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International Association of Public Transport

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Abbreviation
  
UITP

Legal status
  
Nonprofit Organization

Type
  
AISBL

Motto
  
Advancing Public Transport

Formation
  
17 August 1885 (131 years ago) (1885-08-17)

Purpose
  
Advocating Sustainable Transport

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP, from the French: L’Union internationale des transports publics) is a non-profit advocacy organization for public transport authorities and operators, policy decision-makers, scientific institutes and the public transport supply and service industry. The association was founded on August 17, 1885 by King Leopold II in Brussels, Belgium to support the Belgian tram and steel industries. UITP supports a holistic approach to urban mobility and advocates for public transport development and sustainable mobility.

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Organization

UITP represents an international network of 1,400 member companies located in 96 countries and covers all modes of public transport – metro, light rail, regional and suburban railways, bus, and waterborne transport. It also represents collective transport in a broader sense.

UITP's network counts one main and EU office in Brussels and twelve regional and liaison offices worldwide (Abidjan, Bangalore, Canberra, Casablanca, Dubai, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, Moscow, Rome, São Paulo, and Tehran). The General Secretariat in Brussels is managed by Alain Flausch, former CEO of the STIB the Brussels public transport company; Masaki Ogata is the association's President.

Activities

  • UITP gathers and analyses facts and figures to provide quantitative and qualitative information on key aspects of public transport and urban mobility.
  • UITP manages an on-line information centre MOBI+, which gives access to the full texts of UITP’s studies and conference papers, as well as references to books, articles and websites. A picture library and statistics on public transport operators are also available.
  • UITP publishes a magazine: Public Transport International (PTI)
  • UITP carries out studies, projects and surveys; the results are made available in brochures and reports.
  • UITP works on projects for international institutions, such as the European Commission. Under the framework of these projects UITP launches and participates in thematic networks of mobility experts on public transport policy and organisation.
  • UITP issues official positions on global mobility issues, representing the views of the sector.
  • UITP tries to engages a number of international bodies - such as the United Nations (UNEP, UNDESA, UNFCCC, UNHABITAT), the World Bank and European institutions.
  • UITP organises training courses, workshops and seminars for public transport experts
  • UITP collaborates in the Transports Public show, in Paris.
  • UITP empowers the youth for advocating sustainable transport through the Youth For Public Transport (Y4PT) Foundation (created on 25 November 2005  (2005-11-25) by UITP Policy Board).
  • UITP organises a biennial event, the UITP Global Public Transport Summit.

    • References

    International Association of Public Transport Wikipedia
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