EURO BUS EXPO 2010

The 3rd European Bus and Coach Exhibition will take place from Tuesday 2 to Thursday 4 November in Hall 5 at Birmingham’s NEC. A comprehensive trade show, one that attracts over 250 of the industry’s leading suppliers, Euro Bus Expo will once again transform the NEC into Europe’s leading forum for the bus and coach community.

With more than nine months still to go till the show some 90% of total exhibition space has been taken with around 150 exhibitors so far pledging their support.

The continue to take bookings on a daily basis and it seems that they will hold another sell-out show. With such strong demand for space, exhibitors and visitors alike can plan ahead with confidence, and look forward to what promises to be a really major event for the UK and the rest of Europe.
 

Euro Bus Expo 2010 has also announced their official support of Smart Move – a joint industry awareness campaign by IRU and Busworld to make buses and coaches the foremost means of public transport throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

Please visit their website for more information on the event:
http://www.eurobusxpo.com/

The Regional Government of Alava (Northern Spain) is designing a "Bonus" system to promote the use of interurban buses.

The Department of Public Works and Transport announced at the beginning of February 2010 their intention to launch a "bonus system" on the second half of the year for the users of interurban buses of Alava.

The authorities hope that this measure will serve to foster the use of interurban buses in the region, by rewarding the frequent users and contributing to mitigate the expected fare increases.

The department has also announced that this month the authorities will start the procedure for the creation of a Regional Transport Authority in Alava, with the implication of other agents as the Municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Basque Government. Among its functions: coordination and planning of public transport services, fare integration and information at regional level. Other stakeholders, such as the taxi sector and the cycling council will also be involved.

PROCEED´s Final Conference was held on 2nd July 2009 in Brussels. During this conference, project partners and subcontractors presented and discussed the Guidelines for High Quality Public Transport and the WIKI.

The outcome of the discussions during the Conference has served to finalise the Tool and Guidelines.  We received valuable feedback on the WIKI to be able to improve the previous version of the Guidelines. Please visit our TOOL and send us your views, comments, etc...

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The urban buses of the city of León (Spain) will apply in the coming months a pionneer georeferential information system on the buses.  Screens in the buses will offer real time information to the users and advertising of the places they are going through on the itinerary of the routes.  The system has been developed by a local company, and will offer real time information about the trip.  Although the system is quite new in Spain, the city of Bilbao has already implemented it in their buses. León will be the next city.

The application of the system seems to be complicated given the fact that the vehicles are on the move and information must be provided to them through wireless networks, something different to the current systems used in trains or subways. This audiovisual system will offer an important accesibility improvement for disabled users, as it will provide information about the trip for these passengers as well.

During the European Mobility Week, León also presented the "Climabús", a vehicle that contains a didactic exhibition about the effects of climate change and the possible solutions. The "Climabús" is an initiative of the Fundación Oxígeno, co-financed by the Ministry of Environment.

July 2008:  Leuven Railway and Bus Station as PT-connection node to Rock Werchter.

Every year on the beginning of July the Rock Werchter Festival 2008 takes place in a little town at 13 kms north of Leuven. This year the festival happened from Thursday 3rth to Sunday 6th of July, and it was visited each day by average 85 000 people. 

The LINK project pursues the creation of a European Forum on Intermodal Passenger Travel in order to enhance the combined use of different transport modes on one single journey, with focus on long distance and cross-border travelling. The project - launched in April 2007 - is funded by the European Commission (DG Energy and Transport) within the 6th Framework Programme. It will last 3 years but the intention is to sustain this platform after that time.

If you wish to have murther information about LINK, please visit the project´s website at:

http://www.linkforum.eu

UITP and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have launched a joint television campaign to encourage individuals to take public transport - a mobility choice that can help reduce the carbon emissions that contribute to climate change.
Please press Read more... to view the ad.

At the UITP exhibition in Helsinki the Belgian Bus and Car manufacturer Van Hool and its partners UTC Power, Siemens and Air Liquide presented the hybrid fuel cell bus for Europe. It is used on test since summer 2007 on a 25 km regional bus line between Antwerp and Lier operated by the Flemish transport company De Lijn in Belgium, the first company to use this bus on its network.

With the introduction of the hybrid fuel cell bus, VAN HOOL and its partners are taking an important step towards establishing environmentally friendly public transport. The purpose is to contribute to the reduction in the emission of harmful exhaust fumes, in particular fine particles and CO2.

This modern, environmentally friendly city bus combines the result of Van Hool’s 60 years as a bus and coach manufacturer with UTC’s know-how as a fuel cell specialist and Siemens’ electrical drive technology. Importantly, Air Liquide is supplying the hydrogen. This fuel cell bus is soon to be trialled for the first time for ten months by Flemish transport company De Lijn in Belgium.

For more information, please visit the website: http://www.vanhool.be

SPUTNIC (Strategies for Public Transport in Cities) is a project funded by the European Commission under 6th Framework Programme.
The project is dedicated to challenges faced by local and regional public transport systems in transition. These challenges include the emergence of a competitive environment, changing institutional frameworks and increasingly scarce financial resources.

SPUTNIC is dedicated to challenges faced by local and regional public transport systems in transition. These challenges include the emergence of a competitive environment, changing institutional frameworks and increasingly scarce financial resources.
SPUTNIC seeks to help make public transport systems more attractive and efficient by providing:

• support to stakeholders to anticipate and prepare for emerging challenges;

• an overview of state-of-the-art knowledge and research; and

• specific guidelines and practical tools.
  

If you are interested in the SPUTNIC project, please visit the project web site at:

http://www.sputnicproject.eu

Here you will also find information about the project´s working group meetings.