REVITALIZING PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND WINNING PASSENGERS BACK

In times of municipal elections, public transport by bus takes center stage as an issue on the public agenda and on the platforms of the main candidates across the country. Those seeking re-election or running for mayor already know that they need to have proposals for expanding and strengthening this service, which is essential to life in cities. It's no coincidence that issues such as public subsidies and zero fares are increasingly on the agenda of society, which is also demanding that the government take effective measures to renew and decarbonize the national fleet. The population also expects better quality services, more efficient operations and compliance with the principles established more than a decade ago by the National Urban Mobility Policy, the updating of which is also on the agenda.

The time is ripe for concrete progress in this area. There is a solid set of proposals for recovering the economic vitality of the segment and making its role as a social right effective. They are the result of intense work and strong mobilization by leaders engaged with the issue of urban mobility in recent years. Sometimes by initiative of the legislative or the executive branches, and always with the active participation of business representatives, ideas such as a new Legal Framework for Public Transport are advancing and maturing, ready to be considered, approved, and put into practice.

At the same time, the companies that operate public transport, employers' organizations and municipal and state governments have been making progress in building new business models that innovate in their approach and bring promises of more and better results, both for those who operate and for those who use the service. New arrangements are also emerging for financing fleet renewal, with low-emission vehicles, and financing infrastructure, which is essential for providing a quality service.

With so many possibilities, it's time to evaluate the journey so far and choose the right path to our desired future. To this end, the 37th edition of the NTU National Seminar will bring together in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, businesspeople, trade associations, experts, and representatives of the public authorities, from the three spheres of government, to discuss the progress made and the challenges still facing the sector, with a focus on regulation, business models, financing and decarbonization.

Passengers cannot be overlooked, for they are the starting and finishing point of every effort to strengthen and improve public transport. As such, the service user will be the focus of the event, with the presentation of the results of the new Urban Population Mobility Survey, drawn up by the National Transport Confederation - CNT, with technical support from the National Association of Urban Transport Companies - NTU.

The NTU National Seminar 2024 is taking place at the same time as LAT.BUS Transpúblico, the Latin American Transport Fair, the largest urban mobility event in Latin America, which brings together all segments of public urban transport and road transport, in Brazil and surrounding countries.

The program of the event will be released shortly.

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Program

  • 06 August Tuesday

    - NTU Seminar

  • 13h00

    Opening of the Fair

  • 14h00/15h30

    Official opening of the NTU National Seminar and the Lat.bus Transpúblico Fair

  • 15h30/16h00

    Keynote Speech: "Infrastructure, fleet renewal and decarbonization of public transport"

  • 16h00/17h30

    Panel 1 "Collective public transport - current situation" – based on the main data from the NTU 2023-2024 Yearbook, to outline the current profile of collective urban bus transport in Brazil and debate the main proposals for revitalizing the sector and recovering demand, brought together in the new Legal Framework for Public Transport; the impacts of tax reform on the sector; projections for renewing and decarbonizing the national fleet; how the process of municipal elections can boost the process of change.

  • 17h30/18h00

    Presentation 1: "Public Transport in the 2024 Municipal Elections" - presentation of the set of proposals from the sector to the elections, coordinated by ANTP, with the participation of NTU, FABUS, FNP, the National Forum of Secretaries and Anfavea.

  • 20h00

    Award ceremony for the 2024 Brazilian Urban Transport Medal of Merit

  • 07 August Wedesday

    - NTU Seminar

  • 09h00

    Opening of the Fair

  • 09h30/10h30

    Presentation 2: "The image of the urban bus and the new vision of the passenger" – - presentation of the national survey "Urban Population Mobility - 2024", by the National Transport Confederation (CNT), with the profile of the passenger/user of public transport in Brazil and an analysis of how the sector can move forward in winning back the passenger.

  • 10h30/12h

    Panel 2: “Financing Public Transport” – Policies and instruments for financing infrastructure, fleet and decarbonization of public transport.

  • 12h/14h

    Lunch

  • 14h/15h30

    Panel 3: “Innovative business models - Brazil” - successful cases of separation and unification of contract objects - fleet, ticketing, garages, terminals, roads.

  • 15h30/17h

    Panel 4: “Innovative business models - other countries” – alternative models for contracting services and acquiring fleets, with a focus on electrification.

  • 17h/18h30

    Panel 5: “Decarbonization Challenges” - the issue of energy supply and recharge infrastructure, adaptation of garages, maintenance of electric fleets

  • 18h30

    Closing of the NTU Seminar

  • 7th August Wednesday

    - Parallel Events

  • 01 pm

    MEZZANINE FLOOR ––– Room 207

    National Forum of Secretaries and Directors of Urban Mobility

  • 8th August Thursday

    - Parallel Events

  • 10 am

    Economic Impacts and Opportunities in the Pransport Sector
    Lecture with economist Ricardo Amorim

  • 02 pm

    MAIN AUDITORIUM

    LAT.BUS Technology – Technology in Service of a more Human Mobility

  • PANEL 1 ––– from 02 pm to 03 pm

    “Technology in Electronic Ticketing”

  • PANEL 2 ––– from 03 pm to 04 pm

    “Technology in electronic ticketing and payment methods management (full service SBE)”

  • PANEL 3 ––– from 04 pm to 05 pm

    “Technology in smart transport systems”

  • 9 am

    MEZZANINE FLOOR ––– Room 206C

    CONSETRAM - Meeting of the National Council of State Secretaries of Transport and Mobility

  • 9 am

    MEZZANINE FLOOR ––– Room 207

    91st São Paulo Forum of Public Secretaries and Directors of Urban Mobility

  • 02 pm

    MEZZANINE FLOOR ––– Room 206ABC

    Sustainable Transport Forum – Check here for the complete program

Exhibitors of the LAT.BUS

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