Shaping the future of transport in Glasgow
Next month the global Intelligent Transport Systems community gathers in Scotland’s largest city for the four-day ITS European Congress In less than a month ITS will take over the vibrant city of Glasgow for a brief week to celebrate the annual get together of all who are shaping the future of transport today. From...
Spotlight on innovation at Transports Publics
Transports Publics 2016, the European Mobility Exhibition, will be take place in Paris in June, attracting over 100,000 visitors from across Europe The 7th edition of Transports Publics, the European Mobility Exhibition, will be taking place in Paris on June 14-16. This not-to-be-missed event brings together key players in public transport, with over 10,000...
Cycle-Rail Awards 2015 – now open for entries!
Awards recognise the hard work going into providing better facilities and benefits for cyclists on Britain’s railways Rail users and organisations are invited to nominate cycle-friendly initiatives that help train travellers take advantage of pedal power. ATOC’s annual National Cycle Rail Awards, sponsored by Cyclepods, showcases the best examples of projects and people...
Milan event to profile the latest innovations
Covering all modes, the world’s biggest public transport event will take place next month in Milan. Cutting edge innovation will take centre stage More than 270 exhibitors from around the world will offer an unmissable glimpse at the defining trends shaping the future of public transport at the biennial UITP World Congress &...
Europe’s showcase for multi-modal mobility
June will see more than 10,000 transport professionals travel to Paris for the bienniel Transports Publics event – the ‘European Mobility Exhibition’ When?: June 10, 11 and 12, 2014 Where?: Paris-Expo, Porte de Versailles, Paris Participants: 10,000 professionals from 55 different countries Exhibition: 250 international exhibitors in 30,000 square metres of exhibition space Website:...
UK Bus Awards 2013 shortlist announced
Bus people across Britain are celebrating today after it was announced that they had been shortlisted for the prestigious UK Bus Awards. The list contains more than 100 people, projects and organisations from around the country, selected by the judges from over 250 nominations to go forward to the final stages, including mystery traveller checks....
Rail Business Awards 2014 open for entries
New categories and guidelines introduced for 2014 The 16th annual Rail Business Awards – RBA2013 – is launched with the introduction of new categories including awards for Women in Rail and for Diversity and Inclusion. “The changes we’ve made to the 2013 awards reflect the changing nature of business practice and the increased emphasis companies...
Geneva welcomes the public transport world
In May, an estimated 10,000 public transport professionalswill gather in Geneva, Switzerland, for the World Congress of UITP, the international public transport organisation Two years after a highly successful Congress in Dubai, the international public transport community will meet again in Geneva for the 60th UITP World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition. The...
Fearnley to speak at ‘Public Transport, Private Finance’ event
Passenger Transport event will take place in November A new Passenger Transport-sponsored event will bring investors, lenders and operators in the transport field together in November, with the support of legal firm Osborne Clarke, the TAS Partnership and Transport Events Group. Under the overall heading Public Transport, Private Finance, the event will feature presentations from...
TAS plans a day to remember Peter Huntley
Consultants The TAS Partnership have announced plans to commemorate Peter Huntley’s life with an event on June 13, 2012, in association with Go Ahead Group plc, for whom Peter also worked as managing director of bus company Go North East between 2006 and 2011. TAS managing director Adrian Grant explained: “Peter lived in Preston so...
Good design supports thriving communities
In the second of his two articles in preparation for the third Future of Sustainable Design, Mike Goggin considers how successful station design might contribute to the communities that they seek to serve In my last article I focussed on the benefits that good stations can bring to the railway. These included how they can...
Hornby flies the flag for the UK
Trent Barton’s commercial director is one of two British bus managers nominated for Euro awards Alex Hornby, commercial director at Trent Barton will be travelling to Paris next month to find out whether he is one of the winners of the pan-European ‘Talent in Mobility’ awards. The awards, which aim to recognise the managers who...
