
10 Aug 2015Milan’s Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) represents an important change to the city’s mobility and transport policy. It is aimed at enhancing public transport, giving value to urban space...
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Helping cyclists travel on public transport in South Moravia (Czech Republic)
07 Aug 2015In April 2012 South Moravia and its public transport operator launched a project to improve ways for travellers to take their bicycles on public transport.
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Improving Turku’s bus network through an innovative ITS (Finland)
04 Aug 2015Turku wants to realise its vision as a city of walking, cycling and public transport. It has set ambitious targets, including the significant reduction of emissions, and has a...
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Helping visually impaired passengers travel around Prague (Czech Republic)
01 Aug 2015Prague has for decades been investing to improve the accessibility of its public transport (PT). In the mid 90s the Czech capital introduced a system that equipped all PT vehicles with an...
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Providing access to data to create better travel information in Reading (UK)
30 Jul 2015The UK government and European Commission have identified opening up data as having the potential to unlock billions of pounds into the economy. Given the potential benefits, Reading has made...
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Águeda's e-bikes: promoting cycling and stimulating the local economy (Portugal)
28 Jul 2015BeÁgueda is an innovative electric bike-sharing project that started in the city of Águeda in 2011, providing the hilly city with a sustainable solution for cycling up and down steep...
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Understanding the needs of visually impaired passengers in Lucerne (Switzerland)
23 Jul 2015In 2014 Lucerne's public transport company developed a training course for its bus drivers to help them understand the day-to-day problems faced by visually impaired passengers.
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Procuring electric vehicles for Paris' car-sharing scheme (France)
21 Jul 2015The Autolib’ car sharing scheme was launched in 2011, and now consists of a pool of approximately 3 000 electric cars. Compared to ‘classic’ tenders, this process consisted of several aspects...
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Oslo’s framework agreement for procuring zero-emission vehicles (Norway)
19 Jul 2015In 2010 Oslo’s city council established a policy to transform all its municipal vehicles into a fleet of zero-emission electric cars within five years. A framework agreement to enable this change...
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