The EU-funded project AURORA (sAfe Urban aiR mObility for euRopeAn citizens) will develop and integrate safety-critical technologies to support autonomous flight UAM in urban environments, focusing its demonstrations primarily on emergency-related applications. To foster adoption of UAM, AURORA will involve end-users and relevant stakeholders in all phases of its journey. AURORA believes in creating solutions that do not only extend and complement current mobility systems,…
The INDIMO project is hosting its 3rd Co-creation Workshop on 30 September 2021, 10.00 – 14.00 h CEST (online). This workshop is a part of a series of Co-creation events that will result in creating the INDIMO digital mobility toolbox. This toolbox will provide a framework and guidelines to transport and logistic stakeholders for the design…
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…
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.…
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…
In the frame of the European Year of Rail, UITP and the European Passengers’ Federation (EPF) are organising a digital workshop on ‘Rail passenger rights for all: EU legislation and beyond’ on 19 May from 9.30 to 12.00 (CET). Regional and local rail operators and authorities are very engaged in offering attractive services to their…
It is time to make CCAM a reality together. The European Commission intends to establish a new European Partnership on Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) under Horizon Europe. The Partnership aims to align better public and private efforts through a common and long-term R&I agenda, and to accelerate the implementation of smart, innovative and…
Yesterday, EPF was represented at the RailTech conference, speaking about How to realize the shift to rail from the passenger perspective. Delphine Grandsart, senior researcher at EPF, presented passengers’ priorities and also EPF priorities for future EU action to improve passenger experience and encourage a modal shift. EPF’s presentation can be downloaded here. Before the…
On 23. February 2021, Kurt Hultgren represented EPF at the International Railway Summit Conference (IRS 10). The topic was Multi-Modal Stations. Kurt underlined the importance of realising that “What is necessary to some is favourable to most others” as the best way to include PRMs. He also quoted Stig Larsson, former CEO of SJ and president…
The first public event of INDIMO titled “What do users want? A reality check on needs, capabilities, and constraints towards inclusive digital mobility services” will take place online on 11th March 2021, from 10.00 to 11.30 CET. It will shed light on the results collected in the first year of the project, focusing on the investigation of preferences, perceived barriers,…
The TMaaS consortium is organising the final TMaaS conference on the 21st of January 2021. With this conference, we’re marking the end of our TMaaS journey, the official end of our 3-year European project. This will be a virtual conference. Under the theme, “A story of innovating mobility together”, the event will bring together partners…
Last 24th of November, the European Passengers’ Federation participated in the third edition of the MOB Lab Congress, a Portuguese congress on mobility. We were represented by Sandra Lima, Project Officer for EPF, in the round table on “Mobility culture: Where to start and how to improve mobility consciousness?”. In the fruitful 45 minute discussion,…