Integration of public transport services in Finnish agglomerations - (PPT)

摘要

Helsinki is a public transport city. The level of service and the share of public transport in Helsinki are high. It is no wonder that Helsinki ranks in various studies among the best public transport cities in Europe. There is still a lot to do in Helsinki and especially in the neighboring municipalities, where the situation is not yet satisfactory. Helsinki and the Helsinki region with its 14 municipalities and 1, 3 million inhabitants are growing. No more the municipalities can solve alone the growing problems of congestion, pollution and lack of space. In 2008 a decision was made to create a regional organization to plan and develop the public transport in the region, to buy the services and to decide the fares. An interesting feature in the decision was the fact that the new public transport organization would have the power to create a plan for the entire traffic network for the region, including both the rail and the road infrastructure. The new organization, Helsinki Region Transport Authority began its work in the beginning of 2010. The most important challenge for the Authority is to widen the good practices and the high share of public transport to the wider region in order to guarantee that the traffic is flowing also in the future so that the citizens and the business do not have to spend their time in congestion.