Impacts of the growing motorization on the transport of the Warsaw metropolitan area

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Impacts of the growing motorization on the

transport of the Warsaw metropolitan area

Tamás Dombi, ZTM Warsaw

2 EMTA Workshop – 05.11.2009, Warsaw

Development of the motorization

Growing car ownership rate

626651 610637697670

77341 129952

222028

0

100000

200000

300000

400000

500000

600000

700000

800000

900000

1000000

1995 2000 2005

Trucks

Personal cars

Source: Mobility Plan


Growing individual transport in the metropolitan area

68,5%

29,6%

1,9%

41,4%45,6%

13,0%

0,0%

10,0%

20,0%

30,0%

40,0%

50,0%

60,0%

70,0%

Warsaw Metropolitan area withoutWarsaw

Public transportPrivate carsOthers

Source: WBR 2005


Growing motorization means congestion!


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


Fare attractiveness

2008-2009: 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!


Fare attractiveness (2)

2008-2009: 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)


Fare attractiveness (3)

15%

14%

10%

9%

11%

34%

35%

40%

37%

39%

17%

16%

16%

18%

22%

12%

12%

12%

11%

12%

7%

5%

6%

6%

2%

17%

19%

14%

16%

15%XI'2006

IV'2007

VI'2007

IX'2007

XI'2007

fully aggree rather aggree

both aggree and don't aggree rather don't aggree

absolutely don't aggree hard to tell

Are public transport ticket prices reasonable?

Source: Warsaw Barometer


16.09.05

01.01.06

01.07.06

01.11.06

16.06.07

15.01.07WKD

involved: whole

Warsaw

07.01.08More tickets

involved

15.11.08

Whole area of ZTM services

Ticket integration with railways

01.01.09


Current status of the integration


Planned form of the public transport in the metropolitan areaLocal buses, cars

Main suburban bus lines

Suburban railways


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


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


Fleet modernization (2)


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 8-10 years – the operators have to buy new fleet according to the requirements of the tender (at the moment 3 operators after 8 tenders)


Fleet modernization – new buses bought in years 2000-2009

81

194

47

120

3

80

49

290 284

34

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2009200820072006200520042003200220012000

Source: ZTM


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


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%)


Increasing speed - Bus priority lanes


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?”

27% 43% 10%5%3%

12%

Fully aggreeRather aggreeBoth aggree and don't aggreeRather don't aggreeAbsolutely don't aggreeToo hard to answer Source: Warsaw Barometer


Integrated Traffic Management System


General opinion on functioning of public transport

4%

6%

5%

5%

7%

4%

67%

65%

68%

63%

63%

73%

6%

6%

5%

7%

9%

4%

0%

1%

1%

2%

1%

15%

15%

10%

7%

9%

5%

7%1%

13%

15%

11%

8%

11%XI'2006

IV'2007

VI'2007

IX'2007

XI'2007

VII'2008

very good rather good

rather bad very bad

neither bad, nor good hard to tell

Source: Warsaw Barometer


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


Parking policy (1)

Parking charge in the city center

P+R facilities outside of the city center


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


Thank you for your attention!

Tamás DombiProject managerDept for Transport [email protected]+48 22 827 37 47

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