Submit your paper for IT-TRANS 2016 before 9 June 2015 and share your experience and expectations on the role of IT in public transport

The 2014 IT-TRANS event demonstrated above all that: a future-oriented public transport system needs intelligent IT solutions.

The last few years have seen many new players entering the public transport market (...)

Seamless travel solutions are in the spotlight this month on www.uitp.org and today the focus is on Turkey.

Newly joined UITP member, Konya Metropolitan Municipality is in charge of bus and tram operations in the Turkish city of 1.1 million inhabitants. Together the bus and tram modes transport a total of 300,000 passengers per day. The Municipality plans to invest TRY500m (€165m) in public transport in 2014, which is around one third of its overall budget.

The 2014 IT-TRANS International Conference and Exhibition will take place in just over two weeks (18-20 February) and will put a spotlight on the increasing importance of IT in public transport.  

 IT-TRANS is the unmissable event to learn more about IT innovation in public transport and how it is helping to transform the urban mobility landscape. Through the three-day conference session and the unrivalled exhibition, the event will take an in-depth look at security, travel information, IT in public transport vehicles, e-ticketing, ITCS and many more subjects besides.