1 Impacts of the growing motorization on the transport of the Warsaw metropolitan area Tams Dombi, ZTM Warsaw 2 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Development of the motorization Growing car ownership rate Source: Mobility Plan 3 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Growing individual transport in the metropolitan area Source: WBR 2005 4 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Growing motorization means congestion! 5 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw How to handle with the growing motorization? Need to increase the attractivity of public transport, especially in the metropolitan area Attractive fare system Modern, passenger-friendly fleet Increasing speed of public transport Internalization of the external costs of the car traffic Intelligent parking policy Congestion charge 6 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Fare attractiveness : changes in fare system and first fare rise since 2001 Lowest monthly ticket price among the polish metropolitan areas and highest quality level Very good price to performance rate from the passengers view Consequence for the city budget: only 33% cost coverage! 7 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Fare attractiveness (2) : changes in fare system and first fare rise since 2001 New ticket types: 20-, 40- and 60-minute tickets, that enable change (average trip: 44 minutes, 1 change) Two-weekly tickets Yearly ticket for pensioners for a reduced price At the moment, there is a full range of ticket types from 20 minutes up to 3 months (and a year for pensioners) 8 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Fare attractiveness (3) Are public transport ticket prices reasonable? Source: Warsaw Barometer 9 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw WKD involved: whole Warsaw More tickets involved Whole area of ZTM services Ticket integration with railways 10 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Current status of the integration 11 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Planned form of the public transport in the metropolitan area Local buses, cars Main suburban bus lines Suburban railways 12 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Barriers of the development of the public transport in metropolitan areas Lack of competence in Poland every municipality is responsible for its public transport on its own The regional railways are under regional competence Lack of a common planning and organizing unit for the whole metropolitan area 13 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Need for fleet modernization Bus fleet age: 14% over 15 years, 47% over 10 years Tram fleet age: 54% over 20 years, the oldest tram car in traffic was 50 years old this year! The old trams and buses have a high floor level and are not accesible for everyone Huge needs for modernization to increase the attractiveness of public transport 14 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Fleet modernization (2) 15 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Ways of fleet modernization There are two practiced ways of fleet modernization: New fleet bought by municipal operators on credit in-house, long-term contracts serve as bank guarantee (4 operators, 4 contracts) New tenders on bus services for years the operators have to buy new fleet according to the requirements of the tender (at the moment 3 operators after 8 tenders) 16 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Fleet modernization new buses bought in years Source: ZTM 17 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Fleet modernization trams Between 2010 and 2013 Warsaw will renew 40% of its tram fleet 186 new tram cars will be delivered for Warsaw from the polish company PESA from Bydgoszcz The new trams will be 100% low-floor, air-conditioned and surveillanced 18 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Increasing speed infrastructure investments Building of the 2nd metro line Building of new tram lines and modernizing existing ones Decreasing the level of unseperated tram tracks (currently 10%) 19 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Increasing speed - Bus priority lanes 20 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Common acceptance for public transport priority Question: Do you aggree, that public transport needs priority in traffic, even if it causes problems for individual cars? Source: Warsaw Barometer 21 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Integrated Traffic Management System 22 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw General opinion on functioning of public transport Source: Warsaw Barometer 23 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw How to handle with the growing motorization? Need to increase the attractivity of public transport Attractive fare system Modern, passenger-friendly fleet Increasing speed of public transport Internalization of the external costs of the car traffic Intelligent parking policy Congestion charge 24 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Parking policy (1) Parking charge in the city center P+R facilities outside of the city center 25 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Congestion charge Controverse topic The current mobility plan foresees congestion charging in further perspective Common opinion first the road rings around the city and then CC 26 EMTA Workshop , Warsaw Thank you for your attention! Tams Dombi Project manager Dept for Transport Development