EMTA internal affairs
Progress report
General Meeting Rotterdam-The Hague
15 May 2014
Working session
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EMTA Internal Affairs
• A
• European
• Internal
level
Affairs
•• Membership
Foreseen
Activities
2011
• Surveys
• Working
groups
• Approval of records Vienna general meeting
• Membership issues
- Resignation Seville (24 March); as of May 2014: 26 members
•
Some prospect member cities approached: San Sebastian (ES),
Bucarest (RO), Göteborg (SE), Utrecht (NL), but no results so far
Board proposal:
1- devise a consistent way to recruit the right category of
candidates
2- mapping of priority cities to balance scope of European regions:
put focus on capitals missing in (Eastern) Europe.
3 - benefit from the vicinity to targeted cities from nearby EMTAmembers and use these as ’stepping stone’ to connect with them
4- compose a “Enlargement committee” in the board geared by the
chair rethinking a smart and consistent strategy (“plan of
approach”).
To all: stay alert to identify and approach representatives in your
network of optional cities missing and if so, please notify the S-G.
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Progress Report at European Level (1)
• A
•
European
programmes
and schemes
• Working
Groups
• Foreseen
Activities
2011
DG-MOVE agenda
 November 8, 2013: REVOLVE bid (with EMTA + 6 members) rejected by EC
(EMTA network partner); alternatives to submit the proposal are
reviewed (Centro)
TENT-T/ CEF:
– Union Guidelines for the development of the trans-European transport
network, governing infrastructure planning and implementation until 2050
– Connecting Europe Facility: governing EU funding - 2020
– Multiannual TEN-T program 2014-2020 (launch Dec.11 2013)
Meeting with stakeholders at DG MOVE (mr Ouaki 12/12/2013):
proceedings calls, TEN-T network and scope of the new CEF-funding
instrument; terms of reference for “urban nodes” provides a new
perspective to interregional connectivity
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Progress Report at European Level (2)
• A
DG-MOVE Agenda
 Fourth Railway Package
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•
European
programmes
and schemes
• Working
Groups
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• Foreseen
Activities
2011
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Press release October 21: joint comments from EU transport stakeholders
(EPTO, UITP and EMTA) protesting the impact of European Commission
proposals to modify legal framework of PSO Regulation COM 1370/2007;
Dec. 17, 2013: TRAN Committee adopts all 12 compromise amendments on
the Proposal for a modification of the PSO Regulation
Febr 24, 2014: prior to the debate on Febr. 26 in Strassbourg (voting EP) a
new press release of aforementioned joint stakeholders expresses strong
concerns on compromise amendments on public transport plans, contracts’
volumes, reciprocity and on direct award; call to avoid legal uncertainties, to
limit the revision process of regulation 1370/2007 to the minimum changes
strictly necessary to open domestic rail passenger markets to competition
and to keep existing liberalised markets open.
Febr 26, 2014: Outcome of voting in EP in first reading: position on the
Proposal for a modification of the PSO Regulation was adopted.
62 compromise amendments, most of which adopted in plenary.
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Progress Report at European Level (3)
DG-MOVE Agenda
•
ITS
European
DG MOVE- Consultation on Open Data Access: by October 31,
framework
2013 5 members send in digital survey (out of a total of 98!)
developments (Madrid, Amsterdam, London, Oslo and Vienna)
•Secretary met with new Head of ITS at DG MOVE mrs Claire Depré (November 14,
2013) about policy on mobility data collection, future of open;
•EMTA thanks mr Fiby for highlighting EMTA’s position on ITS (15 Nov 2013) at a
DG-MOVE conference “Towards EU-wide Multimodal Travel Planning, Information
and Ticketing Services”
Interpretative guidelines PSO Regulation COM 1370/2007
Published March 27, 2014: a call for speakers on DG MOVE conference June 18.
Official letter of last week from mrs Marjeta Jager (director of mr J. Scherp)
So far only VBB Berlin and Paris announced to attend. VBB contract expert has
agreed on making an intervention. In spite of notification to mr. Scherp on May 5,
he is still searching for attendees. Any suggestions?
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2014:092:TOC
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European projects
•
EUprojects
 City HUB- EU FP7 programme project:
SG is performing as a member of the Expert Reference Group
• participating in the Stakeholder Workshop "Identifying key
intermodality factors for interchanges” in London (03 Febr 2014)
• coordinate and moderate focus group and summarize findings
and conclusions;
• reviewing Deliverables (3.2 and 4.1)on “Integrated management
on efficient urban interchanges” and follow-up activities.
The projects 3rd (and final)workshop is foreseen in October 2014 in
Thessaloniki.
www.cityhub-project.eu
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European projects (2)
• European
programmes
and schemes
 Horizon 2020
•
Launched in December 2013 as EU Research and Innovation
programme for next 7 years (2014 to 2020)
• coupling of research and innovation
• focus on societal challenges, including health, clean energy and
transport
• emphasis on excellent science, industrial leadership and
tackling societal challenges.
• goal: ensure Europe produces world-class science, removes
barriers to innovation and makes it easier for the public and
private sectors to work together in delivering innovation
First initiative with EMTA involvement: joint effort as network
partnership in CIPTEC
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EMTA deliverables
 Directory: released in december 2012.
Hard copies available. Full digital version on website.
 Barometer 2012 leaflet: published January 2013
• A
• European
level
 EMTA newsletters nrs 49 - 50
• European
released December (Winter) and April (Spring) 2014.
level
Request for new articles Summer 2014 release coming up shortly!
• Membership
• Publications
 ITF Summit May 21-23 2014 “Transport for a Changing
world” paper S-G “Steering Smart Changes in our Urban
• Surveys
Culture”http://2014.internationaltransportforum.org/transportauthorities-steering-smart-changes-our-urban-culture
• Working
groups
 Presentation leaflet EMTA: mission, objectives, and
composition.
http://www.emta.com/IMG/pdf/presentation_emta.pdf
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board
Progress Report
• A
• European
level
• Working
Groups
• Foreseen
Activities
2011
NFC Working Group
Provisional outcome draft NFCl report with findings and
recommendations (short update in a few minutes)
Barometer Working Group (relaunch)
Hard work done on shortlist of KPI’s and survey of a new
format for BM 2014 (data 2013)
Urban transport data collection (i.e. assess the Barometer
scope, method of collection and quality of benchmarking)
Need time to review parameters, definitions and select useful
KPI’s with proper input of expertise
Look with Laura for a full day for work session this Summer
No sign of state UITP 100+ cities global data collection initiative
SUMPs working group: developments on EU-level since the
presentation of the Urban Mobility Package. Any sense in
convening a SUMPs working group? (Maria)
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Queries
• Queries and
questionnaires
 HSL: Scheduling and Planning (Eeva Rinta) January 10, 2014
Summary on the EMTA-website (Intern queries)
 TfL: Project ”Guardian”
(Survey on Inappropriate behaviour towards women in
public transport)
Results: to be presented later in London (Steve).
 CRTM Madrid – SP Vilnius – VBB Berlin:
Query on co-modality PT-bicycle; outcome in a minute.
 AMMR Torino: Questionnaire on Interchange rate
(april 2014): responses at the latest tomorrow (May 16)
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