Celebrations for the winning station 2016: jury praises the personnel
From today, the residents of Stralsund can read it for themselves engraved in brass: in the main concourse, a resplendent brass plaque confirms that their station is among the best in Germany. In order to properly celebrate winning the Train Station of the Year award 2016, transport experts, friends of the railways and prominent politicians from Berlin,
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On 17-18 October, the European social partners of the Urban Public Sector – UITP (International Association of Public Transport) and ETF (European Transport Workers’ Federation) together with EVA Akademie organised a conference in Brussels aimed at supporting companies and trade unions to achieve a better representation and integration of women in the urban public transport sector.
Good practice examples and the joint recommendations of the European social
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- Posted: 02. 11. 2016.
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The Intergroup on Long Term Investment and Reindustrialisation, chaired by MEP Dominique Riquet (ALDE, FR), hosted an event on what makes a ‘good infrastructure investment project’. The Intergroup is an unofficial body in the European Parliament that provides a platform for discussions across political groups. The opening speech was given by European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc who said that the transport sector is in the midst of reshaping
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The 2016 CEF Transport Calls for Proposals make €1.9 billion of funding available for projects of common interest in the transport sector. The specificity of EC funding for CEF transport calls is that it only covers up to 50% of the costs, meaning that each participant shall bring at least 50% of its planned budget. These calls are divided into two different types (Cohesion calls and General calls) which are themselves split
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