The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) Directive (Directive 2010/40/EU) provides the legal framework in support of the coordinated and coherent deployment and use of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) within the Union, in particular across borders. The Commission is currently carrying out an evaluation of the Directive to assess to which extent the ITS Directive contributed to the faster and more […]
EPF looks forward with interest to the Commission’s proposal for the revision of Regulation 1371/2007 on rail passenger rights. We therefore sent a letter to Ms Bulc, Commissioner for Transport, and Mr Hololei, Director-General of DG Move, stressing that we find it very important that the right to assistance and compensation for delay should be based on the complete journey […]
As representatives of independent distributors and consumers of airline services, ETTSA, EPF, Friendly Flying, Guild of Travel Management Companies, VDR and VIR, wrote a joint letter to Commissioner Bulc, to express our grave concern with the growing threat to transparency, competition and consumer choice in the airline market, and to ask for support to defend the values of an open […]
At the request of the European Passengers’ Federation and its Dutch member organisation Rover, the Meijers Committee – a group of distinguished lawyers in the Netherlands – has written a note on the application of PNR rules in the railway sector.
According to the Meijers Committee, extending the scope of application of PNR rules beyond air transport (cf. PNR Directive […]
Would you like to co-design with us the future of the Public Transport sector and improve the quality of life in cities?
Please contribute 10 minutes from your valuable time in filling out the following evaluation questionnaire, regarding promising and innovative ideas, concepts and services that could improve the travel experience by Public Transport in European Cities.
This survey is a […]
The Mobility4EU project funded by the European Commission aims to develop a vision and action plan for mobility and transport in Europe in 2030. It is our priority to involve a wide range of stakeholders in this process.
As the first part of this consultation process we identified the objectives of the various stakeholders in transport, logistics and mobility that they want […]
EPF welcomes the initiative of the European Commission to address the improvement of multimodal passenger rights. Extending the legislation on passenger rights to multimodal journeys is of key relevance to passengers as most journeys are effectively multi-modal.
From a user’s point of view there is a need to understand journeys as a door to door trip. This means any action has […]
Close to 100 participants from 20 public transport users’ organisations all over Europa attended the 2017 Annual Conference of the European Passengers’ Federation in Rotterdam on 17-18th March. Guests from the professional sector also took part, users of all public transport modes discussed current issues and learned from each other’s experiences.
On the first conference day, we focused on lobbying […]
The European Commission started on 23.02.17 a public consultation on “multi-modal passenger rights”, which will stay online up to 25.05.2017.
Please participate in this public consultation. Please also ask for a PDF version of your consultation questionnaire at the end of the consultation and send this PDF then to the EPF secretariat (secretariat@epf.eu) so that EPF can collect information to […]
Welcome to the 23rd issue of our bulletin which shows you the work and interests of the European Passengers’ Federation and its member associations in 21 countries on behalf of customers in all modes of public transport. To download the document, please click here “EPF Bulletin #23″.
Stay informed!
Click here to sign up for our monthly newsletter!