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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
SEMINAR
Fourth Railway Package Seminar : The Proposed Modifications of Regulation (EC) 1370/2007 - Priorities from the Perspective of Regional, Suburban and Urban Passenger Transport
25 June 2013, Brussels, Belgium
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CONFERENCE
European UITP Conference: Opening the European domestic rail passenger market to competition - what impact on regional, suburban and urban passenger transport?
19-20 November 2013, Strasbourg, France
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More information soon.
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WORKSHOP
Infrastructure and business models for electric mobility in cities - what role for public tranport ? 5 March, Brussels
See the presentations here
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