A total of 11,000 leading transport decision-makers took part in Transport Publics 2018, held for the seventh time this year in Paris from 12 to 14 June.

Politicians, experts, operators, manufacturers, representatives from urban and interurban transport stakeholders from Europe and the whole world came together in this biennial event to check out the latest developments in the train-, bus- and coach-sectors plus other means of sustainable transport like carsharing or cycling.

GMV attended the event to showcase its planning, fleet-management and fare-collection systems for public transport operators. It also displayed its latest breakthroughs, such as the electric-vehicle management system and passenger-information mobile apps.

Of all the products displayed on GMV's stand, one that aroused special interest was the demonstrator of the geolocation and communication system supplied by GMV for the Spanish national railway operator, RENFE; this system enables operation of the advanced fleet-management and passenger-information system (SAEIV in Spanish initials).

Another system presented by GMV at the show was its GMV Planner for designing and optimizing schedules, services, shifts and quadrants of the public-transport network, allowing operators to provide more and better services with the same resources.

Also featuring at the event were France's benchmark sector firms, like the manufacturer ALSTOM, working with GMV as a trusted partner on all its new worldwide trams, and the operator Transdev, whom GMV is already supporting in cities like Los Angeles (guest of honor in Transports Publics'18) and Sydney.

As could hardly be otherwise at such a cutting-edge fair, hybrid and electric buses also featured large among other latest developments. GMV has developed systems for efficient planning and running of vehicles of this type.

This event is held every two years in the French capital. It was organized by the French organizations Groupement des Autorités Responsables de Transport (GART) and Union de Transports Publics (UTP), as well as the not-for-profit association GIE Objectif Transport Public.