Urban and Suburban Transit Association
Overview
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, aimed at developing city transport in Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
.
VEKE's headquarters are located in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
. Besides this main organization there exists two affiliated VEKE Érd
Érd
Érd is city and urban county in Pest county, Budapest metropolitan area, Hungary.-History:The area has been inhabited since ancient times. Archaeological findings indicate that prehistoric men lived here 50,000 years ago....
-Diósd
Diósd
Diósd , Hungary is a small town located between the larger cities of Budapest and Érd in the Budapest metropolitan area, Pest County. It best found by travelling on the road 7 , which crosses the commune...
and Győr
Gyor
-Climate:-Main sights:The ancient core of the city is Káptalan Hill at the confluence of three rivers: the Danube, Rába and Rábca. Püspökvár, the residence of Győr’s bishops can be easily recognised by its incomplete tower. Győr’s oldest buildings are the 13th-century dwelling tower and the...
organizations. VEKE can only lobby in the cities where they have affiliated organization. VEKE organizations are open for co-operation with the city governments, but they will always maintain their political neutrality and will always do their work on a non-profit basis.
The members of VEKE participate in one of the two following workgroups:
- The Transport-developer workgroup does research on city transport and recommendates means for improving the city's urban and suburban transport.
- The Transportoperation-history workgroup does historical research on the past of urban and suburban transport.
Discussions
