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Basic figures Population of Tallinn 439 286 (1st November 2015)
City budget ~ 530 Mio €
Public transport budget – 53 Mio € in 2012,
61 Mio € in 2015
Annual cost of free PT for residents
12 Mio €
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Why free public transport? Social aspects:
• Mobility for unemployed and residents with low income
• Sharing common space by different segments of the
society
Economic aspects:
• Increasing labour mobility within the city limits
• Stimulating consumption of local goods and services
Green aspects:
• Modal shift from cars to PT
• Cleaner air, less noise, more space
Fiscal aspects:
• Strong motivation to register as residents, increasing
personal income tax revenues to city budget
Space for PT: expanding bus lanes network from 15 km to 23 km (Summer 2012)
Management: merging two municipal public transport companies (June 2012)
Accountability: new PT ticketing system & contactless cards (September 2012)
Free Public transport for tallinn residents in the city limits from 01.01.2013
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Preparatory steps
Registered population in City of Tallinn grew since April 2012 by 24 000 persons
Increasing municipal revenues from personal income tax; every 1000 residents brings ca 1 Mio euros into city budget
Cost of FPT (12 Mio) covered
with fine surplus
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Fiscal demography
10% growth of trips eavened by
reconstruction of tramways in
2014/15. After full restart of tram
in 2017 <10% growth expected
Decrease of car traffic
in the centre -6%.
Increase of total traffic +4%.
Signatuur või osakond
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Mixed results in mobility
Free ride in trains From October 28, 2013 all trains free for residents in the
city limits
Usage by tallinners up 700%
However total share of trips made by train out of all PT trips remains >2%
Textbook case how the
price matters more than
quality
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Parking is free only for first 15 minutes Parking lots – 6200
Downtown – 4655 1,2 €/per h
City Centre – 661 3 €/per h
Old Town – 884 4,8 €/per h
Ca 25% growth of tariffs since 2014
• 4 park&ride sites involve free public transport
Parking revenue > 5 Mio € per annum
Payment methods available:
M-Parking
Scratch cards
Period cards (electronic)
Ticket machine
Parking e-ticket
But one picture says it all
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100 8070 65
58 52 46 4230
20 15 10 9 8 720
30 3542 48 54 58
7080 85 90 91 92 93
M-payment from all parking payments ( %)
Other M-parking
Integration of parking permit management system with Public Transport ticketing
Integration with private parking areas & houses
E-wallet for locals and foreigners – integrated e-parking and ID-ticket system
Cross-border M-parking (Finland, Latvia) Real-time parking lot accounting system
Future developments in parking
The number of private cars 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
City of Tallinn 132 906 145 867 157 494 167 553 168 286
City with Harju county
196 802 218 388 237 152 254 222 278 609
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Growth in last 3 years:
City of Tallinn – 6%
Harju county – 28%
Thank You!
Free public transport combined with other smart mobility tools is evidently step towards right direction
www.tallinn.ee/freepublictransport ˇ
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