
Intermodes newsletter
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The convention

For this third event, INTERMODES will welcome to the European capital Brussels on February 9th & 10th 2011, 300 delegates coming from the 27 European countries.
The objective of INTERMODES is to create a platform for exchanges between all European players in the passenger transport sector, in order for them to contribute and share concrete solutions for the joint construction of a sustainably mobile Europe. All transport modes being in INTERMODES scope of work.
At the travelers' service - older people, families, young people, disabled, commuters, tourists, bikers - the two days of the Convention will be devoted to intermodality and all forms of accessibility :
- Political : voluntarist initiatives of communities and member states to facilitate the access to a sustainable mobility through intermodality
- Geographical : cross-borders agreements, European programmes for intermodality implementation
- Technical : interoperability, integrated ticketing, signage, intermodal hubs, ITS, luggages handling, safety
INTERMODES 2011 will review the challenges of the rail market liberalisation, one year after its introduction.
The spotlight will be placed on Hungary, which will hold the Presidency of the European Union Council during the first half of 2011.

