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  International Union of Public Transport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UITP also covers all modes of public transport - metro, bus, light rail, regional and suburban railways and waterborne transport.
UITP gathers and monitors public transport statistics and mobility indicators, and acts as a knowledge hub on past and current developments and future trends.
UITP houses an international forum for public transport policy, offering a unique platform for inter-sectoral dialogue and for exchange and debate between the different profiles of players involved with public transport.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Union_of_Public_Transport   (302 words)

  
 International Union of Railways - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The International Union of Railways – more generally known as the UIC, from its French name, Union Internationale des Chemins de fer – is an international rail transport industry body.
Into this environment the UIC was born in October 1922, with the aim of standardising things.
A parallel body is the International Union of Public Transport (UITP) which covers passenger railways, especially in cities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Union_of_Railways   (144 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
International awards in recognition of outstanding marketing initiatives were handed out by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) at its 2nd International Marketing Conference in Paris last week.
Public transport is one pillar of a strategy to achieve sustainable mobility in urban and regional areas.
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international organisation for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/nov_2003/Marketing-en.htm   (409 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Cities in which density is high and journeys are made mostly on foot, by bicycle and by public transport are the ones that spend the least financial resources on ensuring the mobility of city dwellers.
In cities in developing countries, when walking, cycling and public transport are dominant, the total cost of journeys to the community is in the order of 6% to 8% of GDP.
It also ensures that the development of the public transport sector is and remains sustainable in terms of its social, economic and environmental impact.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/fev-2004/Manifesto.htm   (587 words)

  
 THE PUBLIC PURPOSE (Wendell Cox Consultancy)
International data indicates that the cost per point of public transport market share in the United States is 3.5 times that of Western Europe and 10 times that of high-income Asia.
Cox presented seminars on U.S. and international urban planning, urbanization, public transport, intercity rail (including Amtrak), freight transport and world urban areas in Paris and Le Havre and conducted research on French and European demographics and transport.
The Public Purpose is not opposed to urban rail.
www.publicpurpose.com   (1937 words)

  
 Access to public transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1975 he was appointed as Secretary to the Public Transport Division of KNVTO and in 1978 he became the Deputy General Secretary of that Association.
The undertakings, affiliated to the International Association of Public Transport are aware of their responsibilities towards mobility-impaired people and are anxious to do everything possible to ensure they are able to benefit from the same levels of mobility as any other passenger.
Where the public transport undertaking is responsible for organising services adapted to mobility-impaired people, or for collaborating with associations for mobility-impaired and other interested bodies in their provision, the financial responsibility for these services and their adequate infrastructure must not rest only with the public transport undertakings.
www.etsi.org /cce/proceedings/4_1.htm   (2020 words)

  
 Site personnel de François Pepin
Public transport is safe, causes less pollution and is a better use of increasingly scarce land particularly in urban areas
Public transport has to have a higher priority on the political agenda and must be supported on a long-term basis by public officials.
Signed at the 53rd Congress of UITP, the International Union of Public Transport in Toronto on the 27th day of May 1999, held in parallel with conferences of CUTA, the Canadian Urban Transit Association and APTA, the American Public Transit Association and in the presence of 5,000 transport professionals from 75 countries.
pages.infinit.net /fpepin/pftor.htm   (418 words)

  
 Clean Urban Transport
The challenge for future urban transport systems will be to meet the demand for accessibility for people, including people with reduced mobility and goods, while at the same time minimising the impacts on the environment while safeguarding the quality of life.
ELTIS is funded jointly by DG Energy and Transport of the European Commission, and by the International Union of Public Transport (UITP).
Integrated land-use and transport planning strategies are expected to achieve significant results in cutting down the avoidable need to use cars and stimulating public transport and the use of non-motorised modes.
ec.europa.eu /transport/clean/index_en.htm   (4532 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In towns where there are well developed public transport systems, the number of deaths are half as many as in towns where almost all journeys are made by car (UITP statistics: Better Urban Mobility).
Accident statistics for public transport for badly injured or fatal incidents are between 10 and 20 times less per passenger x kilometre than for cars.
Founded in 1885, UITP the International Union of Public Transport is the international organisation for public transport operators, authorities, policy makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply industry.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/jan_2002/traffic_en.htm   (406 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
As the major professional association for urban, suburban and regional passenger public transport in Europe, UITP is particularly concerned by the growing gap in research efforts between the private car industry and public transport modes.
Although urban public transport has numerous advantages over the private car – including low space consumption and the promotion of social cohesion - the attractiveness of car ownership and use is increasing every day.
Indeed, numerous transport research issues require an integrated multimodal approach of urban, suburban and regional public transport, in particular as regards research into relations with customers.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/june-2004/research-network-en.cfm   (543 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
Modal shift from private to public transport will contribute to a significant reduction in the €560 billion annual cost of road accidents, congestion, energy consumption and pollution in the EU, thus releasing funds for economic development.
Cities where public transport has a market share of 50% or more spend less than 7% of GDP on journeys made by their inhabitants.
Moreover, public transport is a catalyst for economic and social opportunities that contribute to efficiency and productivity in urban areas where most of the wealth is created.
www.uitp.com /eupolicy/recommendations.cfm   (425 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
All experts also concluded that the created public transport authority should be responsible for coordinating all transport services locally or regionally and must be empowered in the long term both from a financial and legal perspective.
Another conclusion is that a sustainable public transport system will only arise if it is based on a clear regulatory framework allowing for a stable market structure and fair playing field for all actors involved.
The building blocks of public transport worldwide are the same, but how you put it together to suit the specific area, its history, culture and historical background becomes the art of it.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/nov-2004/Johannesburg-en.cfm   (504 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Brussels-based International Association of Public Transport (UITP) – a worldwide organisation that advocates sustainable mobility and the development of public transport worldwide - congratulates the Australian federal government on its recently-announced funding of $6.5 million for the National Travel Behaviour Change project.
Indeed, as UITP’s Millennium Cities Database for Sustainable Transport has shown, cities in which air quality is largely unaffected by traffic are those where car use is moderate and where vehicles comply with tough standards in terms of pollution emissions.
Public transport consumes four times less energy per person transported than the automobile.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/sept_2003/australia.htm   (448 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By targeting public transport, the perpetrators of this crime have made a vile attack on a basic human right,” stated Mr Meyer.
During this round-table the experts established what the basic needs of the public transport are in order for it to be better prepared to prevent and handle incidents.
A UITP conference on personal security in public transport, to be held in Geneva this June, will aim to give a global overview on security in public transport as well as best practices.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/mar-2004/madrid-en.htm   (377 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shanghai Urban Transport Bureau and Shanghai Metro Operation Corporation Ltd jointly received the award for ‘Sustainable transport’ for their contribution to the sustainable development of Shanghai, a mega-city with a population of over 16 million.
Shanghai’s municipal government considers public transport as crucial to the social and economic development of the city, with rail forming the backbone of the city’s sustainable mobility plan.
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international organisation for public transport authorities, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport service and supply industry.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/dec_2002/Transport_Awards.htm   (491 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The latest issue of Public Transport International, the journal of the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), puts the challenge of ‘seamless mobility’ under the spotlight.
This issue of Public Transport International was published to tie in with the theme of UITP’s 55th World Congress, to be held in Madrid, Spain, from 4 to 9 May this year.
Public Transport International addresses this challenge in such articles as ‘Integration versus competition’ and ‘From public transport to integrated mobility’.
www.uitp.com /Events/madrid/mediaroom/march_2003/spotlight.htm   (359 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
On behalf of its members (all urban transport operators and organising authorities), this international public transport forum is calling on political leaders to assign a portion of their extra tax revenue to the development of public transport.
Lastly, assistance to public transport companies to cover the extra expense connected with energy surcharges (operators have registered an average increase of 11% over the last twelve months) will help to avoid passing on this rise in costs to public transport users.
However, transport is the sector undergoing the steepest rise in oil consumption, and must be a government priority in preparing energy policies.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/august-2005/oil-en.cfm   (476 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The European Union Committee of the International Association of Public Transport speaks on behalf of local public transport undertakings in the European Union.
Local public transport is currently organised in very different ways throughout the European Union.
The UITP European Union Committee is particularly anxious to avoid a situation in which the Commission or the courts have to resolve legal questions on a case by case basis, as has happened with the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in the Altmark case.
www.uitp.com /eupolicy/positions/Greenbook-E.htm   (422 words)

  
 Transport: we mustn't miss this very fast bus - Opinion - smh.com.au
There is an urgent need to set aside dedicated roads or land parcels for bus rapid transport to achieve its potential, remembering that the width of a right of way required for bus rapid transport is far less than for railways, not only in the central business district but across the Sydney network.
All of this support for public transport must be part of a large package in which we consider ways of financing improved public transport, and a good start is to learn from the experiences of London and Stockholm, where congestion charging schemes are in place.
Over 30 per cent of commuters who were previously car users now use public transport, continuing car users see benefits in improved travel times and, most importantly, the politicians have earned respect for taking such an initiative.
www.smh.com.au /news/opinion/transport-we-mustnt-miss-this-very-fast-bus/2006/05/17/1147545387127.html   (879 words)

  
 YTV - What is UITP
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the worldwide network of public transport professionals.
UITP covers all modes of public transport - metro, bus, light rail, regional and suburban railways, a waterbone transport.
It also represents collective transport in a broader sense (for instance car-sharing) addition, UITP is currently further expanding its presence on the mobility market, inckluding the taxi sector.
www.ytv.fi /ENG/transport/uitp_2007/helsinki_2007/helsinki_info/uitp_briefly.htm   (112 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
A vast majority of the population in Africa does not have access to individual means of motorised transport, and therefore is dependent on walking, cycling or collective transport for its journeys.
Affordable public transport is crucial to the process of poverty alleviation: it provides access for all to livelihood (job opportunities and markets) and urban services (health, education, nutrition programmes and social services).
In other words public transport is an essential prerequisite to fulfilling some of the key commitments laid out in the G8 Africa Action Plan; notably to foster trade, investment, economic growth and sustainable development.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/G8-leaders.cfm   (316 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
As the G8 2005 is focusing on the eradication of extreme poverty in Africa, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) and its African Division - UATP - took this opportunity to send a letter to G8 leaders to draw their attention to the key role that public transport plays in poverty alleviation.
To give you an example which clearly illustrates how accessible public transport could be a decisive lever for African society, a domestic worker in Abidjan earns 45000 FCFA a month and one bus ticket for the same period costs 15000 FCFA.
This means that affordable and efficient public transport is crucial to the process of poverty alleviation by fostering social and economic inclusion.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/july-2005/G8-leaders-en.cfm   (338 words)

  
 Urban Transport Technology - Madrid Transport Network
The City has an extensive and efficient public transport system, which is based around 12 underground lines, 170 bus routes operated by Empress Municipal de Transportes (EMT) and eight suburban railway lines running from the city centre.
The public transport system is administered by the Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (Madrid Regional Transport Consortium) (CRTM), which was set up in 1985 to plan public transport infrastructure, transport services, create an integrated fare system across the network and project a global image of Madrid's public transport system.
These were The UITP (International Union of Public Transport) 55th World Congress, Mobility and City Transport Exhibition 2003 (both of these ran concurrently 5 May to 8 May 2003) and the 10th ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) World Congress (17 November 2003).
www.urbantransport-technology.com /projects/madrid   (1385 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
However, the terrorist attack on one of the busiest lines of Moscow’s metro during rush hour this morning shows once again that metros and other public transport systems are potential targets for terrorist attacks.
Yet, the responsibility for the passengers requires public transport stakeholders to acknowledge the threat and to ensure the best possible level of prevention and preparedness.
At this round table public transport professionals from all over Europe came together to identify strategies for both preventive and reactive measures.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/fev-2004/fev2004.htm   (583 words)

  
 UITP - International Union of Public Transport
To examine the double objective of this public transport system: to move passengers quickly from A to B through a keen and adapted network, and to bring quality of life for all in the city to the next level with less pollution, less noise, and a better balanced road network for cars and bicycles.
To evaluate the business context: public tendering for vehicle procurement, outsourcing of vehicle maintenance and servicing, general implementation of contractual schemes between the demand side (city or authority) and the supply side (more and more private companies).
UITP is the international organisation for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry.
www.uitp.com /mediaroom/august-2004/bus-en.cfm   (318 words)

  
 The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Sustainable information key to success of public transport
The commuter's issue and the reply give rise to a debate on whether the MTC is seriously interested in attracting more commuters to the public transport system in a metropolis which is seeing dramatic increase in vehicle population every year — more than 10 per cent.
A study by the UITP (International Union of Public Transport) in 100 cities worldwide had asserted that commuting in cities with a well-developed public transport modes could be faster than by automobiles.
However, it said "a lot of improvements could be made" because the time spent on public transport is still perceived by passengers as lost, particularly while waiting for buses and at interchanges.
www.hindu.com /2006/08/29/stories/2006082904600600.htm   (489 words)

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