EPF brings the user’s voice to the INDIMO project, which aims to break barriers in accessing digitally interconnected transport systems. The INDIMO project began in January 2020 and will run until December 2022. Its main objectives are to: Better understand and improve knowledge about user needs and requirements in digital transport systems. Co-create tools that contribute to an…
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On 25. June, Christopher Irwin, EPF Board Member, took part in a panel debate on “Unleashing rail distribution to make rail travel more attractive”. The webinar was organised by eu travel tech as part of the official European Year of Rail programme and discussed challenges and opportunities of making rail travel more accessible. Rail travel has…
For the past year, EPF has been co-chairing the International Rail Passenger (IRP) Transport Platform’s ‘mirror group’ which consists of representatives of railway undertakings (CER/ALLRAIL/UIC/CIT), infrastructure managers (EIM/CER/UIC), railway suppliers (UNIFE), passenger and consumers’ organisations (EPF/BEUC), travel companies and distributors (EU Travel Tech/ALLRAIL/ECTAA) – who are committed to developing a joint action plan/agenda to support…
The original plan was to hold our annual EPF conference in Strasbourg in June 2020. The programme and all necessary clarifications had been largely arranged by EPF’s French member FNAUT. Unfortunately, due to Covid-19, we had to postpone until 2021. And again Corona forced us to cancel our event and replace it for the first…
On June 14th, EPF invited the Transport Attachés from the Permanent Representations for a breakfast in the facilities of Brussels pressclub. Following the current corona rules, we had an audience of 10 colleagues from different countries. EPF’s officers Kathryn Bulanowski and Sandra Lima together with EPF chair Josef Schneider took the floor to present EPF…
The month of May brought some changes to our team, as we said farewell to our colleague Evelien, we welcomed our new team member, Katie Bulanowski, to our secretariat. Effective June 2021, Evelien Marlier has left EPF. She has been instrumental in the development of EPF for almost 5 years. Her commitment and enthusiasm will…
A joint action of the European associations EPF (passengers), UITP and EPTO (public transport operators), and EMTA and POLIS (transport authorities) wishes to make 2022 a European Year of Rail and Public Transport and have written a co-signed letter sent to the President of the European Commission, the President of the European Parliament, the President…
To discuss challenges and opportunities of making rail travel more accessible, eu travel tech is organising a webinar on “Unleashing rail distribution to make rail travel more attractive” on June 25. (10:00-11:30 CEST), as part of the official European Year of Rail programme. Christopher Irwin, EPF Board Member, will take part in the panel debate.…
18th Conference of the European Passengers’ Federation “European Year of Rail, what’s in for the passenger” June, 26th 2021, 10:00 CEST (online, MS Teams) After careful consideration, we decided in March to cancel the EPF conference 2021 in Strasbourg (originally planned for 2020). The pandemic situation showed still too many risks for a successful event.…
To help the EU build on its 2013 urban mobility package and meet its 2050 climate target, the EU has launched a ‘New Urban Mobility Framework’ initiative, which proposes measures to encourage EU countries to develop urban transport systems that are safe, accessible, inclusive, affordable, smart, resilient and emission-free. The initiative also addresses transport pollution…
On 19. May, EPF and UITP jointly organised a webinar on Rail Passenger Rights. The webinar was attended by some 130 participants and provided concrete information on the state of the art of rail passengers’ rights in Member States of the European Union. One of the main conclusions was that domestic legislation in many cases…
As cities grow larger, they increasingly face problems caused by transport and traffic. Urban Air Mobility (UAM) offers a promising opportunity to mitigate road (surface) congestion by taking urban mobility to the third dimension – the airspace. The EU-funded project AURORA (sAfe Urban aiR mObility for euRopeAn citizens) will develop and integrate safety-critical technologies to…