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Dear READER, Welcome to the 5th electronic newsletter of the ATTAC project. This edition will give you a summary about the Sus- tainable Urban Mobility Plan elaborated in Maribor, Slovenia and Thassaloniki, Greece which was also presented in the 2013 Annual Polis Conference in Brussels. We will explain about the MobiLAB process the objective of which is to intensively exchange experiences gained in the ATTAC project and the MobiLAB 3 meeting objectives and re- sults in specific. The Ministerial Conference was held on 12th November 2013 in Trieste, Italy with great success, subsequently the Master Class meeting and National Contact Point training also took place here. Your comments, feedback and questions are always welcome! You can reach the ATTAC Team via email at [email protected] or [email protected] With kind regards, ATTAC Team In this issue: • Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan of Maribor, Slovenia • ThePTA presents the local SUMP in the 2013 Annual POLIS Conference • MobiLAB process / MobiLAB 3 meeting • ATTAC Ministerial Conference • ATTAC Master Class and National Contact Point training SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLAN OF MARIBOR The Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) of Maribor was prepared in accordance with the ATTAC SUMP methodology which foresees elaboration of the plan in 3 phases: thorough preparations (engaging prin- ciples of sustainable mobility, setting time frames, stakeholders involvement, analysis of mobility situation and scenario development), goal setting (general vision, priority activities, measurable goals, measure pack- ages), strategy development (agreement on competences and fund allocation, plan of result monitoring and evaluation, strategy adoption). In the frame of the preparation phase the key chal- lenges, opportunities and the vision of city of Mari- bor in the transport sector were identified. In-depth look at the structure, organization and life of the city of Maribor showed some complex key prob- lems which the capital of Styria region faces. These challenges are the basis for a new transport strat - egy, since they mean limitations which Maribor has to overcome: • Car as the only choice in the city • Decreasing quality of life in the city • Deteriorating health of Maribor citizens • Absence of strategic planning

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  • Dear READER,

    Welcome to the 5th electronic newsletter of the ATTAC project. This edition will give you a summary about the Sus-tainable Urban Mobility Plan elaborated in Maribor, Slovenia and Thassaloniki, Greece which was also presented in the 2013 Annual Polis Conference in Brussels. We will explain about the MobiLAB process the objective of which is to intensively exchange experiences gained in the ATTAC project and the MobiLAB 3 meeting objectives and re-sults in specific. The Ministerial Conference was held on 12th November 2013 in Trieste, Italy with great success, subsequently the Master Class meeting and National Contact Point training also took place here.

    Your comments, feedback and questions are always welcome!You can reach the ATTAC Team via email

    at [email protected] or [email protected] With kind regards, ATTAC Team

    In this issue: • Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan of Maribor, Slovenia• ThePTA presents the local SUMP in the 2013 Annual POLIS Conference • MobiLAB process / MobiLAB 3 meeting• ATTAC Ministerial Conference • ATTAC Master Class and National Contact Point training

    SuSTAInAblE uRbAn MobIlITy PlAn of MARIboRThe Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) of Maribor was prepared in accordance with the ATTAC SUMP methodology which foresees elaboration of the plan in 3 phases: thorough preparations (engaging prin-ciples of sustainable mobility, setting time frames, stakeholders involvement, analysis of mobility situation and scenario development), goal setting (general vision, priority activities, measurable goals, measure pack-ages), strategy development (agreement on competences and fund allocation, plan of result monitoring and evaluation, strategy adoption).

    In the frame of the preparation phase the key chal-lenges, opportunities and the vision of city of Mari-bor in the transport sector were identified. In-depth look at the structure, organization and life of the city of Maribor showed some complex key prob-lems which the capital of Styria region faces. These challenges are the basis for a new transport strat-egy, since they mean limitations which Maribor has to overcome:

    • Car as the only choice in the city• Decreasing quality of life in the city • Deteriorating health of Maribor citizens• Absence of strategic planning

  • A great variety of the Municipality’s measures so far meant important steps offering better sustainable trav-elling modes, the highest proportion of funds and attention is still dedicated to infrastructure of road trans-port. In terms of the SUMP the experts exposed some important opportunities which could lead to better life in Maribor, such as advantages of walking and cycling potentials, investing into traffic system efficiently, using potential of modern bus services and existent railways and using accessible knowledge, experiences and funds.

    In the next years Maribor can achieve the vision of intel-ligent organized city in the transport sector by the fulfil-ment of goals on the five complementary strategic are-as. Predicted measures are supplemental and connected to each other, they are all directed into achievement of measurable, financially expedient and socially useful and inhabitant friendly results. Strategic pillars of the SUMP comprise basic decisions in five key activity areas. Each of five pillars reveals challenges, achievements, vision, goals, foreseen measures and action plan with brief description of each measure, foreseen financial contribution of the Municipality of Maribor, complexity, responsibility and time frame of the measure implementation.

    THEPTA PRESEnTS THE loCAl SuMP In THE 2013 AnnuAl PolIS ConfEREnCEThePTA participated in the 2013 Annual POLIS Conference in Brussels on 4 – 5 December 2013. Mr. Manos Vougioukas, ThePTA’s Project Manager of ATTAC project, presented the “Sustainable urban Mobility Plan for the Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki”.

    The Annual Polis Conference is an opportunity for cities and regions to showcase transport achievements to a large audience. For the wider transport community, the conference allows to engage with representatives of city and regional authorities on innovative transport solutions. ThePTA’s presentation is focused mainly on the de-velopment of Thessaloniki’s SUMP in a period of economic crisis. With over 350 people registered, among which Polis members accounted for one-third, the 2013 Annual Polis Conference set the record as the most popular Po-lis conference ever. Delegates gathered at Area 42 in Brussels to learn about the latest developments and future plans across a wide range of transport themes in 17 parallel sessions and two plenary sessions.

    Mr. Vougioukas presented in detail the situation of Thessaloniki after the start of economic crisis in 2010. He an-alyzed the ATTAC project emphasizing mainly on the project approach. The SUMP of Thessaloniki is a Strategic Plan with emphasis on Public Transport and it is the first of its kind in Greece following the ELTIS Plus Guide-lines. The SUMP adapted all the particularities of the metropolitan area, the nature of the planning framework and the characteristics of the stakeholders and users. Although it is elaborated in difficult times with limited budget, the innovation in the procedure of planning is the active participation of all stakeholders, particularly local authorities and policy makers. For this purpose the Mobility Forum of Thessaloniki, as ThePTA Board en-larged with Municipalities, Institutes and Citizen Associations for wider consultation.

    After the end of the project the members of the Mobility Forum will sign a statement, in which they are committed to act collectively in the next decade in order the mobility in the metropolitan area to be satis-fied in a manner friendly to the users and the environment, to contribute to the balanced development of the city and its suburbs in the best way possible, to support local economy and employment with maximum economic efficiency, to strengthen social cohesion and to enhance the competitiveness of Thessaloniki in the European and Global Environment.

    Five strategic pillars of the SUMP

  • In the framework of the ATTAC project, twelve measures proposed in the SuMP of Thessaloniki, as follows: 1. Smart and Integrated Ticketing and Integrated Payment System 2. Bus Rapid Transit, Bus priority at traffic lights 3. Awareness campaigns for discouraging the use of private car and promoting use of Sustainable Transport Modes (PT, Cycling, Walking) 4. Promotion of Tram system, complementary to the Metro with new ways of financing, restructuring bus routes and accompanying urban regeneration 5. Intermodality between Metro/Tram/Bus 6. Seaborne Transport System in the Thermaikos Gulf 7. Flexible Transit Systems including restructuring Taxis services 8. Integrated Parking Policy (Park and Ride, controlled on street parking system, Parking charges as deterrent to car use and to raise revenues) 9. Pedestrianization and public space regeneration 10. Cycle lanes and priorities 11. Bike Sharing System (communal city bikes) 12. Congestion Charging and Access Control

    All these measures are an output of the consultation process that took place with the participation of all members of Mobility Forum.

    finally, ThePTA has some additional recommendations to the process of development a SuMP, which are:• Addition of institutional structure assessment and proposals

    for better coordination and integration of modes, avoidance of overlaps of responsibility, promotion of Integrated Transport Authority for all modes (PT and Road Traffic management/control)

    • Addition of Campaigns for Marketing sustainable modes (PT, Cycling) including Awareness raising events and marketing research

    • ICT Applications throughout for Sustainable Mobility and Intermodality.

  • The Thessaloniki SUMP is a strategic plan based on a single acceptable long term vision for transport and mobility throughout the urban area,

    It covers all means of transport and mobility (public and private - passenger and freight, motorized or not), and the travel behavior as well as the parking policy.

    It's been inspired by the principles of coherent planning, active participation and continuous evaluation in order to meet the mobility needs of people and businesses in the city and its surroundings for a better life quality.

    The vision of the Thessaloniki SUMP focuses on certain objectives, which indicate the type of the desired change.

    The chosen measures of the Thessaloniki SUMP are guided not only by the efficiency of the measures but also by their cost effectiveness.

    Especially in times of crisis and limited funding for urban transport and mobility, it is important that these funds are spent with the utmost efficiency.

    Main references 1.Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan for the Metropolitan Area of Thessaloniki,

    2013 2. INTELLIGENT ENERGY EUROPE, Guidelines: Developing and

    Implementing a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, www.mobilityplans.eu 3. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT – UITP,

    2025=PTx2 Public transport: the smart green solution. Doubling market share worldwide by 2025, 2009

    4. INTERREG IVC, FLIPPER - Flexible Transport Services and ICT platform for Eco-Mobility in urban and rural European areas

    Inclusion of travel behaviour research and potential user response analyses for new systems and measures

    Integrating pricing & financing measures (inc. urban road pricing/congestion charging and hypothecation of revenues for sustainable mobility / PT investments)

    Planning for visitors / tourism destinations, for sustainable mobility of tourists, particularly at peak demand resorts, including accessibility to destinations by sustainable transport modes

    Introduction SUMP enhancements proposed by ThePTA in ATTAC

    1) To limit or even ban the use of the car in the urban area and particularly in the city center,

    2) Enhancing the use of public transport by creating new or utilizing the existing infrastructure: Fixed Track Public Transport modes, Urban Maritime Transport, Expansion of bus lanes and bus network redesign, Multimodal Interchange centers, Park & Ride, Establishing an integrated and Smart Electronic Fare Ticket

    Systems in Public Transport Collaboration with other key stakeholders of the city to develop a

    system for urban mobility management and traffic control

    3) To encourage the use of other environmentally friendly modes of transport (bicycle, pedestrian) through creation of appropriate infrastructure and measures taken,

    4) Gradually change the travel behavior in the city through various measures and campaigns,

    5) To reduced or even zero greenhouse gas emissions for PT, At the institutional level:

    To clarify the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders,

    To improve cooperation and coordination between different stakeholders and to redefine their relationship with ThePTA

    To create a new, single urban mobility authority (for all modes) who will be responsible for all aspects of mobility management in the metropolitan area of Thessaloniki

    Thessaloniki Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan Development in Periods of Crisis

    Emmanouil Vougioukas*, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, Greece Kostas Petrakis, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, Greece Panos Papaioannou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece George Emmanouilidis, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, Greece Polykarpos Karkavitsas, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, Greece * [email protected]

    Thessaloniki Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan Development in Periods of Crisis

    EmmanouilKostas Petrakis, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, GreeceKostas Petrakis, Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, Greece

    Objectives of the SUMP

    Examples: Changes in travel behaviour

    from Sustainable Mobility effective measures

    Integrated pricing measures (eg road use charging, urban road pricing) and use of revenues to cross-finance Sustainable Mobility solutions (eg Public Transport investments)

    Planning for tourist demand and visitors in destinations (special SUMP for visitor mobility)

    Further recommendations: Addition of institutional

    structure assessment and proposals for better coordination and integration of modes, avoidance of overlaps of responsibility, promotion of Integrated Transport Authority for all modes (PT and Road Traffic management/control)

    Addition of Campaigns for Marketing sustainable modes (PT, Cycling) including Awareness raising events and marketing research

    The 12 proposed measures of Thessaloniki’s SUMP

  • MobIlAb PRoCESSMobility Laboratories (MobiLABs) is a tool which is set up for the implementation of the ATTAC pilots and aims to bring problems, ideas and solutions together in interactive discussions with the involvement of stakeholders. Pilots carried out locally must have a transnational character and added value, MobiLAB will bridge the transnationally designed pilots with regional implementation, supporting joint design, monitor-ing and evaluation of pilots.

    The main goals of the MobilAb process are: • to bridge the transnationally designed pilots with regional implementation• to make partner level expertise/knowledge available to other partners• to speed up professional know-how as a contribution

    to the debates in the Task Forces.

    Three Task Forces are working in ATTAC, each in a specific context, and in each Task Force each partner will perform specific activities. By the MobiLAB process, the partners in task forces will provide the in-depth analysis of local/regional contexts and development needs, offering on-the-spot knowledge transfer and feedback. During the ATTAC project, 14 MobiLAB meetings will be held jointly with other partners during the Transnational Working Group meetings and on-the-spot. This process will not only serve as a transna-tional tool for pilot implementation, but will provide a crucial aid and input for ATTAC PPs for the prepara-tion of their Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. The results of the pilots and MobiLABs will be summarized in transnational case studies which shill contribute to the refinement of the core output of the ATTAC project, the Urban Mobility Toolbox.

    ATTAC Task Force 2 Theme: Promoting innovative integr.

    ticketing & smart card systems Members: Marche (TF leader),

    OTLRA(+RUTP EU ASP),THEPTA, CEI

    ATTAC Task Force 3 Theme: Improving passenger

    information Members: Univ.of Maribor (TF leader),

    Kosice (+PTC Kosice EU ASP), (+Maribor EU ASP)

    ATTAC Task Force 1 Theme: Promoting flexible transport

    solutions Members: Modena (TF leader), Miskolc

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    The MobiLAB process (in green) as part of the ATTAC Methodology

  • According to the MobiLAB process, the 3rd MobilAb meeting was held in Burgas, Bul-garia on 15th October 2013 back-to-back with the 6th ATTAC Transnational working Group meeting. This session was dedicated to discuss the results of the pilot activities and represent the MobiLAB2 meeting re-sults which were held locally “on-the-spot” with the involvement of all respective Task Force members to monitor the progress of the pilots. These outcomes are essential for the content of the case studies that would be the physical added value of project knowledge transferability.

    ATTAC MobiLAB3 meeting in Burgas

    ATTAC MInISTERIAl ConfEREnCEOn 12 November 2013, a Ministerial Conference on “Sustainable urban Transport Perspectives in South East Europe; building upon Common Solutions and best Practices” was held in Trieste, Italy, with the participation of more than eighty representatives of relevant Line Ministries from South-East Euro-pean Countries, representatives of the SEE Programme Joint Technical Secretariat, public transport authori-ties and operators, universities and other stakeholders.

    The Ministerial Conference has been organized by the Central European Initiative in collaboration with Mis-kolc Holding Plc. and with the support of the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia, in the framework of the “Extended transfer programme to wider SEE space” encompassed by Work Package 5 of ATTAC project.

  • The Conference had the twofold purpose of raising awareness among decision-makers on the potential of innovative public transport solutions as drivers for change in the context of medium-sized cities of South-East Europe, as well as of highlighting main results of ATTAC project in its concluding phase.

    Particular attention has been devoted to illustrating the rationale and structure of the Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) as a bottom-up planning approach that can effectively contribute to enhancing attrac-tiveness and effectiveness of public transport. As noted by Ms. Lindenau of Rupprecht Consult (Germany): “A SUMP is a strategic plan designed to satisfy the mobility needs of people and businesses in cities and their sur-roundings for a better quality of life. It builds on existing planning practices and takes due consideration of inte-gration, participation, and evaluation principles”.

    The importance of rising political awareness has been highlighted by Mr. Papadopoulos, Deputy Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Networks of Greece, that underlined how the implementation of complex actions with the involvement of multiple actors require thorough commitment and strong political support. Operational advantages deriving from the implantation of SUMPs have also been highlighted by Mr. Plevnik of the Institute of Urban Planning (Slovenia), who presented the work of the Slovenian Sustainable Mobility Platform and local best practices. The benefits of a participatory approach to planning public transport ser-vices have been emphasized by Prof. Longo, chairman of the board of Trieste public transport operator “Tri-este Trasporti”, who showed how cost-effective management in combination with attention to users’ needs can bring to extremely high levels of customer satisfaction.

    The benefits of adequate planning and resilient backing of local authorities and decision-makers have been demonstrated by illustrating the results of ATTAC pilot initiatives that have been successful notwithstand-ing financial constraints that affect public transport operators in the economic crisis. Participants particular-ly appreciated the description of ATTAC success stories such as the implementation of a real time passenger information system in Maribor, or that of demand responsive transport in Miskolc.

    Perspectives and new funding opportunities available in the upcoming programming period have been il-lustrated by Ms. Calcina, representative of the SEE Programme Joint Technical Secretariat, and by Ms. Aifan-dopoulou, Deputy Director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport, who stressed that in the near future main focus will be made on the central role of public transport users in terms of accessibility and flexibility of ser-vices, as well as on further integration of regional hubs.

    The ATTAC Ministerial Conference represented an important occasion for the dissemination of project find-ings and results, and for the sensitization of policy-makers and stakeholders on the topics of sustainable ur-ban transport in view of the upcoming programming period and in consideration of financial crisis.

    ATTAC MASTER ClASSThe ATTAC Master Class took place in Trieste on 13 November 2013 following the Ministerial conference or-ganized by the Institute for Transport and Logistics (ITL) with the support of the hosting partner CEI. The Master Class is one of the ATTAC tools to enrich the Mobility toolbox, to support the Sustainable Urban Mo-bility Plans (SUMP) definition in each partner site and last, but not least, to support the exchange of experi-ences among partners and beyond.

    In order to suit the transnational nature of the Master Class, the structure of the session was discussed at the transnational working group meetings during 2012 and 2013 in order to define the topics of interest and the speakers to be invited. Being in ATTAC three task forces, each with a specific topic, the Master Class was split in three sessions, each coordinated by the respective Task Force Leaders, in particular:

  • • Task force 1 on Flexible Transport Solutions led by the Institute for Transport and Logistics

    • Task Force 2 on ICT solutions for the integrated ticketing led by Marche Region• Task Force 3 on solutions for intelligent passenger information systems

    led by the University of Maribor

    The Master Class moderated by Giuseppe Luppino on behalf of ITL was started with a presentation led by Ing. Giorgio Ambrosino, invited by ITL as expert on the Flexible Transport Solutions. Mr. Ambrosino has deep experience in the development, planning and design of Flexible Transport Solutions in several cities such as Firenze, Livorno, Carrara in Italy and Bratislava in Europe, and has also large experience in the man-agement of large tender procedures in the field of the Public Transport and in the development of Sustain-able Urban Mobility Plans.

    The presentation started with an overview of the FTS in Europe with considerations on the positive and negative impacts in the activation of the service, the identification of the users and their behaviors, the in-tegration of the FTS in the SUMP, the concept and integration of the flexible solutions with the traditional Public Transport service. Partners discussed the lack of specific rules and subsidies in EU in order to make the flexible public transport sustainable from financial point of view. Indeed, a large number of cities adopted this type of service also in low density areas of the territory in order to grant the Public Transport service but the crisis is generating a gap in keeping the service active.

    The second part of the DRT session was dedicated to operative and technical activities, in particular to de-sign, operating and monitoring FTS with a comparison between the interests of the Public Administration and of the users with the definition of different scenarios. The overview made evident that technologies are already available, but a proper promotion of the service is needed as the world has plenty of worst practices.

    The last part of the session was dedicated to the barriers for the implementation of the FTS and some ex-amples of contracts to be used as good practice. An added value of the Master Class was the opportunity to understand how the contracts and PT are faced in different countries with different regulations.

  • The second session, dedicated to the Smart Ticketing and Fare Management was led by the Task Force 2 Lead-er, Marche Region, represented by Monica Giannini and Silvia Magnalardo. Ms. Giannini presented the tech-nologies and standards already available in the field of the e-payment with particular reference to the most ad-vanced tools in EU and beyond. Several benefits are associated to the smart ticketing system, for example con-trol on fraud, integration, statistics, users identification, authentication, data storage, application processing, storage of several tickets/fare schemes, fast boarding, multi-service, multi-operator, multi-channel. Marche Re-gion presented the experiences already running like as the BIP project in Cuneo (IT), a system which required 4 years of analysis and a strong involvement of all actors involved, the definition of rules for the interoperabil-ity of tickets between the involved operators with the integration of an e-wallet only. With the opportunities of the web 2.0 and of the smartphone technologies it is now possible to think to services in real time with e-payment and ticketless for the users and at the same time to the collection of useful data in real time for the transport operators and the institutions, possibilities which no more than 5 years ago were impossible to have.

    The last session of the Master Class was dedicated to the intelligent Passengers Information with a presen-tation of the University of Maribor, Slovenia, represented by Marko Čelan, Marjan Lep and Mitja Klemenčič. The benefits of the system are at three levels: for passengers (reduction of the perceived waiting time, re-duced uncertainty, more efficient travel), for Public Transport operators and transport authorities (better PT image, possibility to have higher demand and incomes, more effective service planning) and for the society (reduced emissions and external costs). Maribor presented the components of the real time passenger infor-mation system (RTPI) from a technological and methodological point of view and the possible applications. In the end the Maribor pilot activities in ATTAC were also presented in order to have an overview of the tech-nologies applied and to compare the EU experiences with the work carried out in ATTAC.

    The Master Class provided an opportunity to discuss the technical activities carried out in the project at higher level. The discussions also allowed the share of knowledge among partners also taking in considera-tion that in different countries different rules and laws are creating challenges for the harmonization of the services at EU level. In this perspective the technologies are helping the institutions due to the flexibility of the structure and huge amount of precious data which these technologies are generating, creating an add-ed value and input for the improvement of the services.

    ATTAC nATIonAl ConTACT PoInTS WoRKSHoPWith the objective of ensuring long-term sustainability of ATTAC project, a network of Contact Points op-erating in all participating locations has been established. Besides prolongation of dissemination activities beyond the project’s life, the aim of the network is to create the conditions for the uptake of ATTAC main deliverables, most notably the Mobility Toolbox, through on-demand counselling and targeted support.

    In order to consolidate knowledge and define a baseline for further activities, a dedicated workshop was held in Trieste on 13 November 2013. The workshop, organized and hosted by the Central European Initia-tive, was preceded by a Masterclass organized by ITL in the framework of WP4 and dedicated to strengthen-ing the integration and transferability of pilot projects’ results.

    The workshop provided participants with an exhaustive overview of ATTAC results and deliverables that will be transferred through the network of ATTAC Contact Points; however, owing to the fact that the role of Contact Point has been taken up by project partners, greater emphasis has been made on the capitaliza-tion of project results. In particular, Mr Poli of CEI highlighted the important of cross-fertilization and stock-tacking. Moreover, Mr Poli emphasized that, given the central role that topics covered by ATTAC will have in the next programming period 2014-2020, providing factual and pro-active support to stakeholders willing to uptake the Mobility Toolbox will be extremely relevant and beneficial.

    Participants to the Workshop also drafted a joint declaration that after appropriate discussion and fine-tun-ing will be subscribed during the ATTAC Final Conference that will be held in March 2014.

  • uPCoMInG EVEnTSforthcoming ATTAC fInAl Conference in Miskolc, HungaryIn March 2014, the Lead Partner of the ATTAC Project, Miskolc Holding Plc., will host in Miskolc the ATTAC final Conference. The conference will present the major results of the ATTAC project as well as highlight experiences from cities involved in the project and touch upon the European Policy Framework for sustain-able urban mobility. Further information about the conference will follow soon!

    ConTACTThe ATTAC international team is eager to exchange experiences with other projects/organisations focusing on the sustainable development of Urban Public Transportation in South East Europe and beyond. Should you have any enquiries regarding our project, please do not hesitate to contact the Lead Partner as below. Your feedback will be highly valued.

    lead PartnerMiskolc Holding Plc

    Project Manager: Beatrix Surá[email protected]

    If you do not intend to be informed about the project’s activities and outputs, please notify our project manager (contact details see above) and we will remove your e-mail address from the distribution list.

    PRojECT PARTnERS Lead Partner: Miskolc Holding Plc, HUP1: Institute on Transport and Logistics (ITL) Foundation, ITP2: Marche Regional Government, ITP3: Oradea Local Transport Company Ltd., ROP4: Municipality of Burgas, BGP5: City of Kosice, SKP6: University of Maribor, SIP7: Thessaloniki Public Transport Authority, GRP8: Central European Initiative –Executive Secretariat, ITEU ASP1: Municipality of Maribor, SIEU ASP2: The Romanian Union of Public Transport, ROEU ASP3: Public Transport Company Kosice, SKOP1: ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability, European Secretariat Ltd., DEOP2: EPIVATIS – Greek Public Transport Users Association, GROP3: Burgasbus Ltd., BGOP4: Federmobilitá, ITOP5: Municipality of Miskolc (dept. of Building Environment and City operation), HUOP6: Municipality of Ancona, IT

    lEGAl DISClAIMERThe ATTAC Newsletter is produced by the ATTAC project partners, co-funded by the European Commission through the SEE Programme. The sole responsibility of this publication lies with the author. Miskolc Holding Plc. The European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.