A new associate member for the ITxPT (Information Technology for Public Transport) association, welcoming Safra, France’s first hydrogen bus manufacturer and a forerunner in hydrogen bus retrofits.

This membership confirms Safra’s commitment to design and manufacture its products according to the
Imembership confirms Safra’s commitment to design and manufacture its products according to the ITxPT association’s standardization criteria, namely to allow the interoperability of its onboard systems with all public transport actors.

ITxPT welcomes Safra

ITxPT, established in 2013 under the leadership of the International Association of Public Transport (Uitp), is a non-profit association open to all companies and organizations with an interest in developing pransport into the most efficient, sustainable and attractive means of travel. Its members are a mix of industry, operators and authorities from all over the world. The mission of the ITxPT Association is to enable interoperability between IT systems in Public Transport by offering public specification of an IT architecture based on standards with open interfaces for on-board, over-the-air and back-office IT systems.

The members of ITxPT share best practices in the implementation of solutions, the evolution of international standards, and cooperation within technology companies to contribute to the betterment of public transport.

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