(IN BRIEF) The commercialization of autonomous buses and roboshuttles has faced delays, with progress falling short of expectations from 2022 to 2024. While these technologies promise cost savings and reduced labor pressures for operators, the number of active companies in … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Automated Vehicle Act, Autonomous Buses, autonomous vehicle, Autonomous Vehicles, buses, IDTechEx, market intelligence, market report, public transport, public transport revolution, RESEARCH, Roboshuttles, robotaxi, Transport Policy
(IN BRIEF) Krka employees participated in the European Mobility Week for the ninth consecutive year, promoting sustainable commuting through the company’s Car-Free Day campaign. Employees from 13 countries adopted eco-friendly travel methods such as cycling, public transport, and walking. This … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, Media, News, Pharma & Biotech, Slovenia, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Car-Free Day, cycling, electric truck, Krka, partnership, public transport, sustaianbility, walking
(IN BRIEF) A pioneering research project in Eastern Switzerland, led by the Institute for Mobility (IMO-HSG) and partnered with OSTWIND, TIER, SBB, and local authorities, is exploring the integration of public transport with shared micromobility options like e-bikes and e-scooters. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Switzerland, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AGGLO St.Gallen-Bodensee, Christian Stieger, City of St.Gallen, Dr. Philipp Scharfenberger, e-bikes, e-scooters, Innovative Mobility, Institute for Mobility (IMO-HSG), Matthias Brüning, micromobility, OSTWIND, partnership, public transport, SBB, sustainability, Switzerland, TIER, University of St. Gallen
(IN BRIEF) Sarajevo has introduced new modern trams for the first time in 40 years, a significant advancement supported by the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and other donors. The project, financed with … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Adnan Šteta, EBRD, EIB, Modern Trams, partnership, public transport, Sandrine Friscia, Sarajevo, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom has successfully implemented traffic signal priority systems for public transport in Vitoria-Gasteiz, a city in the Basque region with approximately 250,000 inhabitants. This initiative aims to enhance sustainable mobility in the city. Kapsch TrafficCom’s technology is … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Spain, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Angoulême train station, Basque, BEI, Bus Eléctrico Inteligente, intelligent electric buses, Kapsch TrafficCom, public transport, sustainable mobility, traffic light systems, traffic signal priority systems, Vitoria-Gasteiz
(IN BRIEF) Domenico Nucera, President of Iveco Group’s Bus Business Unit, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the bus and coach division of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). Nucera’s role is crucial as the European Union aims for … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, European Union, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ACEA, Anna Westerberg, bus, buses, coach, coaches, Daimler truck, decarbonisation, Domenico Nucera, EU, Iveco Group, MAN, public transport, Scania, The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, Volvo Buses, Volvo Group
(IN BRIEF) Kapsch TrafficCom’s Spanish subsidiary is now managing Vitoria-Gasteiz’s traffic information and control systems, aiming to ensure safe and reliable urban mobility in the Basque city. The four-year contract, valued at EUR 4 million, covers the installation, operation, and … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Scania West Africa, in partnership with TotalEnergies Marketing Côte d’Ivoire, ANADER, and LA SIR, has inaugurated a biodiesel pilot project in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This initiative aims to significantly reduce emissions from public transport and create local jobs … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Keolis, a transportation company, has been awarded two significant contracts by urban district councils in France to improve public transport services and advance the energy transition. The first contract with Communauté de l’Auxerrois involves the operation of its … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is extending a €4.6 million loan to the city of Balti in Moldova to support the enhancement of public transport and street lighting infrastructure. This investment, totaling €7 million, will … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Bălți, Catarina Bjorlin Hansen, E5P, EBRD, EU, investment, MOLDOVA, Nicolai Grigorisin, partnership, public transport, street lighting, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) VDL Bus & Coach will participate in Busworld 2023, Europe’s largest bus and coach trade fair, showcasing its commitment to sustainable mobility. The event will be held in Brussels from October 7 to 12, under the theme ‘Experience … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Marketing, Netherlands, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged bus, Busworld 2023, Citea, coach, European Green Deal, European Union, Innotrans trade fair, life cycle assessment, mobility, public transport, sustainable mobility, trade fair, VDL Bus & Coach, zero-emission bus
(IN BRIEF) Swedfund’s Project Accelerator has signed a grant agreement with the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) to carry out a study on introducing alternative fuels to Lagos’ public transport system. The study aims to reduce CO2 emissions and … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Government, Industrial, Investment, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged alternative fuels, Karin Kronhöffer, Lagos, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority, Lagos State Government, LAMATA, Nigeria, Project Accelerator, public transport, Swedfund
(IN BRIEF) Rebus Regionalbus Rostock, a German public transport operator, has signed a deal with Solaris for the supply of 52 Solaris Urbino hydrogen buses, including five 18-meter articulated vehicles, by the end of 2024. The deal, Solaris’ largest contract … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Industrial, Management, News, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged CAF group, hydrogen, partnership, public transport, Rebus Regionalbus Rostock, Solaris
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) La société d’ingénierie et de conseil AFRY a remporté un contrat de quatre ans, avec une option de prolongation de deux plus deux ans, pour aider l’administration des transports publics de Stockholm à gérer les informations de … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AFRY, Björn Ehlert, données cartographiques, Formpipe, horaires, informations sur le trafic, Jens Andersson, public transport, SL, Stockholm Public Transport, temps de conduite, Trafikförvaltningen
(IN BRIEF) Engineering and consulting company AFRY has been awarded a four-year contract, with an option to extend for another two plus two years, to support the Public Transport Administration of Stockholm with managing traffic information for public transport users. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 2-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom (ETR: DTE), one of the world’s leading integrated telecommunications companies and the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue, has announced that its subsidiary T-Systems will demonstrate AI-based image analysis for … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI, Andy Lesser, Cloud, digitalization, electromobility, Intermodal Transport Control System, IT-TRANS, Mobility Solutions, mobility transition, multimodal passenger information, public transport, smart solutions, T-Systems International, Telekom, trade fair
(COMUNICATO STAMPA) BONN, 2-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Telekom (ETR: DTE), una delle principali società di telecomunicazioni integrate del mondo e il più grande fornitore di telecomunicazioni in Europa per fatturato, ha annunciato che la sua controllata T-Systems dimostrerà l’analisi … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Marketing, Technology, Telecom, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged AI, Andy Lesser, Cloud, digitalization, electromobility, Intermodal Transport Control System, IT-TRANS, Mobility Solutions, mobility transition, multimodal passenger information, public transport, smart solutions, T-Systems International, Telekom, trade fair
Innovative digital passenger information and guidance system Dynamic visual information on the X-car ensures easy and convenient use (PRESS RELEASE) MUNICH, 13-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Mobility, redefining mobility with intelligent infrastructure, sustainability, passenger experience and availability and a separately … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Albrecht Neumann, Alexandra Reinagl, digital passenger information, guidance system, mass transit, metro car, Passenger Info Plus, passenger information, public transport, rails, rolling stock, Siemens Mobility, train, U1-U4 lines, Vienna metro system, Wiener Linien, X-car
The new version simplifies the user-friendly creation of line network plans (PRESS RELEASE) BUXTEHUDE, Germany, 12-Jul-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — LineMap Draw is a program for creating line network plans. The finished plans can be scaled and printed or saved. LineMap … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, News, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged bus, image processing, Jörg Siebrands, line map, line maps, line network, line network plans, LineMap Draw, Modelling, PC, planning, program, public transport, public transport networks, railroad, route network plan, software, topographical accuracy, train, transportation, vector graphics programs, web spider
(PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 26-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Stadler, a Swiss train maker with over 75 years of experience, has announced it will deliver 24 streetcars of the TRAMLINK type with an option for up to 19 additional vehicles to Jenaer … Read the full press release
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