UITP BUS COMMITTEE SINCE 1ST MEETING IN BRUSSELS 1960 TO 100TH MEETING IN PRAGUE 2016
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UITP BUS
COMMITTEE
SINCE 1ST MEETING IN BRUSSELS 1960
TO 100TH MEETING IN PRAGUE 2016
CONTENTS BUSES AND TROLLEYBUSES IN UITP’S
HISTORY… AND BEYOND
SEARCHED, SELECTED AND COMPILED FROM
UITP’S ARCHIVE AT THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH
BUS COMMITTEE MEETING
1. UITP’S MILESTONES ....................................................................................................... 3
2. BUS AND TROLLEYBUS TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENTS
FROM THE BEGINNINGS ................................................................................................. 5 Travelling through history and UITP’s archives is always a rich experience as it reveals the
evolution of transport modes, habits and ideas. This is also true for buses and trolleybuses.
3. BUSES WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION BEFORE THE BUS COMMITTEE ........................... 8 We hope that this non exhaustive material put together for the 100th meeting of the Bus
Committee of UITP’s Bus Division will make you discover those invaluable archives.
• CONGRESS REPORTS AND ARTICLES 1885-1960 ..................................................... 9
4. BUS COMMITTEE – THE ROUTE FROM 1960 TO 2016 ................................................. 10
• BUS CONFERENCES .................................................................................................. 10
• CONGRESS REPORTS SINCE 1961 ............................................................................ 10
5. BUS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ........................................................................................ 12
6. HISTORY LIST OF ALL BUS COMMITTEE MEETING PLACES ...................................... 13
UITP’S MILESTONES
1885 - 17 August, foundation of the « Union Internationale Permanente de Tramways »
63 companies from 9 countries interested in the project, including 55 operators. 44
delegates participate in the first meeting in Brussels during which Gustave Michelet
presents for the first time the objectives of the new association.
1886 - First Congress takes place in Berlin, with 110 participants from 6 countries.
Gustave MICHELET (Tramways Bruxellois) is elected as the first President with J FISCHER-
DICK (Grosse Berliner Pferde-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) as Vice-President and Fernand
NONNENBERG as the first Secretary General. Rules are adopted as well as the official
languages, French and German. Brussels selected as the official location of the association
1914 - The 18th Congress that was planned to take place in Budapest is cancelled due to
the outbreak of the First World War. No other congress will take place until 1922 and the
activities of the association will be reduced.
1922 - A new association is founded with members of allied and neutral nations. A new
name is chosen “Union internationale des tramways, de chemins de fer d'intér t local et
de transports publics automobiles" to take into account the rapid emergence of the bus.
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BUS AND TROLLEYBUS
1927 - An important meeting is held in Basel (Switzerland) during which members
of the Union and members of the ”Internationaler Strassenbahn- und Kleinbahn- Verein” TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENTS
(the nations excluded post-war) decide to reconstitute the association to its pre-1914
status. The German language is reintroduced as an official language and the decision FROM THE BEGINNINGS…
is also taken to open communications and published reports to other languages
(mainly English).
The 50th anniversary of the Union is celebrated during a special meeting held in
Brussels in 1935. The meeting is held in the presence of HM King Leopold III of Belgium
in the presence of some 1,500 delegates.
In 1939, the association adopts a new name “International Union of Public
Transport - UITP”
1940 - Due to war, activities of the association are reduced to a minimum. A German
administrator controls the association
1945-46 – The Belgian members of the Management Committee meet in Brussels to
evaluate the future of the association. Belgian, French and British members decide that
the association should continue with its activities as it did before the war. No decisions
will be made regarding how to approach the German members, indeed no contact will
be made with them, until peace treaties are signed
1949 - Adoption of the "Ben England" motion suggesting that "the status of member is
open to all public transport companies without any discrimination". This motion opened
the door to the reintegration of German and Austrian members in the association
and turned UITP into a real worldwide association. After World War II, UITP gradually
moves from a strongly technical focus to also deal with political issues, taking on an
international and regional advocacy role in support and on behalf of the collective
mobility sector
1959 – Paris, organization for the first of a major exhibition of vehicles and equipment
1960 – Birth of the International Commission for the Standardization of Motorbuses 1830 (since) – United Kingdom, France…
use of steam buses
1965 – Tel Aviv, first congress outside Europe
1886 - Karl BENZ patents the first successful
1965 – Commission for the Standardization of Motorbuses -> Commission for the Study gasoline-driven automobile, the “Benz Patent
of Motorbuses Motorwagen” (built for the first time in 1885)
1977 – Montréal, first congress organized in North America and designs its first truck in 1889
1983 - Rio de Janeiro, first congress organized in Latin America 1890’s - Rudolf Diesel develops a high-speed
compression ignition engine
1985 – Brussels, commemoration of the 100 years of existence of the association
1895 – An adapted Benz truck is used by the
1989 – Commission for the Study of Motorbuses -> UITP Bus Committee “Netphener Omnibus-Gesellschaft”
1993 – Sydney, first congress organized in Oceania 1898 - First internal combustion engine-
powered buses in operation (United Kingdom
2001 – London, statutory reform: creation Bus Division (Bus Assembly + Bus Committee)
1898, Germany 1903, New York 1905, Paris
2011 – Dubai, first congress in the MENA region 1906…)
2014 – Abu Dhabi - Birth of the Trolleybus Committee 1902 - First trolleybus line in operation
in Germany
2016 – Prague – 100th Bus Committee
1920-21 - Pneumatic tires used for buses
and first Diesel motors for bus propulsion
1929 - The first articulated bus enters in service
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1930-1950’s - The trolleybuses experiences a
golden age with major developments in the UK, 1967 - Development by the VÖV (Germany)
France, Brazil, USSR, Germany and Switzerland of a standard urban bus (SL 1) that enters
service in 1968
1930’s - Growing importance of the bus mode
revolutionizes urban services (replacing 1973 - Development of a standard regional bus
numerous tramway networks) and offers the concept in Germany
possibility to greatly improve services in rural
1978 - Development of the dual-mode
areas
trolleybus
1942 - France, definition of standard
1983 - Second generation of standard buses
trolleybuses (type A to D according to their
developed in Germany
length)
1986 – “O-Bahn” busway opens in Adelaide
1945 - After the war, the tramway decline
continues particularly in North America 1989 - Presentation of the concept for
although it is maintained and even developed a low-floor standard bus
in some European countries like Switzerland,
Germany, USSR and Austria… The bus benefits 2000’s - The “Bus Rapid Transit” concept
as a result develops on a large scale, based on pioneering
experiences from Curitiba (1974, 1979-1980),
After the 1950s, public transport sees a general Ottawa (Transitway - 1983) and Adelaide
decline due to the continued increase in private (O-Bahn – 1986). Diversification of new fuels
car traffic and lack of interest from public for buses; clean fuels, hybrid buses, fuel cells,
authority’s trolleybuses, which are considered electromobility … to cope with future fossil fuel
too costly and insufficiently flexible, are replaced shortages
by buses
2001 – European directive on buses (2001/85/
1952 - First modern articulated buses and EC) accessible bus and passenger safety
trolleybuses
1958 – Flywheel operational tests in Léopoldville
and in Switzerland
1965 - The first new standard urban
buses designed by RATP and UTPUR are
on the French roads
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BUSES WITHIN THE ASSOCIATION
BEFORE THE BUS COMMITTEE Madrid, 1953 – “Organisation of repair-shops
and depots: motorbuses and trolleybuses”
(L Lagarrigue) and “Rolling stock: trends
in motorbus construction” (A A M Durrant)
Mainly based on rail activities in the first years of its existence, the association looks Naples, 1955 – “Use of trailers for buses
at the road sector for the first time in a report published for the Congress held in Munich and trolleybuses; articulated vehicles”
in September 1908 entitled « Avantages et inconvénients des autobus ; leurs résultats (O Miescher)
d’exploitation » (MAUCLERE - Paris).
Hamburg – Berlin, 1957 – “Latest progress
Between 1908 and 1960, 28 congress reports will be devoted to buses in motorbus construction and present
and 12 to trolleybuses. trends” (L Lagarrigue)
Paris, 1924 – « Le moteur pratique des transports publics automobiles » Paris, 1959 – “Trends in motorbus
(BONHOMME Paris) construction” (E R L Fitzpayne – W M Little)
Barcelona, 1926 - « Aménagement technique de l’autobus » (Chauchat) and «
Disposition des carrosseries d’autobus » (De Croës – Bruxelles)
Rome, 1928 - « Agent de force motrice pour transports automobiles » (Guiffart)
Warsaw, 1930 – three reports dealing with « Emploi de moteurs huile lourde sur
voies ferrées et sur routes » (H Arnold et F Eichelhardt), the « Perfectionnements Congress reports and articles 1885-1960
apportés dans la construction du matériel roulant sur voies ferrées et sur routes en
vue d’augmenter le confort des voyageurs… » (P Kremer) and the « Comparaison des Year RBU RTB ABU ATB
transports en commun, chemins de fer d’intér t local, tramways, omnibus automobiles, 1908 1
entre eux et avec les transports particuliers… » (P. Nestrypke)
1924 1
The Hague, 1932 – Many reports are at the menu : « Exploitation par trolleybus »
1926 2
(Ch Harmel - R Vente), « Horaires économiques pour tramways et lignes d’autobus sur
les sections o il y a une circulation tr s dense… » (Nieuwenhuis), « Comparaison des 1928 1
transports en commun, chemins de fer d’intér t local, tramways, omnibus automobiles – 1930 3
le rail et la route » (P Jourdain), and the « Meilleures dispositions adopter pour
1932 4 1
la carrosserie des automobiles des transports en commun, tant urbains que ruraux »
(Ponset - Métayer). 1934 4
Berlin, 1934 – For the first, reports are translated in English : « Tramways – Autobus
1935 1
3
– Trolleybus ; essais de coordination et résultats financiers » (R Vente), « Emploi des
métaux légers dans la construction du matériel roulant (tramway et autobus) »
1937
1939
2
2
1
4
5
(H Zehnder - A Hugh and « Utilisation du moteur Diesel ; état actuel de la question
1947 1
d’apr s les derni res expériences » (M Preus - R Stuart-Pilcher)
Also published at the same congress but not translated: « Ateliers : disposition
1949 1 1
28
et organisation ; travaux d’entretien du matériel roulant. Tramways et autobus… »
(J Devienne – Br Dziugiell) and « Rail et route »
1951
1952
1
2
12
Vienna, 1937 – « Les carburants pour moteurs d’automotrices lég res et d’autobus » 1953 2 1
(W Wilsens) and « Emploi sur les véhicules de transport en commun des moteurs huile 1954 1 2
lourde » (Vergniole) 1955 2 2 1
Zürich – Bern, 1939 – “Motorbus rolling material in all countries” (Larchier) and 1956 1
“Working and comparison of the various means of traction: progress and development 1957 1 Congress reports - Bus
of omnibuses in Great Britain” (J L Gunn)
1959 1 Congress reports - Trolleybus
Stockholm, 1949 – “The designs of rolling stock for rapid services, speedy fare collection
1960 1 Articles - Bus
and reduced occupation of road surface: motorbuses” (J L Daubresse – R Dehon)
28 12 5 3 Articles - Trolleybus
Edinburgh, 1951 – “Power transmission from engine to wheels in motorbuses”
(M Paribeni - V Leuzzi)
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BUS COMMITTEE – THE ROUTE FROM
1960 TO 2016 1995 51st Paris The Bus Transit System - its Contribution
to Promoting Mobility & Quality of Life
1997 52nd Stuttgart Propellants of the Future
Bus Conferences 1998 report of Gas Buses
Brugge 1995 Intermediate Mode of Public Transport 1999 53rd Toronto The development of the hybrid vehicle in Europe,
The drive towards the non-polluting bus, Modular
Nürnberg 1998 Diesel-Electric Buses with Hybrid Drive systems (Alcan), Zero emission (Evobus), Think
Maastricht 2001 Innovation in Road Public Transport
tram - use buses (IT).
Brisbane 2004 Bus systems driving cities forward 2000 report of Hybrid Buses
Bogota 2007 Bus system without limits! 2001 54th London CNG & FC buses, Improving bus productivity via
bus priority systems, FC buses (Evobus)
Lyon 2010 Do green buses bring more customers?
2003 55th Madrid SORT, Transmilenio BRT Bogota, NEFLEET FC
Istanbul 2012 Think Bus! Cost-effectiveness of buses buses (Mercedes)
Rio 2014 Grow with Bus
Congress reports since 1961
1961 34th Copenhagen Air Suspension
1963 35th Rome Characteristics of Standardised Motorbuses for
Urban & Regional Passenger Transport Operation
1965 36th Tel Aviv Use of Light Weight Metals & Plastic Materials
in Motorbus Construction
1967 37th Barcelona Measurement of Bus Noise & Air Pollution
1969 38th London Standardisation of Motorbuses
1971 39th Rome Motorbus of Tomorrow
1973 40th The Hague Motorbus & Environment
1975 41st Nice Motorbus & Man / Maintenance & Reliability
of Motorbuses
1977 42nd Montreal Development of the Bus & its Integration
in Modern Transport Systems, Dial-a-Bus &
Taxi Services Included
1979 43rd Helsinki Technical & Economic Aspects of Articulated
Buses
1981 44th Dublin Comparisons of Large Capacity Buses, Progress European Bus of the Bus evolution
in Standardisation Future / 2006 et standardisation /
1983 45th Rio de Janeiro Simple & Reliable Buses for Difficult Operating 1978
Conditions
1985 46th Brussels The Motorbus in the year 2000 /
Recommendations 1985
1987 47th Lausanne Optimisation & Bus Maintenance by Computer,
Optimum Size of Small Buses
1989 48th Budapest Buses & Environment: Reducing Exhaust
Pollution Maintenance within the Undertaking?
1991 49th Stockholm Defining the Low-Floor Bus
Bus Tendenzen / 1987
1993 50th Sydney Thoughts on the Economics of Buses: Acquisition,
Operation, Service Life
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HISTORY LIST OF ALL BUS
BUS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
COMMITTEE MEETING PLACES
1. C GUZZANTI – Azienda Tramvie e Autobus del Comune di Roma (ATAC) - Rome
2. Yves SAVARY – Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) - Paris NO. CITY DATE CHAIRMAN
3. André BRECHBÜHL – Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt Zürich (VBZ) - Zurich
1 meeting Brussels 11 October 1960 C. GUZZANTI
4. Claus LUND – Hovedstadsomradets Trafikselskab (HT) - Copenhagen
5. Jean-Claude MOQUET - Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) - Paris 2 meeting Brussels 20 December 1961 C. GUZZANTI
6. Simon BROWN – London Buses Limited – London 3 meeting Brussels 21 February 1962 C. GUZZANTI
7. Henk WALING – Noord-Zuid-Hollandse Vervoer Maatschappij (NZH) – Haarlem
4 meeting Pisa 5 June 1962 C. GUZZANTI
8. Oscar SBERT LOZANO – Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) – Barcelone
9. Ezio CASTAGNA – CTM S.p.A. – Cagliari 5 meeting Paris 5 November 1962 C. GUZZANTI
10. Thierry WAGENKNECHT – Transports Publics Genevois (TPG) – Geneva 6 meeting Edinburgh 11-12 June 1963 C. GUZZANTI
11. Mike WESTON – Transport for London (TfL) – London
7 meeting Taormina 9-10 December 1963 C. GUZZANTI
8 meeting Brussels 20 January 1964 C. GUZZANTI
1 2 3 4 9 meeting Bern 26-27 May 1964 C. GUZZANTI
10 meeting Pisa 14-15 December 1964 C. GUZZANTI
11 meeting Hamburg 7-8 October 1965 C. GUZZANTI
12 meeting Lyon-Paris 25-28 April 1966 C. GUZZANTI
13 meeting Rome 19-21 October 1966 C. GUZZANTI
14 meeting Brussels 15-16 February 1967 C. GUZZANTI (deputy M. FLONER)
15 meeting Leyland 7-8 November 1967 C. GUZZANTI (deputy W. LITTLE)
16 meeting Hamburg 2-3 April 1968 C. GUZZANTI
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17 meeting Turin 4-5 December 1968 C. GUZZANTI
18 meeting Stockholm 10-11 June 1969 C. GUZZANTI
19 meeting Madrid 15-16 October 1969 C. GUZZANTI
20 meeting Paris 5-6 May 1970 C. GUZZANTI (deputy A. FLURY)
21 meeting New York 19-22 October 1970 C. GUZZANTI (deputy A. FLURY)
22 meeting Rotterdam 22-23 June 1971 Yves SAVARY
23 meeting Edinburgh 7-8 September 1971 Yves SAVARY
10 11 24 meeting Brussels 7-8 December 1971 Yves SAVARY
25 meeting Hamburg 30-31 May 1972 Yves SAVARY
26 meeting Prague 28-29 September 1972 Yves SAVARY
27 meeting Florence 19-20 June 1973 Yves SAVARY
28 meeting Geneva 27-28 November 1973 Yves SAVARY
29 meeting Paris 4-5 April 1974 Yves SAVARY
30 meeting Barcelona 8-9 October 1974 Yves SAVARY
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31 meeting Edinburgh 2-3 September 1975 Yves SAVARY 66 meeting Barcelona 19-21 March 1998 Simon BROWN
32 meeting Stockholm 1-2 June 1976 Yves SAVARY 67 meeting Florence 9-11 September 1998 Simon BROWN
33 meeting Rotterdam 13-14 October 1976 Yves SAVARY 68 meeting Geneva 3-5 November 1999 Henk WALING
34 meeting Brussels 13-14 September 1977 Yves SAVARY 69 meeting Prague 22-23 March 2000 Henk WALING
35 meeting Budapest 6-7 April 1978 Yves SAVARY 70 meeting Avignon 19-20 October 2000 Henk WALING
36 meeting Hamburg 7-8 September 1978 Yves SAVARY 71 meeting Berlin 25-26 September 2001 Henk WALING
37 meeting Zürich 27-28 September 1979 André BRECHBÜHL 72 meeting Belfast 21-22 March 2002 Henk WALING
38 meeting Paris 27-28 March 1980 André BRECHBÜHL 73 meeting Cagliari 24-25 October 2002 Henk WALING
39 meeting Edinburgh 23-24 October 1980 André BRECHBÜHL 74 meeting Lüdenscheid 26-28 March 2003 Henk WALING
40 meeting Stockholm 3-4 September 1981 André BRECHBÜHL 75 meeting Trieste 2-3 October 2003 Oscar SBERT LOZANO
41 meeting Rotterdam 4-5 March 1982 André BRECHBÜHL 76 meeting Amsterdam 1-2 April 2004 Oscar SBERT LOZANO
42 meeting Salzburg 13-15 October 1982 André BRECHBÜHL 77 meeting Riga 3-5 November 2004 Oscar SBERT LOZANO
43 meeting Brussels 1 December 1982 André BRECHBÜHL 78 meeting Marseilles 20-22 April 2005 Oscar SBERT LOZANO
44 meeting Barcelona 22-23 September 1983 André BRECHBÜHL 79 meeting London 12-14 October 2005 Oscar SBERT LOZANO
45 meeting Cumbria 12-13 April 1984 André BRECHBÜHL 80 meeting Budapest 5-7 April Oscar SBERT LOZANO
46 meeting San Remo 13-14 September 1984 André BRECHBÜHL 81 meeting Vienna 11-13 October Oscar SBERT LOZANO
47 meeting Budapest 12-13 September 1985 André BRECHBÜHL 82 meeting Barcelona 16-17 April Oscar SBERT LOZANO
48 meeting Brussels 17-18 April 1986 André BRECHBÜHL 83 meeting Verona 21-23 November Ezio CASTAGNA
49 meeting Bremen 4-5 September 1986 André BRECHBÜHL 84 meeting Warsaw 14-16 May Ezio CASTAGNA
50 meeting Venise 7-8 September 1987 Claus LUND 85 meeting Paris 1-3 October Ezio CASTAGNA
51 meeting Paris 24-25 March 1988 Claus LUND 86 meeting Prague 1-3 April Ezio CASTAGNA
52 meeting Copenhagen 01-02 September 1988 Claus LUND 87 meeting Porto 23-24 September Ezio CASTAGNA
53 meeting Zürich 01-02 September 1989 Claus LUND 88 meeting Geneva 14-16 April Ezio CASTAGNA
54 meeting Rotterdam 22-23 March 1990 Jean Claude MOQUET 89 meeting Luxemburg 13-15 October Ezio CASTAGNA
55 meeting Milan 6-7 September 1990 Jean Claude MOQUET 90 meeting Cagliari 28-29 April Ezio CASTAGNA
56 meeting Hamburg 5-6 September 1991 Jean Claude MOQUET 91 meeting Berlin 5-7 October Thierry WAGENKNECHT
57 meeting London 23-26 February 1992 Jean Claude MOQUET 92 meeting stanbul 18 April Thierry WAGENKNECHT
58 meeting Paris 2-3 September 1992 Jean Claude MOQUET 93 meeting Brussels 16 October Thierry WAGENKNECHT
59 meeting Salzburg 30-31 August 1993 Jean Claude MOQUET 94 meeting Madrid 18 April Thierry WAGENKNECHT
60 meeting Utrecht 15-16 March 1994 Simon BROWN 95 meeting Bologna 23-24 October Thierry WAGENKNECHT
61 meeting Budapest 24-25 October 1994 Simon BROWN 96 meeting Copenhagen 22-23 May Thierry WAGENKNECHT
62 meeting Bruges 30-31 August 1995 Simon BROWN 97 meeting Rio 7 November Thierry WAGENKNECHT
63 meeting Porto 27-28 March 1996 Simon BROWN 98 meeting Milan 7 June Thierry WAGENKNECHT
64 meeting Copenhagen 23-24 September 1996 Simon BROWN 99 meeting Manchester 19-20 November Mike WESTON
65 meeting Milan 11-12 September 1997 Simon BROWN 100 meeting Prague 12-13 May Mike WESTON
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