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T.E.P. Parma orders 9 innovative hybrid trolleybuses

The redesigned articulated vehicles from Van Hool will be outfitted with electric traction equipment and a brake energy storage capacitor from Vossloh Kiepe...

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More transport & urban transit news:

		The RATP Group doing business in the United Kingdom As part of its exit from Transdev shareholding, the RATP Group officially took over London United Busways and Bournemouth Transport Limited on Thursday 3 March 2011...

		Budapest opts for GMV’s fleet-management and passenger-information system GMV has won an important contract for supplying Budapest’s new fleet management system...

		25th anniversary of Consorcio Regional de Transportes de Madrid CRTM started operations in 1986 as a Public Transport Authority to coordinate infrastructures and services for the different modes of transport in the Madrid Region...

		1 million ASK contactless cards already delivered in Dubai ASK, the worldwide leading provider of contactless cards for public transport, has successfully achieved the delivery of the first batch of 1 million cards in Dubai...

		Best city for public transportation, Portland, uses HASTUS The city of Portland, Oregon, was recently named the best city for public transportation in the United States by U.S. News & World Report...

Conferences, events & exhibitions:

INTERtunnel 2011
16 - 18 March 2011, Moscow, Russia

Traffex 2011
29 - 31 March 2011, NEC Birmingham, United Kingdom

59th UITP World Congress and Mobility & City Transport Exhibition
10 – 14 April 2011, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Rail & Public Transport Safety and Security 2011
12 - 13 October 2011, London, United Kingdom

Iberian Urban Transport 2011
9 - 10 November 2011, Madrid, Spain

Scandinavian Urban Transport 2011
30 Nov - 1 Dec 2011, Stockholm, Sweden

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