Community of Metros
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The Community of Metros (also CoMET) is an international organization (London) that operates a benchmarking system for underground trains. It offers large metro systems a platform for exchange. The 14 members of COMET, the Beijing subway , the Berlin public transport , the Guangzhou Metro , MTR Corporation ( Hong Kong ), London Underground , the Mexico City Metro , the Metro Madrid , the Moscow Metro , New York City Transit Authority , RATP ( Paris ), Metro de Santiago , Metro Shanghai , Metro São Paulo and MRT (Taipei) . Each of these members operates a metro system for at least 500 million passengers per year.
Goal setting
CoMET pursues four sub-goals:
- Development of measures and best practice cases for metros.
- Creation of comparative data for metro transport companies and state authorities.
- Development of a catalog of measures for management.
- Development of improvement measures.
History and creation
Project between London Underground and Hamburger Hochbahn
During the UITP ( International Association for Public Transport ) conference in 1982, London Underground and Hamburger Hochbahn agreed to develop a benchmarking study to compare their two subways, as well as the preparation of additional data for 24 other subway systems .
Use of KPIs
Despite the different size, composition, structure and administrative procedures, the project was successfully implemented. For this purpose, key performance indicators (KPIs) were developed, on the basis of which the different systems can be compared.
Group of Five
In 1994 a benchmarking consortium was established which connects the MTR Corporation , London Underground , the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe , the NYCTA and the RATP . This enables the subway operators to network with one another and exchange performance data. The term Group of Five was later coined for this association .
Community of Metros
Subsequently, the joined in 1996 Mexico City Metro , the Metro São Paulo and Tokyo Metro to the network. With eight members, the network became the Community of Metros (CoMET).
Founding of Nova
Building on the success of CoMET, the Nova Group was formed in 1998. Nova currently consists of 14 small to medium-sized metros.
1999 until today
In 1999 Moscow Metro joined CoMET. The Metro Madrid in 2004 moved from Nova to COMET. The Shanghai Metro joined of 2005. In 2008 the Metro de Santiago and the Beijing Metro followed . The youngest member joined the MRT (Taipei) in 2010.