I would much rather have been going on buses and trams – as long as we have this … – Politics

I would much rather have been going on buses and trams – as long as we have this … – Politics

Another city praise the results of public transport for the previous year. In Wroclaw and Gdansk significantly increased number of passengers, in Warsaw and Lublin sold more tickets.

We owe the success really two factors – stable prices after a period of considerable increases, and the effects of investment, largely financed by EU money. New tram routes, modern vehicles, and slowly, yet steadily emerging privileges for public transport, make a bus or tram is a viable alternative to the private car in congested urban areas.

The ideal still very far, because failure to urban transport over the years have been enormous. However, especially in large cities are trying to catch them. You could see perfectly well during the last local government election campaign, when the Polish cities much more space devoted politicians than public transport facilities for private cars.

Unfortunately, this positive picture ends as soon as we leave the larger city. Already frequency of multiple lines of suburban and regional trains are not necessarily encouraged to leave the car. The farther from the center, the worse it gets. Small towns and villages are usually disastrous public transport, for which no one really wants to take responsibility. Provincial governments fund only transport by rail, which is with us and so very little. Municipalities subsidize school courses mainly ordered local bus companies, as say the more they do not have enough money.

The situation save the most private bus, which, however, run there, where there are more passengers and more attractive times. Buses is like medicine late in the evening or on weekends, and for that their quality leaves much to be desired. No wonder that for many people, especially working irregular hours, own car is in such a case, the only reasonable solution.

No state has not created at home sensible transport plan for the entire region, not integrated the railway communication and introduced a bus or a joint ticket. As a result, we have two contradictory trends – in big cities collective communication is gaining in popularity, and beyond its meaning is constantly decreasing. Not so looks sustainable transport, which can learn from the Germans or even the Czechs.