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Strategy on Sustainable Development of the Warsaw

Transport SystemTamás Dombi, ZTM Warsaw

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Reasons to develop the Strategy

1. Need of a planned and sustainable development of the transport system

2. Negative effects of the growth of the individual motorisation

3. Use of EU structural funds

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Fundaments of the Strategy

• City Transport Policy from 1995

• Study on grounds and directions of the spatial management (main spatial planning document due to Polish law), 2006

• Strategy of the city development to 2020

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Parts of the Strategy

1. Diagnosis of the currant status

2. SWOT analisis

3. Transport policy

4. Sustainable transport development plan

5. Rules of dissemination and indicators

+ Ecological impact analysis

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Goals of the strategy

• Diagnosis: provides actual information of the current situation

• Transport policy: sets general and specific objectives

• Transport development plan: defines particular tasks to fulfill

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Tasks of the transport development plan concerning PT

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1. Setting up a common metropolitan transport authority

• At the moment bilateral agreements with >30 municipalities

• Plan to set up a common coordinating, organizing and controlling entity on the metropolitan level

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2. Modernization and development of the tram system

• 2008 – centenario of the Warsaw trams

• Huge need on modernization

• Main tracks modernized from EU funds 2007-2015 (4 projects)

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3. Further development of the metro system

• The first metro line was ended in October, 2008

• Soon the building of the second line should begin

• In first step: central part

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4. Improvement of the railway transport

• Bringing together the railways with other means of transport

• New railway stations, system of a local railway

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5. Integration of different transport subsystems

• Fare integration with the railways

• Functional integration – intermodal junctions, route network adjusting

• Timetable integration• Organizational integration

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6. Development of the city and suburban bus transport

• More traffic priority

• Low-emission buses

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7. Modernization of the tram and bus rolling stock

• 30% of the buses do not meet any modern quality standards – 500 new buses to buy until 2012

• 50% of the tram rolling stock is older than 20 years – replacement until 2016

• The largest recent procurement on new tram cars has just ended – 186 new 100% low-floor trams will be provided until 2013

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8. Rationalization of the route network

• Setting up a network of main routes with guaranteed high frequency and high rolling stock quality

• Better adjusting the supply to the demand

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Other parts of the transport development plan

• Road network development plan– Includes restrictions in individual mobility in

the centre and the possibility to set up a congestion charge

• Increase of the safety on the roads

• Cycling transport development plan

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Road to the implementation

• Coordination: Road and Transportation Department of the Warsaw City Hall

• 2007: Setting up the first draft of the Strategy (Authors: Group of experts from the Warsaw Technology University)

• 2008: Public consultations• 2009: Acceptation by the City Council

(May/June)

Public consultations

• 2 meetings: with NGOs and with inhabitants

• 205 written proposals received, where 702 remarks were identified

• 266 remarks were adopted, 436 declined

• Most remarks on public transport

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Difficulties and experiences

Implementation has not began yet, because the legislation process is much longer than expected

→Need to plan more time for this process!

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Thank you for your attention!

Tamás Dombi

ZTM Warsaw