Salzburg team brings AENEAS to Europe

Throughout the duration of the AENEAS project, Salzburg AG has been tasked with transferring and exchanging information and local knowhow. Thanks to productive cooperation with the ZGB Centre of Generations and Accessibility, a Salzburg-based NGO, it has been possible to implement training schemes for older passengers and all public transport drivers to raise safety and security levels of the city’s E-buses.

The Salzburg-based project team has presented the AENEAS message at 15 international conferences, and has hosted delegations throughout Europe in places such as Barcelona and Gothenburg. The team has also been involved in Niches+ project and remains in permanent contact with different European Cities in order to exchange experiences.

Contact with experts from other cities indicates great demand from Public Transport providers to introduce concrete measures that are easily transferable and offer strong benefits both to passengers and providers. Both Vienna and Krakow, responding to demographic changes in public transportation usage, have adapted and taken on board the Salzburg team’s Safety and Training Brochure designed for older passengers.

Due to enormous demand, printed English-language versions of the Passenger and Driver Training Handbook are no longer available, but the publication is still available for download from the Aeneas website. The DVD accompanying the handbook is available in German with English or Spanish subtitles and can be ordered free of charge from Angelika Gasteiner.

The success of all these efforts derives from a strategy that targets specific groups within a wide range of stakeholders, such as city officials, public transport authorities, vehicle operators, older passengers and children. So now is the proper time to say ‘thank you’ to all of those who have worked with and participated in the AENEAS programme.

Author: Alexandra Weiss