“Imagine Your City or Region Without Public Transport": Over 70 CEOs Urge EU to Prioritise it in Next Budget
UITP Call
As discussions on the future EU budget accelerate, more than 70 CEOs and Leaders of public transport authorities, operators, industry and national associations from across Europe have come together to deliver a clear message to European policymakers.
With the call for urban and regional public transport to be a top priority in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), this show of unity, coordinated by UITP, urges the EU to anchor its long-term budget in competitiveness, sustainability, and inclusion.
“Imagine your city or region without public transport. The EU must prioritise investment in public transport as a smart, inclusive, and essential step towards a sustainable future,” the CEOs/leaders warn in a joint call."
Signatory List
- Mohamed Mezghani, Secretary-General, UITP, Belgium
- Severiano Arias González, Director de Explotacion, Tranvia de Murcia, Spain
- Wojciech Bartelski, CEO, President of the Board, Tramwaje Warszawskie Ltd, Poland
- Pedro Brandao de Querizoz Simoes Ribeiro, Managing Director, Metropolitano de Tenerife, S.A., Spain
- Eduardo Cabanillas Muñoz-Reja, CEO, Autobuses Urbanos de Valladolid (AUVASA), Spain
- Carlo Cahn, General Manager, KNV, The Netherlands
- Helena Campos, acting CEO, Metropolitano de Lisboa, Portugal
- Jean Castex, CEO, RATP group, France
- Marie-Ange Debon, Chairwoman and Group Chief Executive Officer, Keolis, France
- Pedro de Brito Bogas, CEO, Companhia Carris de Ferro de Lisboa, E.M., S.A., Portugal
- Ignas Degutis, CEO, Vilniaus Viešasis Transportas (UAB), Lithuania
- Brieuc de Meeûs, CEO, STIB, Belgium
- Helge Dorstewitz, Directeur General, Luxtram SA, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
- Henrik Falk, CEO, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Germany
- Jean-Pierre Farandou, CEO/Chairman, SNCF, France
- Pol Flamend, Directeur général du Service public de Wallonie Mobilité et Infrastructures, Belgium
- Aitor Galarza, CFO, CAF, Spain
- Andrea Gibelli, President, ASSTRA, Italy
- Ramón Gómez, CEO, FCC Concesiones, Spain
- Annette Grabbe, CEO, CHRO, CFO of Rheinbahn AG, Germany
- Jürgen Greschner, Chief Corporate Officer, INIT Group, Germany
- Anna Grönlund, Deputy Managing Director of Sveriges Bussföretag, The Swedish Bus & Coach Federation, Sweden
- Giuseppina Gualtieri, CEO and President, Tper SPA, Italy
- Stefanie Haaks, Chairperson of the Executive Board, KVB Köln, Germany
- Juha Hakavuori, Managing Director, Metropolitan Area Transport Ltd, Finland
- Elodie Hanen, Directrice générale adjointe, Île-de-France Mobilités, France
- Billy Hann, CEO of Dublin Bus, Ireland
- Andreas Hemmersbach, Management Director Mobility, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Germany
- Robert Henrich, CEO, Hamburger Hochbahn AG, Germany
- Jesús Herrero, Secretary-General, ATUC, Spain
- Peter Horvat, Director, Javno Podjetje Ljubljanski Potniški Promet, Slovenia
- Mathias Hüske, CFO, Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen AG, Germany
- Francisco Iglesias Campos, CEO, Alsa Grupo, Spain
- Sirpa Korte, Public Transport Director, City of Turku, Finland
- Harald Kraus, CHRO,DSW 21, Germany
- Serena Lancione, President, Consorzio Granda Bus, Italy
- Erki Lipre, CEO of Ridango Group, Sweden
- Serafino Lo Piano, CEO and General Manager, Busitalia, Italy
- David Martin, CEO / Executive Chair, Arriva Limited, United Kingdom
- Thierry Mallet, CEO, Transdev, President, Union des Transports Publics et Ferroviaires (UTPF), France
- Marco Medeghini, General Manager of Brescia Mobilità, Brescia Trasporti and Metrobrescia, Italy
- Ulf Middelberg, Managing Director, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB) GmbH, Germany
- Michael Peter, CEO, Siemens Mobility GmbH, Germany
- Claudio Passerini, President, Bus Business Unit, Iveco Group
- Juan José Elias Pérez, Director, EMT Palma, Spain
- Mika Periviita, Manager, Tampere City Public Transport, Finland
- Michael Peter, CEO Siemens Mobility GmbH, Germany
- Alexander Pischon, Prof. Dr., Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany
- Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Director, Alstom, France
- Konrad Pule, General Manager, Malta Public Transport, Malta
- Víctor Manuel Quintana Hernandez, CEO, Salcai-Utinsa, S.A., Spain
- Alexandra Reinagl, CEO, Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, Austria
- Miguel Angel Rodriguez Ramirez, Director General, Guaguas Municipales S.A., Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- Pablo Rodríguez-Sardinero, Managing Director, Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid (CRTM), Spain
- Alfonso Sanchéz Vicente, CEO, EMT Madrid, Spain
- Thomas Schaffer, Board Member, BOGESTRA, Germany
- Vesa Silfver, Executive Director, Helsinki Region Transport, Finland
- Minna Soininen, Director, Finnish Public Transport Association, Finland
- Zdenek Sponar, Director, IDSK, Czech Republic
- Agata Stańda, CEO, Solaris Bus & Coach, Poland
- Julio Tironi, CEO, Cyprus Public Transport
- Yiannis Toskas, CEO, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority (OSETh), Greece
- Monika Unterholzner, Deputy Director-General, Wiener Stadtwerke GmbH, Austria
- Steen Vindum, Chairman for TID, the Danish Public Transport Authorities, Denmark
- Ana Paula Vitorino, President of the Executive Board, Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes, Portugal
- Ignacio Vázquez, CEO, Metro de Madrid, Spain
- Peter Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Anja Wenmakers, CEO, Stadtwerke Bonn Verkehrs-GmbH, Germany
- Oliver Wolff, General Managing Director, VDV, Germany
- Ingo Wortmann, Managing Director of Stadtwerke München GmbH Mobility Division, Germany
- Karin Zipperer, Speaker of the Board, Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region GMBH, Austria
- Alberto Zorzan, CEO, ATM Group, Italy
