Directions of tariff and ticket integration of public transport in the metropolitan area Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot the Pomeranian Voivodeship

Abstract

In the process of urban and regional public transport integration in the urbanized areas, the tariff and ticket integration is of fundamental importance, despite the fact that the price is not perceived as the basic transport postulate deciding on the choice of the way of moving. Public authorities of cities located in the metropolis Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot and the Pomeranian voivodeship have been undertaking attempts to integrate this transport for almost 30 years, so far without the desired results. This article presents general assumptions of tariff and ticket integration of urban and regional public transport, previous processes of integration of this transport in the Tri-City metropolis and the Pomeranian voivodship, as well as necessary directions of its tariff and ticket integration in this area in order to provide attractive transport offer.

Tariff Systems and Distance Measurement of Public Passenger Transport Stops

“…The tariff systems are also expected to be effective, so that together with the public funds it would be possible to finance the purchases of ecological means of public transport [16]. Therefore, studies into the price differentiation are important [17][18][19][20][21], as well as the comparative studies on their amounts, which consider a diversified economic potential of cities [22]. Based on that it is visible that, in big cities in Europe, the study carried out altogether for 100 big cities in different countries, a uniform (fixed) or zone tariff prevails in the urban public transport [22].…”