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📄📢 Discover our latest publication on adapting public transport to climate change! 📢📄   As climate change intensifies, public transport faces increased risk from extreme weather events. Adaptation and resilience are crucial to maintain service quality and safety, ultimately ensuring vibrant, liveable cities.   Key highlights from the Policy Brief:   ➡️ A seven-stage climate adaptation framework. ➡️ Case studies from Ireland, Montreal, Singapore, Barcelona, and New York City. ➡️ Key recommendations to kickstart your organisation's climate adaptation journey.   🌍 Enhance your understanding and readiness for climate impacts with this comprehensive guide. 🔗 More info here at the link: https://lnkd.in/e-mEsiHw #Publication | #ClimateChange | #PublicTransport

🚇✨ Join #UITPAcademy and Hamburger Hochbahn AG for our "Quality and Service Excellence" training. 🧑🏫️ In this course you will: ✅ Learn the importance of quality management in public transport ✅ Discover key practices for maintaining a quality management system, including quality policies, procedures, audits, and reports ✅ Explore how new technologies and digitalisation can elevate service excellence ✅ Gain insights into improving service quality through employee satisfaction and advanced innovative tools ✅ Expand your knowledge and share experiences with industry leaders 🔗 Register now and save on our early bird rate 👉https://lnkd.in/eE9mqXfp #PublicTransport | #ServiceExcellence | #QualityManagement | #UrbanMobility

Large events cannot succeed without #PublicTransport 🏟🚌 Moving crowds of millions is no easy task. That's why UITP, NJ TRANSIT, and Rutgers CAIT: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation brought together experts to showcase how transit authorities and operators can best prepare for big events. The Paris Olympics 2024 is just around the corner, meanwhile North America will hold the FIFA World Cup 2026. For the success of future events like these, public transport must be ready! Discover the insights from this key workshop 💡https://lnkd.in/ejyBwaqG

Climate change is causing more frequent extreme weather events globally, affecting #PublicTransport services and infrastructure. It's clear: the entire public transport sector needs to adapt to the realities of climate change. Next week, UITP releases its new Climate Change Adaptation Framework, which guides all stakeholders in understanding climate risks and identifying and implementing effective adaptation interventions. Be the first to know when it's released 👉 https://lnkd.in/etu4AJzW #StatSaturday

Partnerships are how we achieve a clean bus fleet! 🌳 The 40th UITP Trolleybus Committee meeting took place in Poznań, Poland, where bus manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach and local operator Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne w Poznaniu Sp. z o.o. (MPK) are working together to roll out zero emission buses across the Polish city. Right now, MPK's fleet numbers 330 buses, of which 25 are powered by hydrogen and 58 by electric battery. And there are more to come! 🚌 📣 "Already today, over 80% of the vehicles we produce are zero-emission vehicles. We are proud of the fact that as a member of UITP and a participant in the Clean Bus Europe Platform project, we can popularise zero-emission vehicle technology.“ 📣 Mateusz Figaszewski, Solaris. Read the news from the Clean Bus Europe Platform 📰 https://lnkd.in/e--zxiND

Join SITCE 2024, Asia-Pacific's leading #PublicTransport congress and exhibition and listen to key #UrbanMobility industry players to redefine public transport! 🚆 Register now to be inspired by local and international experts and learn insights gathered from around the world - all under one roof! 🏟 Save over 20% when you register by 13 September 2024 👉 https://lnkd.in/enN_tjk5

"We need to adapt to climate change so that we can continue to operate, keep people safe, keep quality service and improve the well-being of our citizens." Even though climate change adaptation is becoming crucial for the sector, many organisations just don't know where to start. Listen to Transport for London's Sam Longman discuss UITP's upcoming Climate Change Adaptation Framework. Be the first to know when the framework is published! 👉 https://lnkd.in/etu4AJzW

🚍 Join us on 17 July 2024 for our webinar "BRT – How to Make Bus Transport Attractive?" and gain valuable insights into enhancing Bus Rapid Transit systems! 🌟 Discover how to: 🚏 Boosting operational efficiency 📈 Elevating service quality 🌱 Implementing sustainable mobility solutions 🏙️ Integrating BRT with urban transport networks Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from top experts and elevate your BRT knowledge. Hear from: ✅ Olukemi Amure, Head of Bus Services Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority ✅ Winnie Chore, Senior Network Management Officer Public Transport Operations Management Department at NaMATA ✅ Ezekiel Emmanuely, Regional Officer in charge of Dodoma Region Land Transport Regulatory Authority ✅ Shada T. Head of Communications, Casa Transport ✅ Imelda Tshenye, Divisional Head of Integrated Rapid, Public Transport Network Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality The free webinar is exclusively for UITP members, though non-members can subscribe. Seats will be handed out on a discretionary basis some days before the event. Live interpretation into English and French will be available. 👉 Register now! https://lnkd.in/ehc9g4CN

📢 And it’s a wrap! Last week saw the launch of the 22nd edition of UITP’s ‘Diploma Programme for Managers in Public Transport’ in the USA with our hosts and partners NJ TRANSIT 🚈🚍 This flagship training programme is designed to provide leaders with the skills and knowledge they need to meet the demands of public transport sector and sustainable mobility. Our first module held over a 3-day period covered the topics of Policy, Planning Regulation, and Funding. 🙏 We would like to thank NJ TRANSIT for their exceptional welcome, to our international list of trainers including Michael Pellot and Guido Bruggeman, and to our 29 candidates from across the globe 🌎 who bring a wealth of diverse viewpoints to the programme. We wish them all the best as they continue their training journey in Malmö and Hong Kong later this year! 🌟