Moventis Sarfa recognised at Girona Tourism Awards

The award ceremony for the Girona Tourism Awards organised by the Costa Brava-Girona Tourist Board took place yesterday, Thursday 7 April, at the Church of Sant Pere in Ripoll. These annual awards seek to strengthen internal relations within the tourism sector, recognise the expertise of professionals and business leaders, and stimulate competitiveness from the tourism sector on the Costa Brava and Girona Pyrenees.

 

Moventis Sarfa received the “Xiquet Sabater Award for business projects”, which recognises those public or private institutions, entities or businesses that design, operate or consolidate projects or proposals that clearly contribute to enriching the attractiveness of the Costa Brava and/or Girona Pyrenees brands and stand out for their activity in support of developing tourism in the various parts of Girona.

 

The event, at which a video commemorating 100 years of the company was shown, was attended by the following on behalf of Moventis Sarfa: Josep Maria Martí, Vice-President and CEO of Moventia. Executive Vice-President of MOVENTIS; Juan Giménez, General Manager of Moventis; Enric Gimeno Aragonés, Manager of Moventis SARFA: Ana Gil, Head of Marketing at MOVENTIS, and a number of employees from Moventis SARFA.

 

According to Enric Gimeno, Manager of Moventis SARFA and the person responsible for collecting the award, “we want to dedicate this award to many people; first of all, to the public sector and especially the local council authorities of the 100 municipalities to which we currently provide our transport service, to the county councils, to the Regional Government of Catalonia, to Girona Provincial Council, to the Girona-Costa Brava Tourism Board, to the Chambers of Commerce of Palamós, Sant Feliu and Girona…; and, secondly, to the private sector, which has always supported us, and to our passengers, who have trusted and continue to trust in us.

And, as well, to all those people who, over the last 100 years, have dedicated or dedicate a good part of their life to SARFA, to the drivers of the present and past. This recognition is very much yours because, without you, this long journey would not have been possible”.

 

 

 

 

Moventis launches vélitY electric assisted bike rental service in Montbéliard

Moventis officially launched the “vélitY” electric assisted bike rental service in Montbéliard, France, on 19 March. This new service from vélitY forms part of the proactive policy adopted by the P.M.A. (Pays de Montbéliard Agglomeration) to promote and develop the use of bicycles in the region. As the authority in charge of mobility and responsible for public transport in the region, the P.M.A. has delegated the implementation and operation of this service to Moventis Pays de Montbéliard under a Public Service Delegation arrangement. Moventis will therefore manage this new service on behalf of P.M.A. and has renovated part of the workshop at its premises in Voujeaucourt so that it can house the 120 electric assisted bicycles

 

 

 

 

Josep Maria Martí takes part in session on Sustainable Mobility by Chamber of Commerce of Sabadell

Josep Maria Martí, the CEO of Moventia and Executive Vice-President of Moventis, took part in a session on Sustainable Mobility at companies organised by the Chamber of Commerce of Sabadell, an event that was also attended by Sergi Jiménez, Sales Manager at Circontrol.

Various topics were discussed at the conference: mobility and improving how we look after the environment; mobility in the Metropolitan Region; current regulations; and the latest trends emerging in the various mobility sectors.

Based on an analysis of the current mobility situation in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, a focus was placed on the average number of journeys made by the population standing at 21.83 per person per week. Two out of every three inter-municipal journeys are made using a private vehicle. One million journeys per day to enter and leave Barcelona. That’s why we need to boost public transport while also decarbonising private vehicles at a feasible and viable pace. In Catalonia, there are 5.4 million private vehicles, of which 3.5 million are cars, 889 million are motorcycles, 750,000 are lorries and 172,000 are buses, among others.

Bus transportation is third on the list of chosen travel methods among the public, with a total of 172,003 movements throughout Catalonia and behind cars, motorcycles and lorries and vans, it being the most widespread form of public transport. Josep María also mentioned the letter from British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, which he started by saying “I love buses”.

In terms of sustainability, a number of issues were discussed with direct links to regulations and the environment, as well as the transition towards clean energy with the disappearance of diesel and petrol, and the presentation of various active recovery, transformation and resilience plans promoted by the Government of Spain and the Regional Government of Catalonia, among others.

The latest trends emerging in the various mobility sectors – Public Transport, Private Transport, Goods Transportation, and Active Mobility and Micromobility – were among the other main topics highlighted by the group’s CEO at the conference, as well as the trends currently driving the entire automotive sector.

After the huge success of this sustainable mobility session, the Water, Energy and Environment Commission of the Chamber of Commerce is already planning the next event, which will take place in May to follow up with a second series of conferences. Moventia continues to play its part in promoting sustainable mobility and greater care for the environment on all our journeys.

 

Moventis TCC Pamplona receives ‘Company of the Year 2022’ Award

Moventis TCC Pamplona, a part of the Moventia group and a benchmark in sustainable mobility, has been recognised as ‘Company of the Year 2022’ in the ‘Urban Transport’ category by the specialist magazine Autobuses & Autocares at the ceremony for the 30th edition of its ‘Companies of the Year’ Awards yesterday in Madrid at IFEMA.

The company received this award in recognition of its service quality, the implementation of new technologies and its experience in public passenger transport in Pamplona and the surrounding region, where it has been operating since 2009. The award was collected by the CEO of Moventia, Josep Maria Martí, from Jesús Velasco, Director of Transport at the Municipal Association of Pamplona.

Moventis TCC Pamplona has a fleet of 160 buses fitted with all the latest technology. In this regard, it includes a powerful and updated location (OSS), ticketing, WI-FI and real-time information system based on web and mobile apps with occupancy level prediction. 

Furthermore, the company was a European pioneer in the introduction of vehicles powered by alternative energy sources with a view to achieving neutral emissions in transport (the first pilot electric bus in Europe, the first 100% electric line in Spain, etc.).

 

This award recognises the effort by Moventis TCC Pamplona to achieve total integration with society in Pamplona and its region through commitments and agreements with various entities and social stakeholders over the last 12 years.

 

All these factors helped the panel choose the company as a winner this year. The panel also appreciated the efforts by Moventis TCC Pamplona to achieve maximum satisfaction for users of this public transport service.

 

According to Ramón Palau, General Manager of Moventis TCC Pamplona, “we are extremely excited to receive this award from the specialised magazine ‘Autobuses & Autocares’, which also recognises all the hard work done by every member of the team at TCC Pamplona”. He went on to add that “this award encourages us to keep working on the development of innovative and sustainable mobility solutions every day as part of our commitment to ensuring a safe and satisfactory travel experience to all our passengers while also looking after the environment”.

Delegation from ŠKODA and Renault Group visits Movento

On 2 March, a delegation from ŠKODA visited the modern Sarsa installations in Terrassa, located at Calle Jiloca, 8.

In the photo (left to right): Vicente Martinez, Head of Second-hand Vehicle Sales Sarsa – Seat and Škoda; Jordi Mendez, Area Manager/Sales ŠKODA Spain, Jordi Domènech; General Manager of Sarsa – Seat and ŠKODA; Cesar Martínez, Head of New Vehicle Sales Sarsa ŠKODA; Michal Jaroš, Sales Manager Spain; Carlos Calatayud, Sales Director ŠKODA Spain; Fidel Jiménez de Parga, Managing Director ŠKODA Spain; Miquel Martí, President of Moventia; Luboš Vlček, Executive Director Sales Europe; Lucie Kuhn, Head of Sales Region of ŠKODA; and Antonio García, Head of Network Development Volkswagen Group Spain.

During the day, the delegation from ŠKODA learned more about the scope of Moventia and, besides reviewing the track record of Sarsa ŠKODA in 2021, shared the challenges and objectives set for 2022, strategies for this year and opinions on the present and future of mobility and operators in this sector.

 

On 10 March, we received a visit by a team from Renault Group made up by Jesús Bóveda, Commercial Director Renault; Miguel Ángel Calderón, Regional DR North Director Renault; Ana Gema Ortega, Sales Director Dacia; Iván Beguería, Business Manager Renault; and Óscar Lordén, Business Manager Dacia.

On behalf of Movento, the group was received by Miquel Martí and Silvia Martí, President and Corporate Vice-President of Moventia, respectively; the General Managers of Movento, Toni Sánchez and Santi Colomer; as well as the senior management team from Auser made up by Antoni Sánchez, Manager; Albert Parra, Head of New Vehicle Sales; Toni Castillo, Head of Second-hand Vehicle Sales; Joan Almenara, Head of After-sales Services; and Miguel Herrero, Quality Manager.

The day was used to present the Progress Plan for 2022, review the results from 2021 and look at the main challenges for 2022. An atmosphere of collaboration and harmony between the two teams was enjoyed throughout the day, leading to priorities and targets being set for the year ahead.

 

Thank you to the teams from Sarsa and Auser for their continued progress towards excellence!

 

Moventia launches urban transport service in Mecca

Moventia has launched its urban transport service in Mecca with a shuttle bus between Masjid al-Haram (the Great Mosque of Mecca) and Al Haramain Station (the high-speed train station in the same city). This is Phase 0 of the project and includes 35 vehicles. More lines will be steadily launched from now on until full operation is achieved with 12 lines at the end of this year.

Moventia is providing urban transportation in Mecca through the company TCC and in partnership with a consortium of Spanish and Saudi businesses. Overall, the service will include 400 vehicles (240 standard 12-metre buses and 160 18-metre articulated buses) and will create jobs for more than 1,200 people of different nationalities, mainly Saudis, Spaniards, Turks, Pakistanis, Indians, Egyptians and Sudanese.

 

This contract began in 2017 and Moventia has been managing the deployment stage until now, which includes bus manufacture, the design of embedded technology, employee recruitment and construction of the depots, with garages, control centres, offices and employee housing, among other things. The operation and maintenance stage has now been reached and will continue until 2030.

 

The Head of Operations at Moventis and General Manager of Moventis for Saudi Arabia, Jordi Castells, said “this partial launch of operations is a major milestone for progress by the project and was successfully carried out before the start of the pilgrimage season, meaning that pilgrims coming to the capital of Islam this year will benefit from a transport system designed and operated to Moventia standards. We hope to have the operation completely up and running by the end of the year to thus bring maximum benefits to the people of Mecca”.

Toni Sánchez Interviewed by the Newspaper El Periódico

Toni Sánchez, Managing Director of Movento Automoción, explained to the newspaper El Periódico that within the automotive sector “We’re experiencing a very high-speed transformation and it’s important to have strategies in which agile decision-making plays a relevant role”.

During the interview, the Managing Director of the automotive group shared how he sees the role of dealerships in the development of the automotive sector, the important industry transformation, the changes observed in mobility in recent years and possible future trends.

 

New public bike sharing service for CityBike Global

Barcelona, February 9th, 2022, CityBike Global and the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area have signed the contract for the new Mevo public bike-sharing service.  The service will have 4,200 bicycles, of which 3.100 ebikes, distributed in the 16 municipalities of the Metropolis before June 2023.

 

CityBike Global, a leading micro mobility company in Europe and Latin America, is the successful bidder for the public bike sharing service in the Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot Metropolitan Area, after signing the contract to implement this new service in the Metropolis. Consequently, the company reinforces its presence at European level and consolidates its international leadership in the bike sharing service that it already offers in cities such as Helsinki, Espoo, Vantaa, Clermont Ferrand, Lima and, starting in April this year, the city of Stockholm.

In the words of Michal Glaser, president of the Metropolitan Area of Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot, the signing of the contract with a new operator leaves behind the first stage of Mevo and the two years of hard struggle with the procedures of the Polish public procurement law. He added that the same type of bicycle will be introduced soon in Stockholm, and that these bikes are already being used in major European cities. He concluded that this would allow good cooperation and that the inhabitants of the Metropolis will be able to enjoy these bicycles in 2023.

For his part, Jordi Cabañas Faura, Managing Director of CityBike Global, expressed how interesting is this project as the metropolis of Gdansk-Gdynia-Sopot is the fourth largest in Poland, friendly to sustainable transport, people, and entrepreneurs. He also mentioned the pride that as a global company represents the fact of being able to offer these services, not only because it is a new city, but especially because it is the first project in Poland in the context of development plans in the Polish market (CBG is currently participating in the tender for the bike sharing service in the Metropolis of Upper Silesia-Zalebie), committing to do everything possible to meet its requirements. He thanked all the local authorities and, specially, the entire Mevo team in the Metropolitan Area.

CityBike Global will have until June 2023 to complete the launch of the entire system in the 16 municipalities. Kolbudy and Kosakowo also joined the 14 local governments that originally participated in the project (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Sopot, Żukowo, Reda, Pruszcz Gdański, Tczew, Sierakowice, Rumia, Somonino, Stężyca, Kartuzy, Puck and Władysławowo). Hence the increase in the number of bicycle collection and return stations, from 660 to 717.

Moventis Pays de Montbéliard collects Digital Mobility Award

In December, Gregory Carmona, General Manager of Moventis Pays de Montbéliard, collected the award given to the company by the magazine “Ville, Rail et Transport” in December 2020.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Moventis developed digital payment method solutions in record time.

This digitalisation of payment methods, which was rolled out swiftly and announced during the first lockdown, was necessary to guarantee employee safety and also meet the needs of users. With support from Airweb, a French leader in digital sales, Moventis was able to ensure safety for on-board ticket sales from the end of the first week of lockdown. A fortnight later, it launched the ÉvolitY Pass app to offer most of its available bus passes in a digital format.

“Initial results are highly encouraging, with sales via smartphones accounting for nearly 20%. After only six months, we are leading our sector within the transport industry”, explains Gregory Carmona, General Manager at Moventis Pays de Montbéliard.

Moventis Pays de Montbéliard was up against such cities as Toulon and Tours for this award, which are urban areas with more inhabitants than Montbéliard, meaning that receiving this award is a major milestone for the company given the size and resources of its competitors.

 

Watch the interview between Airweb and Gregory below

Josep Maria on Feedbacktoday.net

 

Here is an interview with the CEO of Moventia, Josep Maria Martí, on Feedbacktoday.net in which he explains that public transport will be the backbone of mobility and announces “major investments” in private electric vehicle recharging infrastructures. You can read the full interview , here