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Karsan Selected as the Most Innovative Brand of 2024!  3 International Awards  for Karsan! Karsan, playing a pioneering role in transforming public transport to the electric, autonomous, and hydrogen in the world, especially in Europe, continues to crown its achievements…
Busworld Southeast Asia – key reasons to attend 4 key reasons why you should be represented 1 Indonesia is the biggest market in the Southeast Asia region with 270.2 million inhabitants who love to travel by bus and coach. Of course, many people will need…
The global electric bus market size is projected to grow from 112,041 units in 2022 to reach 671,285 units by 2027, at a CAGR of 43.1% The advancements in battery pack technologies and electric powertrains are some of the major…
First series of new generation Citeas: VDL Bus & Coach and Hermes aim for further greening of ‘home base’ Eindhoven with 32 Citeas With the order for the first series of new generation Citeas from VDL Bus & Coach, public…
During the “Safety of Vehicle – Safety of Passenger” conference, the representatives of the leading manufacturers of buses, trams and equipment, city carriers as well as those offering intercity and tourist transport services, carrier associations, vehicle inspection and certification companies,…
Irizar solutions to combat the virus on public transport The Irizar Group keeps accelerating its capacity for innovation with the goal of contributing to the reactivation of the public transport sector and promoting safe and sustainable collective mobility. It is…
Solaris is winning more and more contracts in Spain. Clients from that country are primarily interested in the comprehensive range of vehicles with alternative drives produced by the Polish manufacturer. Almost all orders placed this year concern low- and zero-emission vehicles. Over the past weeks the company has significantly expanded its service network,…
World premiere of Volvo Buses Volvo Buses launches a new electrically-powered articulated bus that can carry up to 150 passengers and with 80 per cent lower energy consumption compared to a corresponding diesel bus. With the Volvo 7900 Electric Articulated,…
Galați Municipality has ordered 20 Jest + Minibuses!  Carrying out its manufacturing activities in Bursa, Karsan is one of the Turkish brands that export the highest number of light commercial vehicles and is preferred by European countries for its diesel…
43 VDL Citeas Electric for the Netherlands VDL Bus & Coach is going to deliver 43 VDL Citeas Electric to Qbuzz. The order consists of 11 VDL Citeas SLFA-180 and 32 VDL Citeas SLF-120 Electric. These e-buses will be deployed…
In the Netherlands the province of Utrecht, in the centre of the country, the provincial government together with operator U-OV, the name transport company Qbuzz is working under, will expand its bus fleet with 70 buses and modernise 55 existing…
Busworld India partners with ASRTU and BOCI The 8th edition of the biannual professional bus and coach exhibition Busworld India will be powered by the two major bus operator associations in India: ASRTU – Association of State Road Transport Undertakings,…
Masats is celebrating its 50th anniversary  It will get its customers involved in this commemoration at the International Bus and Coach Trade Fair (FIAA), where it will showcase its newest developments Its commitment to people is reflected in the company’s…
From Milan to Montréal Interview with UITP Secretary General, Alain Flausch This year Canada will host the UITP Global Public Transport Summit. Why was Montréal selected? As you know, UITP’s biennial flagship event sees us visit a different city on…
 Rheinbahn orders a further 80 VDL Citea LLEs Passenger transport company Rheinbahn of Dusseldorf has ordered a further 80 Citea LLEs from VDL Bus & Coach. This order comes on top of the 60 units that were delivered in 2013.…
The city of San Sebastian will have two new 100% electric Irizar buses, in addition to the one which has been operating since July 2014. These buses will join the fleet of the Dbus company and will serve on line…
The UITP (International Association of Public Transport) MENA Transport Congress & Exhibition concluded yesterday in Dubai and reflected the urgency to find congestion-cutting solutions in the region. Cities in the MENA region are seeing rapid urbanisation, with two thirds of…
Izmir places first order for 100 Otokar’s articulated bus   Otokar, Turkey’s bus sector market leader, has won the competitive tender to supply 100 articulated buses to Izmir Metropolitan Municipality’s ESHOT transport service. Otokar will deliver the vehicles during the…
public transport: at the heart of the new mobility world With space increasingly at a premium in today’s cities, high quality public transport combined with a broader mix of mobility services is the answer to cutting car dependency according to…
The sixth edition of Busworld Turkey is, like all the previous editions, being organised by Busworld International and its partner, HKF Trade Fairs. The exhibition will be held for four days, from 14 to 17 April in halls 9, 10…
IT-TRANS 2016: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE CUSTOMER Emerging IT technologies are transforming the relationship between public transport and its customers: such was the key message from the 2016 IT-TRANS, International Conference & Exhibition on IT solutions for public transport (1-3…
From 1 to 3 March 2016, UITP will co-host  IT solutions for European cities  Conference and Exhibition (Karlsruhe, Germany). Organised biannually, this hub for IT solutions in the public transport industry attracts public transport practitioners of all categories. IT-related EU-funded research…
Interview with Gabe Klein, keynote speaker at IT Trans 2016 Gabe Klein, former Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation and author of Start-up City Gabe Klein, 44, will be the keynote speaker at IT-TRANS (1-3 March 2016), the leading…
Transport Ticketing & Passenger Information Global 2016 celebrates its 7th gathering on the 26-28 January 2016 in the Old Billingsgate Market, London.  How can the industry collectively get more people onto public transport? The entire ticketing and payments ecosystem in…
Public transport operator Arriva has announced plans to cuts its direct annual carbon emissions by 30 percent in addition to energy and water consumption green goals. Arriva commits to reducing direct carbon emissions by 30 percent Arriva’s CEO, David Martin,…
After Austria, Germany, Italy and Poland, Norway is a further country to have received the new-generation Urbino. Norgesbuss AS has recently taken delivery of two 12-metre Solaris vehicles for city services in Oslo. “With joy we looked forward to the…
INDCAR presents its new products at Busworld Kortrijk. The new Next L9 will be presented on the new Mercedes Benz Atego chassis version 12.24L, with tires 305/70 R-19.5, which gives the vehicle better performance and provides a significant improvement. The…
  Here are the UITP winners 2015: Customer Experience: WIENER STADTWERKE & CO KG (Vienna, Austria), for the project ‘SMILE – Smart Mobility Info & Ticketing System Leading the Way for Effective E-Mobility Services’. Recognition for its innovative integrated mobility…
UITP REVEALS PROMISING GROWTH IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODAL SHARE EN ROUTE TO 2025 OBJECTIVE Back in 2009, the public transport sector set itself a goal: double its market share worldwide by 2025 to make cities more liveable and more productive.…