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By Mohamed MezghaniSecretary General, UITP, the International Association of Public Transport What will it be like to arrive in the city that will become public transport capital of the world across one week in June? What can you experience at the world’s largest and most important event focused on ...

The Scottish Government has launched the second phase of the Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund (ScotZEB), with up to £58 million available. Introduced in 2021, ScotZEB replaced previous funding streams as a means to encourage the bus industry to find new and innovative ways to finance zero e...

Škoda Group has won the tender for the delivery of trolleybuses in Vilnius, Lithuania. The contract with transport operator JSC “Vilniaus viešasis transportas” includes the delivery of 91 Ško-da 32 Tr vehicles with a total value of more than 52 million euros. The Lithuanian capital&#8217...

The CEO of the RATP, Jean Castex, announced on May 10, 2023, that the 148 electric Bluebus buses of the 5SE series operated by the RATP will only be put back into service when all safety guarantees are met. In April 2022, two Bluebus buses caught fire in Paris, leading to the removal from service [&...

Masats will present a series of latest innovations at the UITP Summit in Barcelona. In the bus sector, Masats will be showcasing its all-new RE2 electric ramp, which allows comfortable access to the vehicle with a single 930 x 850 mm platform. Despite weighing 48 kg, the ramp is tested up to 350 kg ...

Master Transportation Bus Manufacturing, based in Taiwan, is the leading bus producer in the country. We run into the company at the exhibition 2035 E-Mobility Taiwan, held in mid-April in Taipei. In this interview, Lucky Yu, Planning & Marketing Dept. Manager at Master Transportation, shares hi...

Irizar e-mobility has secured a contract to supply fifteen new electric buses to Bremer Straßenbahn AG, which will operate on the streets of Bremen from next year. The chosen model is the 18 metre long Irizar ie bus. The contract for the fifteen new ie bus units has been signed through Jebsen & ...

Iveco Bus will showcase at UITP Summit in Barcelona the first 100% electric intercity vehicle ever produced by the brand, in a 13-metre version. It’ll be accompanied at the stand by a 9.5m long electric urban midibus from the E-Way range. The intercity e-bus launch is in line with the brand ro...

Rheintal Busverkehr GmbH, a transport operator in western Austria, has recently purchased 16 Solaris Urbino 9 LE electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. The low-entry 9-metre vehicles will serve passenger traffic in the Lustenau area, which is located in the Rhine valley. The purchase will be c...

ZF will take the opportunity of UITP summit in Barcelona to showcase for the first time in Europe the CeTrax 2 dual electric central drive system for buses. It features an integrated three-speed transmission. This, “together with the system’s low weight of 385 kg, makes tackling steeper slopes...