TENDER: European Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) is inviting companies to submit bids “To develop and validate the feasibility of a multimodal passenger transport information and booking service that could be applied on a pan-European basis”.

This is an initiative that arises from a preparatory action from the European Parliament to DG MOVE. This preparatory action aims to support, if and where necessary in addition to market actions and developments, the connection of existing local, regional, national and international traveller information systems as well as to offer the international public information and the possibility of purchasing tickets through a single, multilingual interface.

This initiative should aim at supporting:

• the creation of a European transport information interface which would be easy to access and provide passengers with real-time data for any trip in Europe and for any transport mode; this interface could also provide some information on passenger rights and the environmental footprint of each trip (CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, etc.) so as to allow a comparison between transport modes;
• the creation of an online booking tool which would facilitate travelling through Europe, as well as a journey planner, a journey pricing tool, an availability request management tool and a ticket integration tool; and
• the connection of international traveller information systems.

This initiative is in line with the contention in the White Paper on transport “Roadmap to a single European transport area - towards a competitive and resource-efficient transport system” - that when abroad the travel experience should be as easy as for local travellers. Towards this aim, one of the 10 goals of the White Paper is to establish, by 2020, the framework for a European multimodal transport information, management and payment system.

Passengers should be delivered a coherent end-to-end service with simplified interchanges, on-the-spot/on-the-go information and hassle-free ticketing. This implies integrated provision of travel information and booking opportunities regardless of travel mode. From this point, there would be the possibility to offer tickets for the whole journey. The achievement of the latter will facilitate the further integration of different passenger transport modes to provide seamless multimodal door-to-door travel.

Companies have until 28th of September this year to submit their bids.

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