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Economic and social results of the first year of Tallinn Free Public Transport

Economic and social results of the first year of Tallinn Free Public Transport . March 25 , 201 4 ELMO Tiit Laiksoo Tallinn Transport Department. Basic figures. Population of Tallinn 430 000 (as of 1 March 201 4 ) 2012 City budget – 500 Mio €

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Economic and social results of the first year of Tallinn Free Public Transport

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  1. Economic and social results of the first year of Tallinn Free Public Transport March25, 2014 ELMO Tiit Laiksoo Tallinn Transport Department

  2. Basic figures Population of Tallinn 430 000 (as of 1March 2014) 2012 City budget – 500 Mio € Total number of public transport (PT) vehicles intraffic(buses, trams, trolleybuses) – 440 (April 2012)/ 477 (today) 2012 PT budget – 53 million € Total tickets revenue -17 Mio € 5 Mio € from non-residents Free PT for residents costs 12 Mio € annually

  3. The number of private cars • Growth in 3 years and 9 months: • City of Tallinn – 35% • Harju county – 36%

  4. Factors of urban mobility

  5. Why free public transport (FPT)? • Social aspects: • Guaranteeing mobility for unemployed residents and residents with low income • Using PT facilitates sharing common space for different segments of the society • Savings from public transport will improve people’s livelihood • Economic aspects: • Increasing labour mobility within the city limits • Stimulating economy • Green aspects: • Modal shift from cars to PT • Cleaner air, less noise, more urban space • Fiscal aspects: • Strong motivation to register as residents, increasing personal income tax revenues to city budget 4

  6. In the beginning there was a referendum Plebiscite on free PT 19-25 March, 2012 Plebiscite informed the community and involved them in decision-making, thus locking the free PT decision politically - power shift in the Council cannot change it easily Result: Yes -75,5%, No - 24,5% 5 29.01.2013 Allan Alaküla, Head of Tallinn EU Office

  7. Preparatory steps More space for PT vehicles: expanding separated bus lanes network in city centreby 8 km (Summer 2012) total 23 km Saving: merger of two municipal public transport companies (June 2012) Political decision: from City Council (September 2012, in force from January 2013) Support: implementation of new PT ticketing system based on contactless cards (from September 2012) 6

  8. Source of funding New residents: registered population in City of Tallinn grew since April 2012 by 13 000 persons Result: increasing municipal revenues from personal income tax (every 1000 residents bringsca1 million euros into city budget) 7

  9. Initial progress report Social survey ordered by Tallinn City Office : Increased frequency of bus users: 21% (incl. 8% of previous non-users) New profiles of passengers on business days (see the picture), evenings and weekends More people go out to spend free time 8

  10. First results I - Number of passengers Surveys by Tallinn Transport Department II - Real speed of vehicles in city limits 2013 Surveys by Stratum OÜ & Tallinna Linnatransport AS

  11. First results PT users comparing at the end of 2012 and 2013

  12. First results Weekly avarage daily traffic volume

  13. Support: the new ticketing system • Contactless cards • Joint card for Tallinn and Harju county • Account based system • Stand-by for other regions + cross-border • Operating cost: 2 times lower • Collecting data about PT usage for optimising the PT network • Stand-by for contactless credit cards and NFC mobile phones • Number of cards in use and validations (see table)

  14. Extensions of FPT • From October 28, 2013: commuter (electric) trains became free of charge for residents inside the city limits • Cost for the city budget: up to 75 000 € in 2013 and up to 300 000 € in 2014 • Number of trips in zone 1 (City of Tallinn): • October: 22 300 • November: 75 000

  15. Wehave a dream Free WiFi is often recognised as everyone’s right, now it is the turn of urban mobility to become one City of Tallinn is looking forward to become the candidate for the European Green Capital nomination for 2018, FPT is a brave step in this process www.tallinn.ee/freepublictransport ˇ

  16. Future plans Extending public transport priority system Optimising public transport line network Using different data carriers in ticket sales Developing P&R Creating dispatcher centre (traffic, public transport, tunnel) Extending public transport communication system Ülemiste multimodal terminal Improving public transport infrastructure (incl. stops) Renewing and extending tramline network Purchasing new fleet

  17. Thank you for your attention! Tiit Laiksoo Transport Department City of Tallinn www.tallinn.ee phone: +372 640 4680 mobile: +372 5094654 e-mail: tiit.laiksoo@tallinnlv.ee

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