The 125th anniversary of the International Association of Public Transport.
On Car Free Sunday, the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) will celebrate its 125th anniversary, with a special event in Brussels, featuring an academic session with international high-rank exponents, on public transport and its contribution to urban mobility, such as Alain Flausch, UITP President and CEO of STIB/MIVB Achim Steiner, Executive Director of UNEP, Siim Kallas, European Commissioner for Transports, Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman Road &Transport Authority, Dubai, Charles Picqué, Minister-President of Brussels Capital Region.
For this celebration, the Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles will organise a parade of historical public transport vehicles from all around Europe, which will be gathered for the first time in a European capital. The parade will be inaugurated by Prince Laurent of Belgium at the Musée du Tramway.
Further information: www.uitp.org/about/celebration.cfm
UITP Youth Project FLASH MOB performance
Y4PT (Youth for Public Transport) is a youth network that shares knowledge and experiences of the promotion of sustainable urban mobility. The Youth Project works to encourage public transport organisations to recognise that young people are essential for public transport (PT), and to prepare young people to think of PT as a critical component of their lives.
On the 19th of September, during the European Mobility Week, a collective action will take place in 12 worldwide cities, among them Brussels, with the name “PT Make Us Feel Like Home” and aims to raise people’s awareness on public transport. Wearing a white bathrobe or pyjamas, participants will position themselves at bus stops of the square and preview a distribution of metro magazine, or other similar free PT dedicated newspaper.
Further information: http://www.youthforpt.org/?p=2592
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