EU policy
UITP is the worldwide public transport association. In the European Union, the UITP EU Committee gathers the public transport undertakings and the national associations, members of UITP.
The public transport sector in EU 27 includes regional and suburban rail, metro/tram, local/regional bus and local waterborne passenger transport services.
Key facts for public transport in the EU 27
| Passenger journeys |
60 billion/year (more or less equally shared between road modes (mainly bus) and rail modes (urban, suburban and regional rail)
(comparison: 700 million in the aviation sector) |
| Economic value of public transport services |
€ 130 - 150 billion/year or 1– 1.2% of GDP |
| Employment |
| • Direct employment | 1,2 million |
| • Indirect employment |
2 - 2.5 indirect jobs for each direct job in average
4 indirect jobs in countries with high investments into public transport, like for example Switzerland |
Read the full position paper ‘Financial and Economic Crisis - The Situation of the Public Transport Sector in EU 27’ (December 2009)
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LATEST PUBLICATION
TOWARDS A NEW APPROACH TO MOBILITY IN URBAN AREAS
European transport policy is currently at a cross-road as far as its urban, suburban and regional dimensions are concerned. In order to make public transport better known amongst the MEPs, the UITP EU-Committee developed a brochure that sets out in a nutshell three major aspects for sustainable urban mobility:
 - Sending the right message to travellers on the basis of the “polluter pays” principle;
- Making it easy to travel differently, in a sustainable way;
- From public transport operators to mobility service providers.
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