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Maritime service in CADIZ BAY
Updated : juin 25, 2010
Maritime service was Cádiz Bay Transport Consortium major goal for 2006. At that time, the project demanded two ferries and three maritime terminals. However, the success of this new transport mode made a third ferry...
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VBB Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg leader in cross-border travel information
Updated : juin 25, 2010
The ten years old international travel planner EU-Spirit coordinated by VBB Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg was honoured by the EU project LINK with the LINK Award in Brussels 15 April 2010. The award acknowledges...
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STIB now on Google Transit
Updated : juin 25, 2010
Since last February 22, Google Transit displays the timetables and routes of the STIB (public transport) network in Brussels. Google Transit is the world wide known browser of Google Maps that so far gave...
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Farewell to the ‘strippenkaart’ in Amsterdam City Region Stadsregio
Updated : juin 25, 2010
The minister of Transport and Traffic accepted to put an end to the validity of the paper ticket system for paying in bus, tram and metro in the Amsterdam region transport network, the well-known “strippenkaart”. After...
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T ZEN concept project… more than a bus
Updated : janvier 28, 2010
Bus remains the favourite mode of transport in dense urban areas, according to EMTA Barometer [1]. These past ten years however, have seen tramways back into cities. They gained increasing popularity thanks to their...
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Francilien the new electric multiple unit train entered service in Ile de France on 13 December 2009
Updated : janvier 28, 2010
Francilien is part of the rolling stock renovation policy of STIF the transport authority : 172 trainsets will be delivered within April 2015, they will allow the discard of 40 years old push-pull trainsets no longer...
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The transport authority of the metropolitan area of Lisbon LTMA, has been settled
Updated : janvier 28, 2010
It entered service since July 2009. The main first missions of the Authority are the Bill of Transport for the metropolitan area of Lisbon, the elaboration of the urban mobility plan and the mobility survey. In the...
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Valencia eTM changes into Agencia Valenciana de Movilidad Metropolitana
Updated : janvier 28, 2010
As of 1 January 2010, the Metropolitan Transport Authority of Valencia (eTM) just nine years old, enlarges its scope over other metropolitan areas of the valencian region such as Alicante and Castellon including taxis...
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Helsinki YTV evolves into HSL
Updated : janvier 28, 2010
Helsinki Regional Transport Authority HSL starts operation on 1 January 2010. The new transport authority merges YTV Transport and the planning and procurement fonctions of HKL (Helsinki City Transport), it is...
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A new era for commuter trains in the Montreal Region :
Updated : novembre 27, 2009
It was at Bombardier Transportation’s plant in La Pocatière that the very first multilevel- type double-decker car was unveiled of the kind that will travel the Agence métropolitaine de transport’s (AMT) commuter train...
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