The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (Шаблон:Lang-fr or Шаблон:Lang; Шаблон:Lang-nl or Шаблон:Lang) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB.
Founded in 1954, STIB/MIVB operates 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines[1] and 55 bus lines, along with 11 "Noctis" bus lines (as of April 2023).[2] It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year.[3] Ridership has increased sharply in recent years to 370 million trips in 2015.[4] Peak ridership was attained in 2019 with 427.5 million journeys. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, ridership dropped below 250 million in 2020. Ridership is recovering slowly, with 273.8 million journeys in 2021 (64% of ridership recorded in 2019).[5]
In 1991, STIB/MIVB had a farebox recovery ratio of 28%.[6] In 2009, following annual increases of 1.56% in passenger journeys and 2.4% in direct revenue, fares covered 54.8% of operating costs.Шаблон:Citation needed
Transamo
STIB/MIVB is a shareholder of Transamo, a transport engineering and consultancy firm in Europe that specialises in the project management of public transport projects in France.[7][8][9][10]Transdev is the other major shareholder of Transamo.[11]
