Managing Transportation

56 m-long CAF URBOS tram on a refurbished section on Budapest’s tramline 1 Photo: Simon Nyirő, BKK

NEWSLETTER 6 | JUNE 2018 Managing Transportation

he SMART-MR project’s 6th in- ct partners presented their best practices in ternational workshop was held transport organising and covered different to- in Budapest on the 12th and pics about mobility management in roundtab- 13th of June, 2018. The work- le talks, focusing on the regional institutional SMART-MR (Sustainable measures Tshop organised by BKK Centre for Buda- cooperation, demand responsive transport for achieving resilient transportation pest Transport took place in the “New City (DRT), mobility as a service (MaaS), shared in metropolitan regions) is an Interreg Hall” of the Hungarian capital and it was transport solutions and autonomous vehicles. Europe project running from April 2016 discussed how transportation in a metro- A site visit was also organised to try and gain until March 2021 with a total budget politan region can be managed. insights into Budapest’s public transport sys- of approximately EUR 2.2 million. tem. The presentations, the site visit and also Circa 50 participants from eight the main findings are described in details in metropolitan regions, such as Oslo and this newsletter. Akershus (Norway), Gothenburg (Swe- Contact den), Helsinki (Finland), Ljubljana (Slo- BKK Centre for venia), Rome (Italy), Porto (Portugal), Budapest Barcelona (Spain) and Budapest (Hun- Transport gary) took part in the sixth workshop of the project’s seven workshops, in the fra- Balázs Fejes mework of which presentations were held Innovation expert about the regional institutions of the Hun- Mobility Strategy garian capital and its surroundings, about Strategy and Innovation BKK’s institutional structures and roles, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport the Hungarian capital’s mobility strategy Phone: +36 30 774 1133 (Budapest Mobility Plan, BMT) and also Participants of the 6th SMART-MR workshop E-mail: [email protected] about the UN’s sustainable goals. Proje- Photo: Per Kristersson Web: www.bkk.hu NEWSLETTER 6 | JUNE 2018

Good practice in Barcelona Green Ticket (T-verda metropolitana)

Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelo- na (AMB) and Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM) promote a new transport ticket to encourage people to retire their old and pollutant vehicles. Citizens who retire their old car/ motorcycles (without environmental sticker) can get the Green Ticket, which is a 3-year free pass for all Dr. Janez Nared welcoming the workshop | Photo: Simon Nyirő, BKK public transport (ATM zone). The only condition to keep the ticket is the prohi- bition of buying another vehicle (even with environmental sticker). Interreg Europe, platform for a The basic and necessary condi- tions for getting the green card are fruitful cooperation the following: Dr. Janez Nared, Lead Partner, SMART-MR • Being a registered resident in one of the 36 metropolitan municipa- he idea of the Interreg Europe pro- Their cooperation within the Interreg Europe lities. gram is to help regional and local platform gives them a unique opportunity for • Having got rid of a light diesel governments across Europe to de- professional growth, capacity building and vehicle up to Euro 3 (manufactured velop and deliver better policy by networking. before 2005), or gasoline or gas up Tcreating an environment and opportunities to to Euro 2 (manufactured before 2000) share solutions. In the framework of projects, This is an opportunity also for all of the and motorcycles type pre-Euro or such as the SMART-MR project, they are able partner regions, which can generally take ad- Euro 1. to exchange their experiences and good prac- vantage of people’s potentials, strive for the • Not having bought any new ve- tices, as well as create a network of experts, most suitable solutions and avoid mistakes hicle for 6 months before the date of which can transfer those good practices to by learning from the others’ success and fai- scrapping, nor after the mentioned their regions. lure, and by providing innovative, acceptable loss during the period of validity of the and prudent solutions, resulting in successful Metropolitan Green Card. All of the workshops organised within the pro- and resilient metropolitan regions with a high ject are thus new steps taken in the field of mutual quality of life. learning, by which new knowledge can be acqui- red and, even more importantly, new relation- The workshop aiming at transport ma- ships can be created between the participants. nagement in Budapest in June 2018 was a good example of this process. By attending By the involvement of experts, partners the workshop sessions, the participants could are able to better identify challenges, state-of- learn from each other and by testing Buda- the-art, good practices, drivers and barriers. pest’s transport system, they were inspired by This practice encourages citizens Experts contribute to mutual learning, sup- several ideas on how the services of public to retire their old and pollutant vehicles port cross-sectoral approach, but at the same transport in their regions could be improved. and to use public transport, instead of time, they are part of the process by getting At the same time, they provided some va- buying a new private vehicle. ideas from their counterparts across Europe, luable comments to BKK Centre for Budapest This initiative helps to reduce pol- by bridging skills and knowledge gap, by dis- Transport, the host organisation on how to lution and to improve the metropolis’ air seminating knowledge and by creating a com- improve their services. quality; at the same time, it represents mon understanding among the participants. a real alternative when restrictions on The SMART-MR project’s success can the circulation of polluting vehicles Putting experts at the fore is the crucial be attributed both to the dedicated partners start to be applicable in the metropoli- element in providing a smarter future. They and also to the numerous enthusiastic experts tan Low-Emission Zones (ZBE). contribute to a policy change on a daily ba- who are willing to share their knowledge and Users pollute less and at the sis. They are the ones who know the proces- participate in the project events. Many thanks same time get used to moving with ses and trends and, most probably, they for your effort and for all the experiences by public transport in the long run (valid know how to address various challenges. which you contribute to the project. for 3 years). Therefore, this measure

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promotes a new model of sustainable mobility, discouraging the ownership of cars and motorcycles. The service is managed by the AMB, and it has proved so successful that the Generalitat de Catalunya (regional government) has decided to adopt it and extend it to the rest of the territory with the name of T-Verda.

Good practice in Budapest Integrated mobility ma- Dr. Kálmán Dabóczi (Ph.D.), BKK’s CEO speaking at Budapest’s New City Hall nagement in Budapest Photo: Simon Nyirő, BKK The Municipality of Budapest as the competent authority for local Official welcome by the CEO transport established BKK Centre for Budapest Transport as an integrat- of BKK, Dr. Kálmán Dabóczi ed transport authority for managing transportation issues in Budapest. BKK as a public company manages r. Kálmán Dabóczi, BKK’s Mr. Dabóczi spoke about the tasks and activities such as strategic CEO welcomed the parti- word SMART, which is often linked mobility planning, road safety, public cipants of the 6th SMART- to ITS but in his sense the smartest transport, strategic road management MR workshop. He gave a thing is not the technology, but to and maintenance, parking, taxi ser- Dshort introduction about BKK Centre learn from each other, even if people vices as well as passenger informa- for Budapest Transport, established in do not agree or understand each ot- tion. Through the cross-sectoral inte- 2010, which is acting as a responsib- her completely. Communication and gration of all transport modes, BKK le mobility manager of the city, provi- knowledge sharing are key factors; functions as an integrated mobility ding strategic planning and organising we should build bridges to connect manager. Following reorganisations public transport services and based people. The winner of innovation is in the past few years, transportation on sustainability principles, harmoni- the one who can find relevant infor- is managed by four companies: BKK sing travel demands. As a result of the mation sources, can implement the and its subsidiaries: Budapest-Közút past years’ development and innovati- best practices and can share the kno- (Public Road Manager), BKÜ (Buda- on, Budapest has managed to join the wledge, data and these practices with pest Transport Customer Relations) customer-oriented metropolises’ lea- each other. This kind of networking and BÖK (Budapest Municipal Debt gue, which has an efficient transport can bring together participants and Management). Budapest Közút is governance system with an integrated as a result, a scientific cluster can be responsible for management, opera- mobility manager, a sustainable urban formed in the world. “Today’s topics, tion and maintenance of roads and mobility plan (SUMP) and a public like decarbonisation, MaaS, transport bridges, BKÜ is responsible for ticket transport system that provides better management are very important but it sales and ticket control, while BÖK is services and an integrated transport is crucial to be able to work together responsible for penalty fare debt ma- infrastructure with more connections also for the very basic values, such as nagement. and attractive vehicles and, further- life quality and environment, besides Creating an integrated transport more values quality and innovation. the above-mentioned values”, decla- authority ensures a holistic approach A responsible mobility manager has red the CEO. He emphasised the im- to mobility as a whole, instead of se- to be committed to helping citizens to portance of research and innovation ctoral views. It also helps to make become smart travellers with reaso- projects, such as the SMART-MR pro- tasks and responsibilities clear. BKK nable mobility choices, and be aware ject and the importance of acquiring is responsible for all travellers regard- of and implement the latest trends in each other’s good practices. He final- less of the purpose, the aim or the mobility, such as the e-mobility, auto- ly wished participants a very fruitful mode of transport. Travel demand is mation, public participation, mobility communication and knowledge tran- influenced based upon sustainability as a service and sharing based mo- sfer, in the framework of which they principles, real society demands and bility. can share their know-how they have reasonable economic costs. globally because everyone will be richer with the experience and ideas in the end.

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Good practice in Regional institutional structure Göteborg for transport organisation in ElectriCity – coope- Budapest’s metropolitan area ration on tomorrow’s Dr. Zsolt Denke (Ph.D.), senior public transport expert, BKK public transport

How do we create preconditions for sustainable and attractive public transport? What types of new opportunities arise for urban planning when noise and exhaust fumes disappear? In Gothenburg, Sweden 15 partners from industry, academy and society are now working together to develop, test and demonstrate new solutions for the future. This cooperation goes under the name of ElectriCity. The testing and evaluation of electric bus ope- rations are central parts of ElectriCity. On 15 June 2015, a new bus service – route 55 – started to operate between the two campuses of Chalmers Uni- Public transport institutional framework versity of Technology in Johanneberg and Lindholmen. The three demo buses run on renewable electricity and n Budapest’s metropolitan area, the or- pality). The cost of the suburban services is are extremely energy-efficient, quiet der, the decision making process and covered by the Ministry of Transport. and entirely emission-free. On board the fulfilment of public transport services the buses, passengers have free ac- are depending on the type of the service, Cooperation in Budapest’s metropolitan cess to the latest technology. The bus Iwhich can be local or suburban ones. area stops at Teknikgatan on Lindholmen. Quiet and emission-free public tran- Hungary is based on a two-level ad- There are contractual relationships between sport can operate in areas currently ministrational structure regarding public the authorities’ two levels on tariff and ser- closed to traffic, thus opening up new transport services. Local municipalities are vice integration. scope for planning in cities and towns. responsible for local transport, while the sta- Apart from the three all-electric demo te is responsible for regional transport. In A cooperation for tariff integration buses, the route is also served by a Budapest’s metropolitan region, both types between authorities started in 2005. The number of electric-hybrid buses po- are available: in the city, BKK is the compe- existing agreement on Budapest’s integrated wered by electricity for about 70 % of tent authority on behalf of the Municipality tickets and passes was signed in 2010. Inte- the route. of Budapest, while the Ministry of Transport grated tickets and passes are valid on local By collaborating with a large and orders suburban services in the metropolitan services ordered by the Municipality of Buda- varied group of stakeholders, new so- area. In Budapest, there is an in-house public pest and also on the suburban and regional lutions can be developed: not only an transport operator (BKV) and one-third of the services within Budapest ordered by the Mi- electric bus route but also urban plan- bus services are tendered out. The suburban nistry of Transport. ning, research etc., by which a more services are operated by state railway com- holistic approach can be created to panies (MÁV-START, MÁV-HÉV) and by the Since 2016, there has been a new agree- facilitate change. state-owned regional bus company (VOLÁN- ment concluded between and by the compe- BUSZ). Decisions related to the tariff for the tent authorities on special suburban rail and inner city services is made by the Municipality bus services. These lines serve both the city of Budapest while for the suburban services and the metropolitan area but they have a by the Ministry of Transport. There is a gover- stronger role within Budapest than the pre- nment decree regulating the tariff discounts viously mentioned regional services. These (also the local ones) nationwide. The State services were previously ordered by the Mu- Government grants fare subsidies for these nicipality of Budapest, while nowadays they discounts as a compensation. Additional local are ordered by the Ministry of Transport. The discounts are decided by the Municipality of agreement regulates the smooth change of Budapest. The cost of service in Budapest competent authorities to keep services to con- (which is not covered by fare box revenues tinuously remain part of Budapest’s integrated and fare subsidy) is covered directly by the transportation. Photo: Volvo ElectriCity Municipality of Budapest and indirectly by the Hungarian Government (through the munici- 4 NEWSLETTER 6 | JUNE 2018

Further service integration (FUTÁR), bus departure displays in bus sto- Good practice in ps used by local and regional buses indicate he replacement of services in case both local and regional bus departures. BKK’s Helsinki of service disruptions is part of the customer service centres sell not only its transport service integration, which own tickets but also regional tickets (of MÁV- HLJ2015 – Agree- is a good practice in Budapest START and VOLÁNBUSZ). A fully integrated ment on Regional Infra- T(e.g. during the reconstruction of Budapest’s tariff and ticketing system in the metropolitan structure Development national railway line or during the reconstruc- area is planned to be implemented in the fu- Projects tion of metroline M3). In the framework of ture. the integrated passenger information system As a part of the Helsinki Region Transport system plan (HLJ2015), 14 municipalities of the region made the proposal on 16 most important Mobility management in infrastructure projects to develop the transport system of the Helsinki re- Budapest gion. It was made within a large-scale Patrik Tóth, innovation associate, BKK planning project with multi-level and cross-sectoral participation process in udapest, as the capital of jects. The specific public transport close cooperation with land use and Hungary, is the region’s tasks include planning, integrating, housing sectors. Projects were na- economic, touristic, social, regulating, tendering, awarding, pro- med in the agreement signed by and educational and transport moting, managing as well as cont- between the State and Helsinki region Bhub. With its 1,75 million inhabitants, rolling public transport-related tasks. municipalities, in which also the fun- it is the largest city in Hungary, co- The originally founded system was ding was agreed. vering 525 km2 land and being sur- slightly changed in 2016; BKK conti- rounded by 80 further municipalities nues to perform transport organising accommodating 0.8 million additional as well as strategic and supervisory inhabitants, together forming the Bu- road management tasks on behalf of dapest metropolitan region. the Municipality of the City of Buda- pest, while road operation and main- The city has a dense transport system tenance duties were transferred to including 4,500 km road and 3,320 km Budapest Közút Zrt, an autonomous public transport network, 5,000 taxis company that has a separate public and 2,200 public transport vehicles, service contract with the municipality. carrying 5 million passengers on a BKK’s two further subsidiary compa- daily basis. The vehicle fleet has been nies have been involved in transport improved to a great extent for the last organising: the collection of parking HLJ 2015 and its proposal for 8 years. The average age of the ve- fee and public transport penalty fare infrastructure projects are a strategic hicles is constantly decreasing, while debts was assigned to Budapest Mu- plan taking an overall view of the tran- the proportion of the low floor vehicles nicipal Debt Management (BÖK Kft.) sport system in the Helsinki region. is continuously improving. For the last in September 2016, while Budapest The preparation of HLJ 2015 has few years 1,000 low-floor, air-condi- Transport Customer Relations (BKÜ been closely linked to the preparation tioned, state-of-the-art buses have Zrt.) has been managing customer re- of the Helsinki Region Land Use Plan been put in service in Budapest. New lations tasks in cooperation with BKK and the Housing Strategy was inclu- vehicles are running on metro lines since May 2017, in addition to provided in it. The plan helps to ensure the 3 and 4, while new trams and trolley ding internal support services to BKK. flow of traffic also in the future in all buses have also been procured. In the 14 Helsinki region municipalities. the modal split, public transport has BKK as Budapest’s responsible The high rate of population growth in a 45% share, car transport 35%, wal- mobility manager is in charge of all the region poses challenges for tran- king 18% and finally biking only 2%. travellers regardless of the purpose, sport and the urban structure. The The goal for 2030 is to increase green the aim and the mode of transport. goal is to enable sustainable growth. transport modes from 65% to 80%. There is no absolute priority among The agreement also targets to equali- transport modes. BKK does its best se decisions on infrastructure projects BKK Centre for Budapest Tran- to harmonise the demand/supply between municipalities and it ensures sport was founded by the Municipality ratio of transport modes, based on funding from the state. of Budapest in 2010 as the compe- real time information and long-term tent integrated transport organiser strategic values. The travel demand is with responsibilities covering public to be influenced based upon sustain- transport, cycling, walking, public ability principles, real society demands road and bridge infrastructure mana- and reasonable economic costs. gement, parking and taxi services as well as transport development pro- 5 NEWSLETTER 6 | JUNE 2018

Good practice in Ljubljana Integrating regular and school bus lines in Grosuplje and Škofljica

In most of the suburban municipalities, there are two parallel settings for local bus transportation: regular buses and school buses. Regular bus lines and bus sto- Modal shift targets according Budapest’s mobility strategy ps are registered and controlled at a national level. Contracts with service providers and subsidies are long- BKK’s current flagship projects: • Road developments with integrated term. Schedules are fixed and pub- approach, licly published. Everybody can use • Reconstruction of metro line M3, • Reconstruction of the Budafok tram them by paying a ticket, but buses are Hungary’s busiest rail line, carrying depot, mostly not a preferred way of tran- 500,000 passengers on a daily ba- • Procurement of new trams and trol- sportation. sis. The work is performed in 3 pha- leybuses, School buses, on the other hand, ses; the first phase is currently being • Planning of the connection of metro are commonly in municipal domain. carried out. The reconstructed sec- line M2 with suburban rail line H8. Contracts are usually annual, schedu- tion is successfully replaced with ar- les and bus stops are adaptable to ticulated buses having a 45-second Furthermore, BKK is strongly in- schools’ needs and are not published. frequency, with replacement trams volved in international activities, spe- Only pupils can use them and the ser- and by other measures, cifically in policy making and adopti- vice is paid for by the municipality. • Tramline 1 is being extended from on, professional networking and in There are two ways to combine Fehérvári út to Kelenföld railway R+D+I projects. A responsible mobility those two systems: station, reaching a big intermodal manager has to be committed to hel- a) School bus operators could node in Buda, ping citizens to become smart travel- apply for special permit from the na- • Renovation of the Széchenyi Chain lers with reasonable mobility choices tional authorities to carry also other Bridge, the oldest bridge in Buda- and be aware of and implement the passengers. Still, the timetables are pest, latest trends in mobility. not publicly published and are adapt- • Development of metro line M1 with ed to primary school needs only. two new stops, new vehicles and b) School buses are fully integrat- accessibility, ed in PPT system. All buses can be • Planning of the northern extension of used by pupils and all other passen- metro line M3, gers. In Grosuplje, Škofljica and some other municipalities, they took the second option. Before the changes in 2013 on most of the local lines there were only three to five daily regular connections and three departures for school pupils only. In 2013, all the departures have been integrated into the PPT system. In Grosuplje and Škofljica additional late afternoon and evening departures have been introduced, as well. In this way more people are able to use buses (high school students, employees, the elderly etc.), with the similar municipal investment, the number of daily bus connections has doubled, school pupils can use buses for afternoon or evening activities for free, as well and bus lines are available in journey planners.

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SUMP planning in Budapest Good practice in Tünde Hajnal, innovation expert, BKK Oslo/Akershus Residential parking in Oslo

Street parking outside the city centre has mostly been free of charge for everyone. In residential neighbour- hoods close to the city centre, with limited street parking for residents, the parking situation has been chal- lenging because of a high number of parked cars by commuters. After a few years with smaller test areas in the city, the final scheme for residential parking was presented to the politicians in the district councils. Nine (out of 15) districts decided to implement the scheme (five in the whole district, four in some streets in the district). Most of these are quite close to the city centre. The implementation started in 2017 and it will finish in 2018. With a resident card (an electro- nic system based on the registration he Budapest Mobility Plan (BMT), planning. The SUMP planning process start- number of the car), (approximately based on the Budapest 2030 Ur- ed in 2012, by reviewing the formal strategy. 300 Euro/year, and 26 Euro/month) ban Development Concept, is Bu- After a large-scaled institutional and public residents can park their cars in the re- dapest’s transport development discussion was carried out, the BMT’s obje- sidential parking places in the streets Tstrategy for the period of 2014–2030, prepa- ctives and measures were approved by the within their district. Visitors can pay red in the spirit of sustainable urban mobility City Council in 2015. Based on this essential for parking (1 hour = 3 Euro). EVs and planning. policy, the SUMP’s programming part, which hydrogen cars park for free. contains the assessment and the schedule The practice reduces the possibi- BKK Centre for Budapest Transport is of the transport project has been finished in lity to use your private car for commu- responsible for Budapest’s transport strategy 2018. ting in an effective way. The possibility is still there, but because of the parking fee, the commuters are forced to consider other means of transport to work. The parking situation for residents has also improved. This reduces un- necessary driving to try to find a va- cant spot. This will again reduce emissions. Most of the districts where the residential parking scheme is being introduced are close to the city centre/in urbanised areas where the residents also have good public transport and the possibility to walk and cycle to their everyday activities. The 300 Euro yearly fee to park in what used to be free parking spots might push people who are not dependent on their car in the direction to sell it. Streets not filled with cars can be used to improve the facilities for people who are walking, cycling and

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using public transport (e.g. separate lanes for cycling or buses). According to the general goals of Buda- The BMT Budapest Mobility Plan – First The scheme is also a source of pest 2030, Budapest’s transport must impro- SUMP (sustainable urban mobility planning) income for the municipality. ve the competitiveness of the town and its re- is the basis of Budapest’s transport develop- gion and must also contribute to establishing ment strategy and has a multimodal holistic a sustainable, liveable, attractive and healthy approach. This strategy was prepared in line Good practice in urban environment. The operational goals re- with the EU requirements for the program- quired for achieving the strategic objectives ming of development resources in order to be Porto (liveable urban environment, safe, predictable prepared for applying for EU funds supporting and dynamic transport services, cooperative urban transport. The transport development Governance changes regional relations) appear in four areas of in- projects of the next two EU financing periods in Public Transport Sys- tervention: infrastructure, vehicles, services must serve the realisation of these objectives. tem in MR of Porto and the governance system, i.e., more connections, attractive vehicles, better services According to the consequences of the In August 2015, Área Metropo- and efficient governance. institutional analysis, in the course of the fol- litana do Porto (AMP) became the lowing years, the SUMP planning as well as competent Transport Authority for The approximately sixty measures ser- the transport organisation’s institutional back- public inter- municipality passenger ving the operational objectives cover all ground should be extended to regional level. transport services, road transport urban modes of transport and sub-sectors lines that intersect more than one (from walking to cycling and public transport On 21 February 2017, the European municipality and which are wholly or to individual transport, also including parking, Commission revealed the finalists of the 5th mainly developed in the metropolitan freight transportation, taxi services as well Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning (SUMP) area of Porto. as technology- and IT-based developments) Award, and Budapest Mobility Plan was The Porto transport network is with a systematic, yet differentiated approach, among the three finalists that showed excel- constituted by: and also manages complex issues such as lence in integrating freight in the development - Metro do Porto, metro in seven the developments concerning the river Da- of their SUMPs. municipalities of the metropolitan area nube (bridges, waterborne transport), tourism of Porto with six lines; needs and public space improvements. - Urban Trains in Porto, 82 stations, within a radius of 60 km around the Porto city and four different lines, covering six municipalities of the metropolitan area; Workshop description - STCP, public transport operator operating buses in six municipalities and results of the metropolitan area of Porto; - 34 private bus operators, However, with regard to municipal he workshop titled “Mana- the most relevant topics in small lines (with origin, destination and inte- ging transportation” was groups emerged from the analysis of gral route in a single municipality), the aimed at sharing experien- the 6th Inventory. At each roundtable municipalities assumed themselves ces among the project’s session, workshop participants were automatically as transport authorities Tmetropolitan region partners, search- divided into four parallel groups and and with regard to public operators ing for good practices and possible each group was dedicated to a table (Metro do Porto, STCP and train) the knowledge exchange and finally dee- with a moderator and administrator competence remained in the sphere pening the knowledge starting from provided by BKK. of the State. the inventory. In this sense, AMP promoted a The following topics were discussed new management model with the fol- The meeting was organised in during the roundtable sessions: lowing objective: three sections: plenary sessions with • Table A: Institutional questions, speeches by partners and experts; strategies, policies Improving citizens’ mobility in the four roundtables sessions for small • Table B: Mobility as a Service metropolis of Porto through greater ef- groups; and a site visit examining (MaaS), data related questions, ITS ficiency and sustainable management Budapest’s public transport system. • Table C: Demand responsive of the public passenger transport ser- The first morning of the workshop transport (DRT), public transport, bus vice, as well as the universal access titled “Managing transportation” was fleets, and quality of services, economic, so- dedicated to a plenary session, in the • Table D: Shared solutions, auto- cial and territorial cohesion, balanced framework of which an overview of nomous vehicles, development of the transport sector the situation could be gained in Buda- and intermodal coordination. pest’s metropolitan region as well as Each topic relates to one (or more) of the different partners’ good practices the following priorities from the mobi- In pursuit of this strategy, AMP related to the workshop topic could lity strategy BMT: has established a broad collaborati- be learnt. 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memorandum of understanding and With the future development delegation and sharing of competen- of autonomous vehicles, parking ces that support the organisation and problems could be partially solved, management of metropolitan mobility. however road transport will not be The main entities involved are the reduced. The same applies also to central state (Environment Ministry electric cars, which do not mitigate + Mobility and Transport Institute + congestions. Car sharing could be a Mobility and Transport Authority), the good way to increase the efficiency private operators represented by their Photo: Simon Nyirő, BKK of car transport and combined with association (ANTROP), the public autonomous vehicles, it could be a operators, the municipalities and, of • Attractive vehicles – Table C good solution for lower density areas. course, the metropolitan area of Por- • More connections – Table C Autonomous vehicles are already to. The workshop’s participants available in public transport (mainly - One Transport Authority agreed that the backbone of the in the subway system), where a good With an inter-administrative contract metropolitan region’s transport sys- example in Budapest is the M4 metro for delegation of competencies it was tem should be public transport – also line, which operates driverless cars possible to transform the 17 munici- the in long term – in the framework without platform screen doors. pal authorities plus the metropolitan of which some good examples could authority into one, resulting in a signi- be identified in Budapest. Public tran- There is a need for integration ficant gain in efficiency, in optimising sport should be accessible, reliable between the city and region regar- human, technological and financial and comfortable. It is also planned ding transport management, between resources, facilitating the standardi- in the long term that public tran- different sectors and also between sation of procedures and better arti- sport should be decarbonised, which service providers. A new way of inte- culation with transport operators. means mainly to phase out diesel gration is realised in the Mobility as a - Creation of Technical Ma- buses. This, however is not so easy Service (MaaS) system, where a joint nagement Units (TMU). at the moment, as the current ele- platform has been set up to integrate The Delegation of Competence ctric bus operational models have a the planning and management of trips Agreement also provided for the crea- lot of uncertainties. Nonetheless, the together with ticket purchase and va- tion of Technical Management Units metropolitan region’s mobility strate- lidation. (TMU). These TMUs make it possible gies count on having zero emission for the State to delegate the compe- buses by 2030. In the meantime, A future challenge of transport tences to which they are committed Workshop description CNG buses could be a temporary so- management is to find the right mix to to the inter-municipal entities. An lution. between different transport modes, example is the TMU of municipali- and results shared solutions and autonomous ve- ties served by the STCP network, a An important option for decarbo- hicles in order to cut greenhouse gas state-regulated operator, which, by nising transport is to enhance walking emissions and to create a liveable ur- means of an inter-administrative cont- and cycling as soft transport modes. ban environment without limiting the ract, will delegate the competencies It is even better to reduce transport need for mobility. of regulating, supervising STCP ca- needs for example, with the help of reers at TMU_STCP, coordinated by new communication methods, wor- the Municipality of Porto and by the king from home, etc. AMP and will include representatives of the other five municipalities where Photo: Dávid Nyitrai, BKK STCP buses operate. - Working groups (WG) Different WGs, involving different organisations were established, in order to share competences and develop common projects to reach the common goal. The articulation of several players allows a shared vision for the mobility on MR level and enables MR’s citizens to have an integrated public passenger transport system with an efficient and sustainable management. Main results: - Significant efficiency gains to the design level of networks and promotion of inter-modality, while opti- mizing the cost calculation, according

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to the type of needs and available resources. - Amplification of the use of the ANDANTE (intermodal ticket system) to more operators and more territory areas. - Better information to the public (Move.me AMP app) – That allows the public to have access to integrated, public transport-related information. - Better planning - the transport model (under construction) Oversight – AMP as a transport authority will have the tools to see the gaps between planning and the reality. ANDA – The new ticket system of the MR of Porto ANDA is a ticketing system based Dr. János Zlinszky presenting in the meeting on a mobile application developed by Photo: Dr. Judit Albert, BKK TIP-Transportes Intermodal do Porto (the enterprise responsible for our intermodal ticket system – ANDANTE), Transport management: in collaboration with transport operators and the Faculty of Engineering of the current global context the University of Porto. Dr. János Zlinszky, associate professor, Pázmány Péter Catholic University It is intended for public transport users in the Metropolitan Area of Por- he 20th century left humanity fort successfully mitigated some key to.It is an investment of around two in an utterly unsustainable social symptoms through measures million Euros, fully granted by the situation. Scarcity of natural in education, healthcare, and aid pro- Environmental Fund of the Ministry of capital – the foundation of vided to the poor. The subsequent the Environment. Tthe real economy – increases world- UN ‘’2030 Program for Sustainable At this moment ANDA is in the wide. Inter- and intranational dispari- Development” takes the next step, experimental phase (few selected lities in the access to income, goods aiming at bringing about a radical nes and users). and services are growing due to the change of the unsustainable system to It makes the ticket system much combined effects of resource scarci- a sustainable one. This comprehensive easier for the user: the passenger ty, economic exploitation, and social plan – unanimously endorsed in 2015 just needs to have an app on his or injustice. All these cause an accelera- as UN Resolution A/RES/70/1 ‘’Trans- her smart phone and the payment is ting erosion of resilience, stability and forming our World” – is a system of 169 made after the end of the months ba- security of the global domino-system mutually supportive, interdependent sed on its use and the algorithm deve- of regions and states. targets arranged under 17 global ‘’Sus- loped for the system will present the tainable Development Goals” (SDGs most economical and cost-effective Between 2000 and 2015, the UN for brevity). Transport is an important tariff solution for the customer. ‘’Millennium Development Goals” ef- sub-system of the whole. All targets to-

Good practice in Rome Roma TPL: the company that broke the monopoly of public transport in Rome

Roma TPL is the second manager of Public Transport of Rome, which provides service mainly for ”Pe- ripheral Lines”, in compliance with a Service Contract awarded in 2010 by Rome, after a specific EU-level tender was launched. 17 Sustainable Development Goals I UNDP 10 NEWSLETTER 6 | JUNE 2018

The Service Level Agreement gether form a ‘’watertight” program, global deaths and injuries resul- specifies the operation of the Periphe- based on and endorsed by science, ting from road traffic accidents by ral Lines of the Municipality of Rome to keep the sinking ‘’ecosocial boat” 2020. However, at least a dozen for eight years, for approximately 28 we all travel in together afloat. Lea- more targets have transport-re- million km a year. This is about 20% king, incomplete implementation levance. Linked by one to three of the bus transport service operated of even a few targets can sink the steps in a causal chain, some, in Rome. The remaining 80% is ope- whole ship. Fully implementing our like 13.1 and 13.2 for climate rated by ATAC, which is the first ma- SDG obligations may well be our action, 3.9 and 11.6 for air pol- nager of the Roman TPL. last chance for peace and stability. lution mitigation, or 2.3 and 11.a The Company has a fleet of for rural productivity and access about 440 buses and involves a to- Two targets are directly tran- are greatly aided by progress tal of 1,900 people to operate the 83 sport-related: 11.2 aims to provide, in the field of target 11.2. Pro- peripheral lines of its competence. It by 2030, access to safe, affor- gress in others, like 7.3, 9.1, or has five depots in the city and is po- dable, accessible and sustainable 12.c, provides technological, sitioned, in terms of size, above the transport systems for all, notably infrastructural and economic average Italian Local Public Transport by expanding public transport, support for an expanding sustai- companies. with special attention to the needs nable public transport system. The Company has ISO 9001/2000 of those in vulnerable situations – Exemplary transport manage- Quality Certification and is committed women, children, persons with di- ment development in the EU is a to providing a professional service to sabilities, and older persons; while political and moral imperative on users in a context of continuous imp- 3.6 aims to halve, the number of a global scale. rovement. Roma TPL was the first example of a European tender in Rome to assign public transport and to break the monopoly of the incumbent ATAC owned by the municipality of Rome, which consequently had the cont- radictory role of controlling its own company. The plan was to divide the public transport service into 4-6 areas and request tenders for all of them but Rome’s next city administration did not continue the policy. The Rome TPL Service Contract does not refer to standard costs, but provides, in addition to specific penal- ties related to factors of regularity and quality of service, remuneration pro- portional to the mileage output provided. It is a gross-cost contract. A positive result was a drastic di- minution of the cost per bus-km, half of that of the ATAC. Another positive aspect is in the monitoring of the services of Roma TPL by the mobility agency. The Roma TPL buses have on-board GPS, cameras, and sensors at the door to count passengers’ boar- ... but many more have ding and alighting. The mobility agency can check in real time whether scheduled services transport relevance!!! are being respected and apply penal- ties. There are no rewards for better service. (2015) The figure shows the penalty app- lied to the Roma TPL during the period from 2011 to 2016. „ Transport services and infrastructure are essential to achieving most, if not all, the SDGs ”

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Policy recommendations

ne part of the workshop, tegration should be established • The city of the future can ensure the fourth roundtable between different sectors, like spatial its citizens door-to-door transportati- session was dedicat- and transport planning. on without any private vehicles. This ed to summarising the concept needs different sharing sys- Oworkshop by formulating policy re- • Public transport should be ac- tems in addition to well-designed PT commendations incorporating the cessible to all people, paying special services. presentations heard, the results of attention also to low demand areas. the roundtables and the experiences • Payment systems (parking and gained at the site visit. The following • The public transport system congestion charge) could influence major policy recommendations could should be fail safe, building on reliab- the demand patterns of travellers. be drawn from the workshop: le backbone modes but at the same time having alternative routes, as well • Utilisation of streets and pub- • Continue the subject of mobility in order to avoid network breakdowns lic spaces is important; more space at the EU program level. While policy in case of line failures. for pedestrians and cyclists, less for learning platforms are not working cars and the number of public parking well; more attention should be paid to • A long term strategic vision is im- spots could be reduced. This is the and more money should be given to portant, where transport planning can way to make future cities. the transfer of good practices. and should be relied on. • We should give travel plans for • In order to manage mobility in • Prioritising transport modes companies, and we should provide a metropolitan areas better, a certain through pricing is important. We need good example for behavioural chan- degree of integration is needed in the an inventory and a clean vision. Priori- ge. It is important to involve children following areas: ty should be given to sustainable and at young ages, as well. We should o Information: all the information the active modes of transportation. make good first memories for them. should be gathered at one point in order to manage the transport system • Full integration of mobility is • Most of the European cities have more efficiently. needed, including the bikes and pe- good PT, but they still have conges- o Territories: some kind of inte- destrians. The cycling system has to tion. The problem is the usage of cars. grated transport management should be integrated into the public transport Reduced car use should be forced be established between the local and system and travel distances have to by the politicians and city managers. regional levels, because transport flo- be shortened. Pull-push methods for more attractive ws do not stop at city boundaries. PT is a good way to reduce the level o Sectors: an inter-sectorial in- of car usage.

12 Photo: Dávid Nyitrai, BKK NEWSLETTER 6 | JUNE 2018 tram lines, two metro lines, two bus lines, a trolley line, a suburban railway line and finished the challenge with a pleasant boat trip.

Following major remarks, observations and suggestions were made by the participants after the site visit:

• Budapest’s public transport system is well organised, is robust even during rush hours, so one can trust in it. The major transit lines run very frequently.

• The FUTÁR mobile application for passenger information and travel planning is very useful and easy to use. However, it could be further developed including the option of ticket purchase through the application.

• Metro line 4 is automated and its stations have no platform screen doors at the Part of the group on a tram figuring out what the best way is to get around stations. Nevertheless, the metro line has during the site visit | Photo: Simon Nyirő, BKK been working without a single accident.

• Public transport service during the re- Site visit construction of metro line M3 is well organised. The metro replacement buses run frequently here was a site visit included in the had a very good impression of public tran- with sufficient capacity and the passenger in- workshop in order to try out and gain sport in Budapest. The density of the network, formation system functions thoroughly. insights into how transportation, es- service frequency, vehicles, passenger infor- pecially public transport is functio- mation and communication channels impres- • The public boat service on the river Da- Tning in Budapest. The visit’s double aim was sed the teams. Three teams travelled on the nube is very convenient. There is no need to to let the participants get an impression of the M3 metro line’s scheduled replacement bus have air-conditioning on the boat: the river city’s transport situation and at the same time and were predominantly very satisfied with Danube functions as natural air conditioning to have some feedback from them. The site vi- the service level. Bilingual, passenger infor- for Budapest’s citizens and visitors. sit was organised as a wayfinding challenge to mation dedicated to tourists was mentioned make more interesting and to involve partici- as an area, which requires to be further imp- • Organising an unscheduled (operative) pants into the activity. The wayfinding challen- roved. One team encountered an unschedu- replacement service is very efficient. ge was an exciting site visit and a competition led replacement on a trolleybus line, where between groups with the aim to reach the best the team was impressed by the speed of the • The ticketing system is not user friendly; use of Budapest’s public transport system. organisational intervention of the replacement it is set up in the interest of BKK and does not Participants were grouped into four teams of line. It was a hot June afternoon, therefore all serve passengers’ needs. A ticket should be 8-10 people and each team was escorted by a teams had several comments about air-con- valid for the whole journey, not a single trip. local guide. Teams collected points based on ditioning on the vehicles – positive comments Bike-sharing should be integrated into the tic- the number of used modes of transport and when A/C was properly functioning, negative keting system. lines. Extra points could be reached by cros- comments when A/C was not working ap- sing the Danube, using a replacement vehicle propriately. Consequently, a well-functioning • Passenger information should be further or using the longest tram in the world (CAF). In A/C system is crucial for customer satisfac- developed and made suitable for non-daily addition, sharing experience about the public tion. Boat transport (which is part of PT) ama- users, as well. transport system by providing feedbacks and zed three teams. Teams criticised the presen- photos were also awarded. ce of homeless people aboard vehicles and • Air conditioning and step-free access the lack of cycling infrastructure. are key issues for delivering high quality pub- The four motivated groups started the lic transport services. Some public transport site visit from Fővám Square. The first line At the end of the site visit, the teams stat- services in Budapest still do not have the air was predetermined for all groups. During the ed that they had visited many interesting parts conditioning system (e.g. reconstructed M3 site visit, the teams had to make a decision of Budapest. At the same time, they provided trains) or there is still no step-free access. independently about the transfers, the lines very important feedbacks for BKK about the and the modes with the help of the FUTÁR level of the public transport service. During • The cycling infrastructure is not good journey planning app, maps, timetables and the two hours, each team completed at least enough. Reducing the number of car lanes other passenger information modes. The 10 trips, all teams travelled on the world’s lon- can free up space for bike lanes. (But what groups tested seven transport modes in total gest tram and on driverless M4 and all teams would happen if ‘everyone’ took public tran- (bus, trolley bus, tram, suburban railway, un- crossed the river Danube in some way. The sport – would the city work?) derground, boat, walking) and in general, they winning team completed 14 trips, rode on five

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