EMTA - European Metropolitan Transport Authorities

We congratulate our delegate from Vilnius, Loreta Levulytė Staškevičienė, for being appointed the CEO of the public transport authority of Vilnius, JUDU (SĮ Susisiekimo paslaugos) 🎉 ℹ Read more: https://lnkd.in/dkeD7pxF 📷: J. Stacevičius / LRT

EMTA Barometer 2024 is now released 🎉 This unique set of data sheds light on the current trends of public transport across 35 European metropolitan areas in 21 countries. We can see, for example, that the passenger figures are still lower than in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dDQM3MNh 

Join our webinar on Wednesday 19 June to hear what is going on in public transport across Europe as we release the 2024 edition of the EMTA Barometer 🚍🚇 ⚡How many electric buses do we have in different parts of Europe? 💰How do public transport authorities fare financially? 🚃How have we recovered from COVID-19 pandemic when looking at the passenger numbers?

EMTA president Katalin Walter joined a panel to discuss impactful financing of urban mobility at the POLIS Network Leadership Summit in Prague on May 2024. The panel identified three key obligations: 🚇 continuing to finance public transport as the backbone of sustainable transport 🚶♂️ supporting citizens’ access to sustainable modes ⚡ financing low-carbon vehicles and energy sources The summit brought together high-level leaders in mobility from the public and private sectors, both from local and international levels. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/ds-dWxsY

We are almost there! The 2024 edition of EMTA Barometer will be released on 19 June. To that end, we are organising a webinar. Register for it here: https://lnkd.in/dYu8bXg3 In the webinar, we will look at the latest public transport statistics in European metropolitan areas.

With the European elections closing in, the crucial role of public transport in achieving the continent's economic, social and sustainability goals should not be forgotten. In a joint open letter to the EU institutions with EPTO (European Passenger Transport Operators), Eurocities, IRU, POLIS Network and UITP, we are calling for strong support for public transport in the legislative term 2024-2029. Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dJweEZ3A

It has been one week since the end of our 51st General Meeting, with fruitful discussions about current affairs in public transport. Thank you so much for having us in your beautiful city of Kraków - we had a perfect time. Kraków Metropolitan Area Lukasz Franek #EMTA #GeneralMeeting #PublicTransport #UrbanMobility

EMTA is expanding! We are happy and proud to announce that the public transport authority of Toulouse, Tisséo Collectivités, has become our 35th member, and our third member in France. Welcome to the club! Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/dRn7qCyD In the picture: Katalin Walter, the president of EMTA, and Vincent Georjon, the deputy CEO of Tisséo Collectivités at the EMTA general meeting in Kraków, Poland

To make the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) work, we need urban nodes. And to make urban nodes work, their importance needs to be recognised. This is why EMTA joins the Urban Nodes Alliance, together with POLIS Network, Interregional Alliance for the Rhine-Alpine Corridor EGTC, ERRIN, Eurocities and Scandria®Alliance, calling for EU member states to support urban nodes within the TEN-T. ℹ Read more on our website ➡ https://lnkd.in/dVZPPCzR