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Solaris vs Mercedes for the 250 electric buses tendered in Milan

250 electric buses for ATM Milan, a challenge between Mercedes and Solaris. eCitaro vs Urbino. Iveco (or better: Heuliez) hasn’t submitted any bid. The tender issued by Atm Milan for 250 units of 12 meter electric bus is one of the largest so far issued in Europe for this category of bus. And ...

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Driver shortage pushes bus depots toward automation

Europe’s public transport operators are entering a period where staffing pressure and fleet electrification meet in the same place: the bus depot. Around 105,000 bus and coach driver positions remain unfilled across Europe (IRU figures cited in sector analyses), and a meaningful slice of working tim...

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Solaris vs Mercedes for the 250 electric buses tendered in Milan

250 electric buses for ATM Milan, a challenge between Mercedes and Solaris. eCitaro vs Urbino. Iveco (or better: Heuliez) hasn’t submitted any bid. The tender issued by Atm Milan for 250 units of 12 meter electric bus is one of the largest so far issued in Europe for this category of bus. And ...

ATM Milano: electric buses are the present

ATM, Milan’s municipal public transport company, has launched last year the most ambitious Italian project to date aimed to the electrification of bus fleet. ATM plans to convert the whole fleet (1,200 buses) to zero emission electric drives by 2030. Now, 25 electric buses by Solaris are runni...

Atm Milano replaces tickets by credit card (in subway, so far)

Paying for public transport tickets in Milan is becoming easier and easier thanks to digital technology. The municipal transport operator Atm Milano indeed began the installation of the first devices that will allow commuters to pay for the subway tickets directly at the turnstile with a contactless...