Save the date: Online EPF conference on 26.06

By |April 27th, 2021|

EPF’s 2021 annual conference will take place in an online format the 26th of June (10:00 – 14:30 CET).

The programme will link with the 2021 European Year of Rail and focus on how rail can strengthen transport connections in Europe from the passengers’ perspective.

Our online event can count on key interventions from the European Parliament (Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg) and the […]

How to regain passengers’ trust in public transport?

By |April 26th, 2021|

A team of transport researchers from Hasselt University, with the support of EPF, has developed a survey on how to regain the trust and confidence of passengers in Public Transport. The research is aimed at identifying and quantifying significant factors affecting passengers’ confidence and satisfaction towards Public Transport during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and to gauge their willingness […]

EPF-UITP workshop on Rail Passenger Rights

By |April 25th, 2021|

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 passengers and in ensuring the […]

EPF presentation at the #EUCAD2021 conference

By |April 23rd, 2021|

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 sustainable mobility solutions for […]

UN Task Force recommendations for green and healthy transport recovery

By |April 18th, 2021|

EPF has been contributing to an Expert Group jointly led by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in collaboration with the World Health Organisation Transport under the Health and Environment Pan-European Programme (THE-PEP). The group has now completed its report and recommendations as part of the preparations for the Fifth High-Level Ministerial Meeting of THE PEP to be […]

Post-covid mobility in Europe

By |April 14th, 2021|

The COVID pandemic has caused a cataclysm in the mobility schemes that we knew. In the past year 2020, with the rise of the pandemic, new mobility paradigms have emerged, some of which are here to stay. The most obvious is teleworking but there are many others. A collateral effect of the pandemic has been to homogenize and globalize […]