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20 February 2012
The world's largest bus is getting ready to roll out in both Beijing and Hangzhou, where the need for public transportation continues to grow along with its population.
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20 February 2012
Quality and affordable transportation access is more critical than ever for linking Americans to jobs, schools, grocery stores, hospitals, and other vital services. Yet the U.S. Congress is preparing to vote on a proposal that would strip away all investments in public transit, leaving countless communities disconnected from opportunity.
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20 February 2012
The Smart Move campaign is off to a great start this year as we welcome, in addition to the recent partners from Germany, Spain, and Portugal in December, a new Ibero-American industry partner, AITBUS, and our 4 new media partners from Romania, Sigurant Auto, Transporter, TIR magazin, and Traveller magazin.
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20 February 2012
On 29 February, leading representatives from EU institutions, European member states, academics, and transport operators of long distance bus and coach lines will come together in Brussels to share best practices and examine the opportunities and challenges of expanding long distance travel by bus and coach across Europe.
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20 February 2012
Smart Move would like to extend its congratulations to the Coventry City Council, winner of the Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT)'s Coach Friendly City Award, for its clear understanding of the commitments and investments necessary in providing high quality facilities for coaches, their passengers, and drivers, resulting in improved user-friendliness and efficiency of bus and coach transport.
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20 February 2012
More than a decade after its inception, Bogota's pioneering TransMilenio BRT system carries 1.6 million passengers every weekday, and has successfully reduced travel time for Bogotanos, as well as reducing pollution and improving safety. But the new Integrated Public Transport System (SITP) is about to take the success story of TransMilenio a step further by reducing a chaotic, decentralised network of 66 different private bus companies into a streamlined and efficiently coordinated system of 13 companies that will completely transform the culture of transportation in Bogota.
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20 February 2012
Government of Queensland, Australia, to spend $1.4million on a 12-month trial of two diesel-electric hybrid buses, which could cut emissions by up to 40 per cent over a traditional bus.
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17 February 2012
US-based Motorcoach Marketing Council partners with Smart Move to promote safe, green, efficient, user-friendly and affordable bus and coach transportation worldwide
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13 February 2012
The European bus and coach industry and the European Commission jointly promote the Single European Emergency Number 112 Europe-wide to enhance road safety and provide a rapid and effective response in case of a road accident.
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27 January 2012
Smart Move is happy to announce that www.chauffeurdecar.com has joined the campaign as a new media partner.
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26 January 2012
See the interview with M.F. Gustavo A. Cardenas V., President of CANAPAT about why Mexico made the Smart Move.
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20 January 2012
Multi-modal travel information via a smartphone has been extended in Scotland and Wales with the launch of two new apps for Blackberry and Android, showing live and scheduled bus times at selected stops.
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20 January 2012
Replacing subsidised air travel with inter-city buses would cut costs by 68% and CO2 emissions by 63,500 tonnes per year, research has found.
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20 January 2012
User-friendly onboard Internet service, low fares and high fuel costs get car users increasingly on buses, reversing a 46-year decline of the bus industry, once viewed as a last resort.
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20 January 2012
An independent study on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in US cities confirms BRT as the best mobility solution over rail-based options for costs, flexibility and efficiency. City authorities should make this smart move!
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20 January 2012
Indian authorities have massively invested in new deluxe vehicles, making long distance transport by bus safer and more appealing to citizens in southern India.
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20 January 2012
An Italian academic research shows that the bus is likely to win over airplaine and train for long distance transport.
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17 January 2012
See the interview with Ruben Prada Garcia, Vice President of the Spanish federation ASTIC about why Spain made the Smart Move.
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05 January 2012
Buses and coaches are instrumental in achieving the sustainable mobility of all people, as safe, green, affordable, user-friendly and efficient elements of the entire public transport chain. Joining and promoting the Smart Move campaign can be a zero-cost way of supporting and encouraging the growth in bus and coach travel.
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28 December 2011
BUSWORLD TURKEY 2012, the International Trade Fair for the Bus Industry and Accessories will be organised from April 19 to 21, 2012 in the Halls 1 and 2 of the Istanbul Expo Center, gathering the industry's professionals together.
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