The European Passengers’ Federation looks back on an eventful year with completely new challenges. Covid-19 has presented us with a new set of tasks. The annual general meeting took place in Düsseldorf at the beginning of March. This was already marked by concerns about the health of the participants, many representatives of the 37 member federations refrained from attending […]
EPF member “Reizigersvereniging Rover” – the union of public transport users in the Netherlands – celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2020.
Fifty years ago, public transport in the Netherlands was in decline due to the rapid growth of the private car. National and local authorities were investing a lot of money in motorways and car-parking, at the same time neglecting […]
We participated in the following events:
Urban Mobility Days (01.10): Delphine Grandsart presented the HiReach project during the session “Affordable, accessible and inclusive mobility”. Check our presentation or rewatch our session here!
Round Table on Sustainable Transport (06.10) organised by CSIGG, the centre for Sustainability, Innovation and Good governance, attended by 40 high-level participants
EIT Urban Mobility Talks (21.10): Evelien […]
The European Passengers’ Federation held its annual general meeting on 14th March in Düsseldorf despite the COVID-19 pandemic and just before the announcement of travel restrictions and #stayhome measures.
President Michel Quidort and Chairman Josef Schneider were reelected and will continue working for better conditions for European passengers, together with the other Management Board members and of course EPF’s member […]
This month our new team member, Sandra Lima, started working in our secretariat offices in Ghent.
Sandra comes from the north of Portugal and has been living in Belgium for more than two years. She is no stranger to European Affairs and project management, having worked in the Council of the European Union, in Social Services Europe and in the […]
EPF is recruiting a project and policy officer
The European Passengers’ Federation (EPF) links Europe’s major passenger organisations. EPF is an international non-profit organisation under Belgian law and has 37 member associations covering 21 European countries. EPF’s mission is to achieve comprehensive passenger rights throughout Europe and improve passengers’ experience by conducting research, holding conferences and working constructively with the […]
The European Commission is currently considering a revision of the “Air Services Regulation” (Regulation (EC) 1008/2008). The European Passengers’ Federation (EPF) welcomes the opportunity to share its views in connection with the price transparency provisions included in the Regulation. Here are the main points that we think the revision should address:
Specific provisions are needed with regard to ancillary […]
With a view to the next political mandate of the European Parliament and of the European Commission, the European Passengers’ Federation has identified its priorities for Union action that will help unleash the potential of the public transport sector – particularly air, bus and coach and rail.
Here are the most important goals:
A seamless European passenger transport system
Passengers […]
Dennis Fancett. European Passenger Group Member
Amongst its other activities, Railfuture’s European Passenger Group, a sub-committee of the Passenger Services Group, compares how the rail industry works in the UK with what happens in Europe, with a view to seeing what we can learn from our European neighbours about how to improve services here in the UK.
In many areas the […]
Violeta Bulc: “My first priority is to ensure connectivity. The second one is efficiency – for citizens and businesses. Thirdly, we pay a lot of attention to lowering the negative externalities of transport, such as pollution, accidents and congestion.”