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Bike+Ride and integrated information in Rhine-Ruhr
Updated : juin 9, 2004
VRR, the public transport authority of the German Rhine-Ruhr conurbation (7.2m inhab. on a 5,000 km2 territory), incites passengers of public transport to use bicycle to go to stations. More than 8,000 bicycles can...
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Stockholm will try congestion charging during one year
Updated : juin 9, 2004
The municipality of Stockholm adopted a proposal to introduce a congestion charging scheme covering the complete inner-town of the city for a 13- month trial period starting in June 2005. During this period, all car...
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20 years of successful transport and fare integration in the region of Vienna
Updated : juin 9, 2004
VOR, the public transport authority for the region of Vienna-Eastern Austria (2.6m inhab. on 8,400 km2) will celebrate in June its 20th birthday. The first steps towards fare integration took place in 1961 with an...
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Fare integration leads to increased patronage in Barcelona
Updated : mars 9, 2004
Since the beginning of the implementation of fare integration in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (4.5m inhab) in 2001 by ATM, the public transport authority, passenger traffic has grown by 17.4%. In 2003 alone, 30...
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Introduction of electronic ticketing in Bilbao
Updated : mars 9, 2004
BARIK (meaning « without » in Basque language), as is called the new electronic ticketing project for the metropolitan area of Bilbao (1m inhab.), was launched in February in the context of a pilot scheme. 4 metro...
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Loans granted by the European Investment Bank to support public transport development in Brussels, Dublin, and Stockhom
Updated : février 9, 2004
The European Investment Bank announced over the past months that it will grant loans to support the development of public transport systems in the following cities : Brussels : a long-term loan of €250 million has...
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