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 be missed! With lots of […]
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 […]
For its Ghent-based secretariat, EPF is looking for an experienced project & policy officer to strengthen our motivated team!
The main tasks associated with this position involve:
Project management
Conduct research activities (desk research, interviews, surveys, …)
Organise workshops and focus groups with end-users and/or experts
Develop communication campaigns towards citizens
Conduct communication activities: write articles, social media posts, ….
Draft […]
The European Passengers’ Federation looks back on an eventful year with challenges like never before seen. The global COVID-19 pandemic has presented us with a new set of tasks and our team rose to the occasion, working for passenger rights even through difficult times.
The consequences of the pandemic were massive in every aspect of life and the transport sector was […]
The January edition of “Der Fahrgast” included an interview with EPF management board member Arriën Kruyt. The original article in German can be consulted here. Since the spring of 2020, the Corona pandemic has led to a drastic decline in the use of public transport. Nonetheless, in European policy and in many regions there are plans to promote the use of public transport. […]
The European Passengers’ Federation looks back on an eventful year with completely new challenges. Covid-19 has presented us with a new set of tasks. The annual general meeting took place in Düsseldorf at the beginning of March. This was already marked by concerns about the health of the participants, many representatives of the 37 member federations refrained from attending […]
EPF member “Reizigersvereniging Rover” – the union of public transport users in the Netherlands – celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2020.
Fifty years ago, public transport in the Netherlands was in decline due to the rapid growth of the private car. National and local authorities were investing a lot of money in motorways and car-parking, at the same time neglecting […]
We participated in the following events:
Urban Mobility Days (01.10): Delphine Grandsart presented the HiReach project during the session “Affordable, accessible and inclusive mobility”. Check our presentation or rewatch our session here!
Round Table on Sustainable Transport (06.10) organised by CSIGG, the centre for Sustainability, Innovation and Good governance, attended by 40 high-level participants
EIT Urban Mobility Talks (21.10): Evelien […]
The European Passengers’ Federation held its annual general meeting on 14th March in Düsseldorf despite the COVID-19 pandemic and just before the announcement of travel restrictions and #stayhome measures.
President Michel Quidort and Chairman Josef Schneider were reelected and will continue working for better conditions for European passengers, together with the other Management Board members and of course EPF’s member […]
This month our new team member, Sandra Lima, started working in our secretariat offices in Ghent.
Sandra comes from the north of Portugal and has been living in Belgium for more than two years. She is no stranger to European Affairs and project management, having worked in the Council of the European Union, in Social Services Europe and in the […]