Declarations
To compliment the tools UITP has developed as an advocate
for the public transport sector, we occasionally make declarations on topics of
particular concern. These are often on the most poignant issues concerning the
sector and include key recommendations.
UITP declarations draw on the expertise and strength of our worldwide members.
Their conclusions are made known to all relevant stakeholders and policy and opinion
formers.
Name: UITP Istanbul Bus Declaration
Date and place made: 20 April 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
Why: UITP has set out the ambition to double public transports share by 2025 (PTx2). Within this context, bus transport appears to be a major tool to achieve this goal and to play a key role in this strategy.
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Name: UITP Moscow Declaration – Public transport : the moving force for
the economic development of cities
Date and place made: 8 September 2010, Moscow, Russian Federation
Why: The participants of the first Eurasian Congress call on authorities of
all levels responsible for decisions on mobility in cities to undertake all possible
measures to maintain the present-day public transport share in city mobility
with further development of public transport networks, and do it now not leaving
the problem for future generations.
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Name: The Montreal Declaration
Topic: Joint CUTA-UITP Security Declaration on the
Importance of Conducting Security Risk Assessment in Public Transit Systems
Date and place made: 11 November 2009, Montreal, Canada
Why: On 11 November, the International Association
of Public Transport (UITP) and the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)
signed a joint declaration, in Montreal, to encourage their members to conduct
and regularly update a security risk assessment in public transport systems.
The signing of the declaration marked the official opening of the two-day Joint
UITP-CUTA International Security Conference on Public Transit Systems and Security:
Achieving the right balance.
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Regional Declaration
Name: The Taipei Manifesto
Topic: Helping Cities Breath. Public transport: the key to urban sustainable
development
Date and place made: 13 March 2009
Why: Highlights the contribution of integrated high-quality public transport
systems to keep cities moving and urges national and local leaders to prioritise
safer, cleaner and more efficient transportation systems and to accelerate the
shift towards more sustainable modes of transport.
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The International Association of Public Transport
(UITP) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) present
their joint statement on urban mobility as the EU Commission prepares
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Regional Declaration
Name: The Kuwait Declaration
Topic: Towards and efficient and economically viable public transport
sector for the MENA region
Date and place made: 11 October 2004
Why: During the discussions at the UITP regional workshop on Public
Transport Regulation, all participants felt that the sector in the region needed
urgently needed some clear guidelines. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
region is experiencing a growing interest in the development of public transport
systems. New institutional frameworks, innovative technologies and large infrastructure
projects are planned or being implemented in several countries. But what institutional
framework must be implemented for a sustainable development of public transport
in the MENA Region? What are the roles of authorities and operators and their
relations?
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Name: The Moscow Declaration
Topic: Governments urged to lessen dependency on oil by investing
in more energy-efficient transport alternatives
Date and place made: 30 September 2004, Moscow, Russia
Why: This declaration was made at a meeting of the UITP Policy
Board in Moscow, Russia on the same day that the Russian government announced
that it would endorse the Kyoto Protocol and send it to parliament for
ratification – the final step required to bring it into force.
It was also made at a time of steeply increasing oil prices and renewed
concerns over supply. UITP urges national governments to take a series
of actions to lessen transport-related dependency on oil, and to reflect
on strategies for ensuring affordable and sustainable transport for the
long-term.
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Name: Declaration on Public Transport and Anti-Terrorism
Security
Topic: The threat of terrorism in public transport
Date and place made: 4 June 2004, Geneva, Switzerland
Why: Made in collaboration with the International Union of Railways
(UIC), this declaration was announced in the face of the evolving nature
of terrorist threats, and attacks in Moscow, Russia and Madrid, Spain in
2004. Public transport, which was rarely a prime target of terrorism in
the past, is becoming one of the most important targets today because of
its vulnerability. The declaration informs national authorities to the
importance UITP and UIC attach to this new situation, and to draw their
attention to key points to ensure that the fundamental freedom of mobility
is not threatened.
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Name: The Dresden Declaration
Topic: The importance of keeping and upgrading long established
tramway systems
Date and place made: 22 April 2004, Dresden, Germany
Why: In many countries, extensive tramways systems were removed
in the 50s and 60s. Realising their errors only two to three decades later,
city planners and decision makers re-introduced light rail at significantly
higher costs. Recognising the existing light rail infrastructure in the
new Member States of the European Union, UITP recognises that these cities
generally enjoy a high modal split in favour of public transport, and should
endeavour to maintain this in order to guarantee sustainable mobility and
development. The declaration was made on the eve of ascension to membership
of the European Union by central and eastern European states.
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Rome Manifesto
UITP, the International Association of Public Transport, invites
political leaders from around the world to demonstrate their commitment to strong
public transport systems.
As an integral part of the fabric of where we live, public transport increases
affordable access to jobs, services, education and leisure. It is also a powerful
tool for achieving long-term social, environmental and economic goals.
Too often, however, today's transport systems fail to meet the needs of citizens
as urban areas increasingly suffer from the myriad problems caused by congestion
and pollution.
Therefore UITP is asking local, regional and national leaders to implement policies
that prioritise public transport, recognising that improvements act as a catalyst
for growth, maximising economic and social development and lessening environmental
harm.
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