Indra integrates expertise in UITP agreement to improve mobility

Indra has joined the International Union of Public Transport (UITP), with the intention of using its technology and experience to improve urban and interurban mobility. The adhesion agreement was signed in Brussels by Berta Barrero, head of transportation department at Indra, Pere Calvet, president of the UITP, and Mohamed Mezghani, general secretary of the association.
February 8, 2018 Read time: 1 min
509 Indra has joined the International Union of Public Transport (UITP), with the intention of using its technology and experience to improve urban and interurban mobility. The adhesion agreement was signed in Brussels by Berta Barrero, head of transportation department at Indra, Pere Calvet, president of the UITP, and Mohamed Mezghani, general secretary of the association.


Through the transaction, Indra will be able to take part in the UITP studies and analyses as well as the discussion sessions and events it organises. In addition, Indra can serve on some of the association’s commissions and committees as well as reinforce its relations with public transport authorities and operators who are also members.

Barrero, said: “Our incorporation in the UITP is a clear example of our commitment to the transport sector and our willingness to share and capitalize on our know-how in smart solutions and systems to improve mobility and make it more efficient, more sustainable and safer.”

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