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The City of Bremerhaven suffers - like many other small andmedium sized cities in Germany - from demographic changes (fewer employees, fewer pupils, increase of elderly people) and an urban regeneration as some districts are deteriorated in social and economic quality.

In Bremerhaven, 6% of the population use public transport for their displacements. Bremerhaven Bus (BHVBUS - PT Operator) has a fleet of 69 buses which cover 16 lines.

The network called "STRAV" (Société de Transport Automobile de Voyageurs) is localized at Brunoy, near Paris. Brunoy is a commune in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, France. From the centre of Paris, Brunoy is located at 20.6 km (12.8 mi) and counts around 26,000 inhabitants.

STRAV is an urban operator between two departments in the south of Paris and it is a Veolia Transport subsidiary. It owns 152 vehicles spread 22 lines and 350 bus stations. The network enables to serve 190,000 inhabitants and it has in average one breakdown per month on each bus during its route.

Gothenburg is situated on the west coast of Sweden and is the major harbour of Scandinavia. The region has around 750 000 inhabitants. Main industries are shipping and freight, pharmaceutical and biotechnical industries and the headquarters and factory of Volvo.

Madrid Region is the capital of Spain, it is situated in the centre of the country where 6 million people live. The Region is formed by 179 municipalities, and the largest being Madrid City, with 3 million inhabitants.

Nowadays in the city of Rome there are more than 2 million cars. Pedestrian and public transport's shares are only 20% each of the total mobility, while 60% of the trips are covered by private transport.

The increasing of private mobility in the metropolitan area has caused a quick and wide decreasing of the quality of life in the whole city. Starting from this point, the local administration has developed a policy aiming at improving mobility to modify modal split in favor of public transport.