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EU policy
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UITP is the worldwide public transport association. In
the European Union, the UITP EU Committee gathers the public transport
undertakings and the national associations, members of UITP.
The public transport sector in EU 27 includes regional and suburban rail,
metro/tram, local/regional bus and local waterborne passenger transport
services.
Key facts for public transport in the EU 27
| Passenger journeys |
60 billion/year (more or less equally shared between
road modes (mainly bus) and rail modes (urban, suburban and regional rail)
(comparison: 700 million in the aviation sector)
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| Economic value of public transport services |
€ 130 - 150 billion/year or 1– 1.2% of GDP |
| Employment |
| • Direct employment |
1,2 million |
| • Indirect employment |
2 - 2.5 indirect jobs for each direct job in average
4 indirect jobs in countries with high investments
into public transport, like for example Switzerland |
Read the full position paper ‘Financial and Economic Crisis - The Situation of the
Public Transport Sector in EU 27’ (December 2009)
NEXT EVENTS
MEETING
EUC112 meeting
29 May 2012, Tallinn, Estonia
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CONFERENCE
UITP-TAK Conference on Financial sustainability of public transport and the European White Paper: Goals. Measures and resources
30 May 2012, Tallin, Estonia
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CONFERENCE
Opening of the domestic rail passengers market to competition: what impact on suburban and regional rail?
4 June 2012, Paris, France
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The conference will be chaired by Tony DEPLEDGE, President of the UITP EU-Committee and Director of Transport Policy, Arriva.
Two round tables are scheduled:
1) What future financing of regional and suburban rail passenger transport?
2) What regulatory framework for liberalised domestic rail passenger services?
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LATEST PUBLICATION
Organisation and major players of short distance public transport in Europe
Six months' experience of the PSO regulation
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