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International Association of Public Transport

The international association of public transport is a group of people from all over the world who work together to make sure that public transportation works properly in every place. Public transportation is when many people use the same vehicles, like buses or trains, to travel to work, school, or other places.

Think about it like going to school: when many kids need to go to the same school, a school bus comes to pick them up from different locations and takes them all together to school. Similarly, when many people need to go to work, a city bus or train comes to pick them up from different locations and takes them all together to their offices.

Now, there are many different kinds of public transportation and many different rules and regulations that need to be followed to make sure everyone is safe and the transportation is efficient. That’s where the international association of public transport comes in.

They work with people who run public transportation in different countries to share best practices and new ideas, so everyone can improve the way public transportation works in their own place. They also help make connections between different countries so they can learn from each other and work together on projects that will help make public transportation even better.

So really, the international association of public transport is like a big group of people who want to make sure everyone can get to their destinations safely and conveniently, no matter where they live in the world.