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.
European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc will today inaugurate a series of sustainable transport activities at the launch of European Mobility Week, which takes place from 16 to 22 September at the European Parliament.
Speaking ahead of the launch event, Bulc said: “European Mobility Week is a reminder that each and every one of us can make a difference. If we choose to walk or cycle more, to favour collective or public transport or to combine these sustainable modes, Europe as a whole can reap c
Back in 2009, the public transport sector set itself a goal: double its market share worldwide by 2025 to make cities more liveable and more productive. Today, in 2015, on the occasion of the biennial UITP World Congress & Exhibition in Milan this week, UITP presented a report to illustrate the urban policies that are moving cities closer to that goal.
In a report presented at the plenary session of the World Congress, UITP research points to a general increase in public transport modal share thanks to
