Dates: 7-11 June 2009
Location: Messe Wien (Reed Messe Wien), Vienna, Austria
Local hosts: Wiener Linien GmbH & Co KG, ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG, Verkehrsverbund Ost-region (VOR) GmbH
Three hundred and fifteen exhibitors, 26,000m² of exhibition, two world premieres, 6,400 visitors and thousands of business contacts established: this edition of the Mobility & City Transport Exhibition in Vienna was a resounding success.
Participants,
with large delegations from outside Europe, especially from the Asia-Pacific and the Middle-East and North Africa regions
Countries
Exhibitors from 40 countries
Speakers from 36 countries
Top Management Executives
Exhibition space
More than 2,200 delegates attended the Congress whereas over 6,400 public transport decision-makers visited the Mobility & City Exhibition. On the 26,000 m² of exhibition floor, they discovered the products and innovations presented by 350 companies from 40 countries.
Concluding the event, Mr Hans Rat, UITP Secretary General and Mr Cavalieri, outgoing UITP President, called for all actors to take action: “It is wake up time for us all! Times are critical but they also open new perspectives and opportunities for urban mobility. It is up to each actor of the chain to set its own ambitions and to pick its solutions” they said, referring to the new UITP strategy for the sector ‘Public transport: the smart green solution’.
In order to double public transport market share by 2025, UITP set five strategic axes of action:
In line with these five strategic axes, Mr Alain Flausch, CEO of STIB and new UITP President, presented his priorities for his two-year term. In order to increase public transport market share, he encouraged his peers to evolve: “From dusty old nice and charming ladies, we need to transform ourselves into modern and technology-driven brands which incorporate in their service innovations and new technologies thereby attracting new customers –the smart traveller- and new staff bluffed by the exciting experience public transport can offer them. Our association should be at the forefront of that battle and facilitate that major move towards innovative public transport”.
The 59th UITP World Congress and Exhibition was scheduled to gather public transport operators, authorities, industry and academics in Dubai, in April 2011.
