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Get to the point ????

The just-released UITP's Knowledge Brief "What does ‘New normal mobility’ look like?" is a truly interesting read.

It portrays the current situation, provides a comprehensive?overview of data?from public transport networks in various regions of the world, synthesizes conclusions not that easy to ‘digest’, and proposes solutions.

Starting from a quite clear argument: “While the immediate recovery from the pandemic was relatively quick, the social changes the pandemic brought about will depress revenues into the medium and long-term. This?loss of revenues comes at a time when capital investment requirements to meet the growing environmental challenge - including enhancements to encourage modal shift and the decarbonisation of the bus sector - are high. We can expect the budget gap to become larger, meaning new solutions are necessary”.

Figures of the crisis??

• 90%: global public transport ridership reached in end 2022 compared to 2019?
• 87%: revenue collection in 2022 compared to 2019?
• €150 billion per year: estimated requirement of capital expenditure for network development, energy transition and electrification, customer experience improvements

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Things we are working on

The electrification of bus fleets?is rapidly gaining traction in both Latin America and North America, with significant advancements taking place on both continents. To shed light on this transformative trend, a?VideoSpotlight will be broadcasted next Tuesday,?June 27th, featuring industry experts and key stakeholders who will discuss the current landscape and future prospects of electric mass transit solutions.

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?? Things we enjoyed reading

• Opinion: Why We Should Stop Using the Word ‘Micromobility’ - "SUVs, pick-up trucks, and passenger cars should not be the benchmark by which we judge the size of other forms of transit, and the term ‘micromobility’ encourages us to believe that they are." Keep reading on Streetsblog
• Will electrification leave rural and small operators behind? - It’s fair to say that city bus operators are leading the way in the UK (and elsewhere) in terms of vehicle electrification. It’s easy to see why – buses are providing a visible public service, and public opinion is firmly demanding cleaner air. Keep reading
• Car-Rental Companies Are Ruining EVs - The best way to cap a weekend road trip, I can assure you, is not by jostling for an EV charger outside a Sheetz gas station in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It’s Memorial Day, and I’m in a runt of a rental car trying to outmaneuver Keep reading on The Atlantic [ The Atlantic ]
• New Zealand’s key to making public transportation more accessible - Aotearoa (New Zealand) is set to be the first in the world to have one integrated public transport ticketing system for use on buses, trains and ferries across the country. Keep reading on Intelligent Transport [ Intelligent Transport ]

?? Time for a quote

Driver shortages are quickly getting out of control. Balancing global labour supply and demand via simple measures to ease legal immigration and stop exploitation of non-resident drivers is one way to fix the problem, support decent work and keep vital road transport services moving

Umberto de Pretto, IRU Secretary General

?? What about a chart?

Source: ICCT