Capital of free public transport & M-parking

26th November, 2015

HOPE workshop, Karlsruhe

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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