PRODUCED BY DailyNews UITP GLOBAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUMMIT WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE, 2023 BARCELONA, SPAIN Public transport must UITP Summit: Next stop Hamburg play a key role in helping H amburg aims to increase the to reduce road deaths modal share for public...
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PRODUCED BY DailyNews UITP GLOBAL PUBLIC TRANSPORT SUMMIT WEDNESDAY 7 JUNE, 2023 BARCELONA, SPAIN Public transport must UITP Summit: Next stop Hamburg play a key role in helping H amburg aims to increase the to reduce road deaths modal share for public transport, cycling and walking to 80 percent by 2030, from 64 percent in 2017. “What might be read as a rather small step would actually mean a major ‘game change’ for a city like Hamburg, which has historically been developed as a car-friendly city,” says Anjes Tjarks, Senator for Transport and Mobil- ity Transition in Hamburg. “We want to turn Hamburg into a human- friendly city.” Visitors to the UITP Global Summit in 2025 and 2027 will be able to see the progress to- wards this for themselves as the conference is heading there next. Following a shortlisting process, site visits and board deliberations, Hamburg was selected as the winning city. It is also the first location for UITP’s new Summit format, where the event is held in the h
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