Ticket to Kyoto is a partnership of five highly motivated and ambitious public transport companies from five major regions of North-West Europe: TfGM in Manchester (United Kingdom), moBiel in Bielefeld (Germany), RATP in Paris (France), RET in Rotterdam (The Netherlands), the STIB in Brussels (Belgium). The STIB acts as the lead partner. The project is co-funded by the European programme INTERREG IVB North West Europe and supported by the programme's secretariat.
moBiel is the leading mobility service provider for Bielefeld and surroundings. In 2009 it carried 43,3 million passengers over a total of 10.95 million vehicle kilometres. It wants to increase this number rapidly to 80 – 100 million passengers by the year 2030.
RET operates 42 bus routes, a rail network with five metro lines and 9 tram lines and a fast-ferry service in the city of Rotterdam. It transports 600,000 people daily and 169 million each year. Clean transport is at the heart of its strategy.
RATP operates a multimodal network in the Greater Paris Region. Its network of 14 metro lines, 2 RER (regional express trains) lines, 3 tram lines, over 350 bus lines, and shuttles to 2 major airports transport 3 billion passengers each year.
The primary role of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is to facilitate more than 278 million passenger journeys every year across Greater Manchester, the UK’s largest city regional economy outside London.
The STIB is Belgium’s largest urban public transport company. It serves the Brussels Capital Region and outlying municipalities via 4 metro lines, 19 tram lines, 50 bus lines and 11 night bus lines.
INTERREG IVB NWE – a financial instrument of the European Union’s Cohesion Policy – funds projects that support transnational cooperation. The aim is to find innovative ways to make the most of territorial assets and to tackle problems that the Member States, regions and other authorities have in common.