Examples of activities of Polish and German public transport organizers for the participation of urban residents in the current coordinating network and management of urban transport Cover Image

Przykłady działań polskich i niemieckich organizatorów publicznego transportu zbiorowego na rzecz partycypacji mieszkańców miast w bieżącym koordynowaniu i zarządzaniu siecią transportu miejskiego
Examples of activities of Polish and German public transport organizers for the participation of urban residents in the current coordinating network and management of urban transport

Author(s): Mikołaj J. Tomaszyk
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, Social development, Management and complex organizations, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: management of urban public transport; functional areas large cities; citizens participation; new technologies at urban public transport;

Summary/Abstract: Organisation and management of the public transport is one of the most important tasks of local authorities. Having regard to the dynamically changing conditions of transport policy of modern cities, activities in this area are the challenge of the standardisation of transport offers, match it to the transport needs and expectations of the inhabitants not only individual cities, but the entire metropolitan areas. One of the ways to transport the transport needs matching listings is the current coordinate based on diagnosis and analysis of the reported demands. In a much broader context of information policy and public operators of public transport is part of the modern management of urban areas and meets the demands of the smart city concept. In addition, the openness of the entities responsible for the management of urban transport is an example of deliberation methods to support local authorities in the management of the city. The author takes on the activity of the managing entities responsible for public transport for citizens participation in the functional areas: Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Gdansk, Leipzig and Stuttgart.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 207-228
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish