With the 2021 YearofRail getting closer, we see an opportunity to strengthen the rights of all passengers.
Together with the European Disability Forum, BEUC – The European Consumer Organisation and AGE Platform Europe we published a letter asking for the European Year of Rail to have a focus on the rights of of all #railpassengers.
EUROPEAN YEAR OF RAIL 2021 – MAKE RAIL MORE ATTRACTIVE, CONVENIENT AND ACCESSIBLE […]
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The HiReach project, in which EPF is a partner, is all about new inclusive mobility solutions to help tackle […]
In May, Shift2Rail organised two webinars to demonstrate the current results of key projects working under Shift2Rail’s Innovation Programme 4, dedicated to digital services facilitating mobility as a service in rail.
The webinars explored multimodal journey planning, offer building, booking, issuing, ticketing, validation and location-based experiences from a travellers’ perspective (first webinar) and from a transport service providers’ perspective (second webinar).
The webinars […]
The European Commission (DG MOVE) is currently conducting an evaluation of the 2011 White Paper ‘Roadmap to a single European transport area – towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’. The aim of the evaluation is to collect and analyse evidence to help assess whether it has achieved its objectives in an effective and efficient manner. EPF as […]
This is a defining moment for the future of urban mobility. As Europe prepares its exit strategy for COVID19, EPF is calling for stronger support for sustainable urban mobility alongside 11 other organisations, among which POLIS, the European Cyclists’ Federation, EMTA, UITP and others. Click here to read the joint letter sent on May 4.
Sustainable and safe urban mobility – public […]
On May 13., the European Commission presented a package of guidelines and recommendations to help Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to reopen, after months of lockdown, while respecting necessary health precautions.
EPF is pleased that the Commission has confirmed its position that cash refunds need to stay available to consumers. This is valid for all modes […]
Last week the Swedish Transport Administration released a report as a result of a government assignment in order to investigate possible opportunities to procure sleeper services from Sweden to the European continent. The report is only available in Swedish but below is a summary and some reflections.
Despite the long distance from the European continent to Scandinavia almost all international […]
Should passengers accept vouchers instead of cash reimbursement?
The Coronavirus pandemic has led to travel restrictions all over the EU (and the world) and a surge of cancellations. Airlines and travel agencies are currently exerting strong pressure on passengers to accept credit vouchers instead of cash reimbursement as well as on governments to change the law in order to legalise […]
In the context of the HiReach Startup Lab, HiReach has successfully conducted a one-week bootcamp in Vienna that helped entrepreneurs to deliver solutions to transport poverty problems. On 17-21 February 2020 several project representatives met at Impact Hub Vienna premises, where a selection of top 23 startups were involved and learned about business model innovation, startup methodologies and tools, […]
During the last decade, European passengers faced a closure wave of night train services, but the recently increased interest for climate friendly transport modes has revived the demand for travelling long distances by train. This position paper aims to define a declaration of EPF’s views concerning night train services including sleepers’ carriages. Night trains services should be considered as […]
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