The contribution public transport makes
to reducing carbon use and the mitigating the risk of climate change; this paper
will provide a short background on greenhouse gases (ghg), detail the share and responsibility for public transport; and provide recommendations.

The transport & urban life commission invites uitp and its members to take actions to raise the profile of public transport as a key factor of social inclusion.
regional divisions are invited to develop their respective agenda of actions based on a proposed common framework.

The rise of large events

Cities are the theatre of a growing number of large events: sport competitions, concerts, cultural festivals, religious pilgrimages and business conventions, to name just a few. Increasingly several large events even occur at the same time. For instance about 4,000 large events take place in London (UK) every year and, on the weekend of the 7-8th

Modern mobility is based on flexibility and a high level of convenience. Combined Mobility is the answer: carsharing, taxis and shared taxis, bicycle and bike-sharing, car-pooling, demand-responsive transport, car-rental, etc., are services that can complement the classic fixed line- and timetable-bound public transport services and, together with walking, they form a complete and coherent mobility solution.