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Intermodal transport refers to the use of at least two different modes of transport during one door-to-door journey. The level of integration in terms of ownership, operation or usability is an important aspect of intermodality. Improving intermodal transport requires the development of seamless integrated transport chains.

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By News Editor / Updated: 15 Oct 2014
By News Editor / Updated: 15 Oct 2014

3rd EPTA workshop

Accross the EU, local authorities are organising themselves to better answer to the new regulatory framework in which to public transport operate. The EPTA project has been designed to study the local institutional context, including elements such as Public Transport Authorities or PT executive agencies.
By News Editor / Updated: 16 Oct 2014

INTERMODES 2013 - 5th International Congress on Passenger Transport Intermodality

INTERMODES is the 1st European Event entirely devoted to intermodal passenger transport.
This B2B event will host for its 5th edition over 300 delegates from the passenger transport sector in Europe: elected officials responsible for transport, technicians, representatives of users, researchers, transport authorities, public and private transport operators, the industry and services from the passenger transport sector.
INTERMODES takes into account all modes of transport and addresses intermodality at the local, regional, national and international levels.
By News Editor / Updated: 16 Oct 2014

Study visit of Geneva: the new intermodal mobility scheme

The next visit of the European Club of Intermodal Regions and Cities will be held in Geneva on November 22, 2012.

During this day, the Magistrate of the Canton of Geneva and his new team in charge of mobility, will present the Geneva intermodal mobility scheme and the infrastructure, equipment and systems that have been developed by the Canton to complete the mobility of its citizens and cross-border commuters.

The Club is open to representatives of European local authorities and professionals of the passenger transport field.
By News Editor / Updated: 16 Oct 2014

BUFTOD 2012

The BUFTOD conference is a dedicated arena for the debate on Transit Oriented Development, allowing the crossing of scientific disciplines and the associated approaches and exchanging on cases studies at the international level (in Europe, Americas, Asia ...).

The BUFTOD 2012 conference will explore the role of rail and other transport modes in transit oriented development and the connection with spatial development at the urban and regional scales.

From the abstracts selected by the scientific committee, six sessions have been identified as follows:
By News Editor / Updated: 16 Oct 2014
By News Editor / Updated: 15 Oct 2014
By News Editor / Updated: 15 Oct 2014

Transnational Forum

How To make Sustainable Transport Easy To Use By All?
A key objective for local and regional authorities as part of carbon reduction strategies and a key challenge in the Atlantic Area

A 2-day Transnational Forum organised in the framework of the START Project, with the support of the Atlantic Area Transnational Cooperation Programme will look into very practical solutions which can answer this objective.


Who should attend?
By News Editor / Updated: 15 Oct 2014

INTERMODES

INTERMODES is the first international convention devoted to intermodality in passenger transport. For this fourth event, INTERMODES will welcome to the European capital Brussels on February 8th 2012, 300 delegates coming from the 27 European countries. The spotlight will be placed on Denmark, which will hold the Presidency of the European Union Council during the first half of 2012.

Preliminary programme
By News Editor / Updated: 12 Feb 2015

Changing attitudes to using public transport (Belgium)

Driving can be a stressful and frustrating activity, particularly in Flanders where some 95 per cent of drivers vent their anger with traffic by swearing. Armed with this data, Flemish public transport company De Lijn launched a clever marketing campaign encouraging drivers to swap from cars to public transport.

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