The future of urban mobility takes shape in Geneva
PRESS RELEASE
Brussels, 10 April 2013
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) World Congress & Mobility and City Transport Exhibition in Geneva will play host to 300 international exhibitors displaying the latest and most up-to-date solutions, including several world premiers. Spread out across 30,000m², the Exhibition is set to attract 10,000 of the world’s top political, operational, technical and commercial decision makers.
The world’s sustainable mobility community will convene at the UITP World Congress & Mobility and City Transport Exhibition to display a series of innovations that are helping to define the shape of future urban mobility.
In addition to the Exhibition there will also be a series of Expo Forums where exhibitors themselves present the most advanced technologies and share their knowledge and innovations.
15 Forums will take place over the three days, including sessions on electric buses, increasing capacity with rail, integrated payment and passenger information systems and the challenges of new infrastructure delivery.
“The 2013 UITP World Congress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition comes at a critical time,” said UITP Secretary General, Alain Flausch. “With an increasing number of cities around the world suffering the effects of congestion and pollution, the Exhibition will play host to the most advanced urban mobility solutions that will help to create a sustainable model for the cities of the future”.
Highlights on display at the Mobility & City Transport Exhibition:
Siemens electric bus
The first fully-electric, series-production bus in Europe. To date only prototype electric buses have been in service in Europe. The electric buses it has supplied to Vienna’s public transport authority, Wiener Linien, has made Siemens the first manufacturer in Europe to put fully electric buses into regular urban service. Battery-charging takes place at the terminus and overnight in the depot, via a double pole current collector which uses the existing power network of Wiener Linien. (Stand: 2A325)
Bombardier INNOVIA Monorail 300
Bombardier’s newest Systems technology, the INNOVIA Monorail 300 system, is game changing as it offers similar capacity to a metro, yet the light infrastructure required reduces the construction price and the implementation schedule by up to half, bringing quality of life benefits sooner and more cost effectively. Requiring no major infrastructure or civil works, it offers capacity of up to 48,000 passengers per hour per direction. Bombardier was contracted in late 2010 to design, supply and install a 24 km, 17 station monorail line in São Paulo, set to be the world’s highest capacity monorail, connecting Vila Prudente and Cidade Tiradentes, with a maximum capacity of 48,000 pphpd, or 500,000 per day. This journey currently takes almost two hours and will be reduced to approximately 50 minutes with the new Monorail. The first section of the new line, connecting the stations of Vila Prudente and Oratorio is predicted to start passenger service in early 2014, followed by another 2 sections before the end of 2016. (A scale model will be on display at stand 2A600)
TOSA: the 100 % electric bus - made in Switzerland
The Canton of Geneva (OPI), Industrial Services (SIG) and Transports publics genevois (TPG) as well as the manufacturer ABB Sécheron, have developed an electric bus which does away with overhead cables by stocking energy in storage batteries in which is capable of recharging at stops (10 seconds max.) and at terminals (3 mins max.). The TOSA project (Optimised Electricity Supply Transport) uses a high-capacity bus (100 passengers) built by Hess. A demonstrator will be in service between Geneva International Airport and Palexpo and info available at the ABB (2C325) and TPG (2C450) stands. Learn more during the technical visit at the TPG office on 30May.
High-tech multimedia entertainment descends from the clouds into coaches and trains
Certain rapid train routes today are in direct competition with airlines and are thus expected to offer comparable comfort, including onboard entertainment. High-tech aircraft style entertainment is now available on luxury coaches, trains and other means of public transportation through the FUNTURO Media on Demand (MOD) system. MOD is a sophisticated system, built into seat backs, allowing for hundreds of movies, thousands of music titles and pictures, games and as an option live TV thanks to low-profile high-quality Satellite antenna and web browsing. (Stand, 4B455 MOLPIR- European FUNTORO Representative)
For more details and to register as a press/media delegate: www.uitpgeneva2013.org
Contact:
UITP – Andrew Canning, Press & Media Manager, +32 2 663 66 38 / [email protected]
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) is the international network for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. It is a platform for worldwide cooperation, business development and the sharing of know-how between its 3,400 members from 92 countries. UITP is the global advocate of public transport and sustainable mobility, and the promoter of innovations in the sector. Visit our website www.uitp.org
TPG – Philippe Anhorn, Head of Communications and Public Affairs, +41 79 212 83 89/ [email protected]
Geneva Public Transport (TPG) is the benchmark public transport operator in the Geneva region. Its objective is to contribute to the management of mobility in the region, proposing a quality service with respect for sustainable development. In serving the community, TPG aims for excellence in all of its activities. TPG works within the framework of a contract allowance, negotiated every four years with the State of Geneva.
UTP/VOEV - Roger Baumann, +41 79 270 10 00 / [email protected]
Swiss Association of Public Transport (APT) is the national umbrella organisation of public transport companies. It counts 143 passenger and freight traffic companies, 11 associated members who directly participate in the making of public transport and 178 commercial and industrial companies as amicable members. APT has (amongst others) the following duties: to represent its members’ shared interest in relation to politicians, authorities and third parties; to inform the public and authorities about the importance and the concerns of public transport; to organise the formation of opinion within the public transport sector and to promote training and further education of employees of all levels.
