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Two years of f ree public transport in Tallinn

Two years of f ree public transport in Tallinn. February , 201 5 Allan Alaküla Head of Tallinn EU Office. Basic figures. Population of Tallinn 43 4 81 0 ( 1st February 201 5 ) City budget ~ 5 3 0 Mio €

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Two years of f ree public transport in Tallinn

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  1. Two years of free public transport in Tallinn February, 2015 Allan Alaküla Head of Tallinn EU Office

  2. Basic figures Population of Tallinn 434810 (1st February 2015) City budget ~ 530 Mio € Total number of PT vehicles in traffic (buses, trams, trolleybuses) – 440 (2012)/ 477 (today) 2012 PT budget – 53 Mio €in 2012 (61 Mio€ in 2015) Total tickets revenue -17 Mio € 5 Mio € from non-residents Cost of free PT for residents: 12 Mio € annually

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

  4. Why free public transport (FPT)? • Social aspects: • Guaranteeing 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 consumptionoflocalgoods and services • 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 3

  5. 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% FPT for the residents in the municipal PT on the territory of the city started from 01.01.2013 4 29.01.2013 Allan Alaküla, Head of Tallinn EU Office

  6. Preparatory steps More space for PT: Summer 2012 expanding separated bus lanes network in city centrefrom 15km to total 23 km Management: merger of two municipal public transport companies (June 2012) Accountability: implementation of new PT ticketing system based on contactless cards (from September 2012) 5

  7. Main source of funding New residents: registered population in City of Tallinn grew since April 2012 by <19 000 persons Result: increasing municipal revenues from personal income tax every 1000 residents bringsca1 million euros into city budget Cost of FPT 12 million covered with surplus 6

  8. Additional source of funding Raising parking tariffs and expanding paid hours from 01.01.2014 As average by +25% In Old Town 4.80, in the centre 3 euros hour It was communicated as for raising the bus drivers salary

  9. Initial results Number of passengers in 2014 up by 9% compared to 2012 PT is for 51% tallinners main mode of mobility in the city 74% of PT users are satisfied with the quality of the service Satisfaction index up from 3,61 (2010) to 3,93 (2014) on the scale of 5. 19% respondents claim they use PT more while it became free, 4% drive and 4% walk less 43% of unemloyed respondents claim FPT helps them to find new job

  10. Free ride in trains • From October 28, 2013 all trains became free for residents inside the city limits • Paidfrom the city budgettoElronaccordingtoactualusage • Usagequadrupledimmediately, now 6 timeshighercomparedtotheprevioustime • Howevertotalshareof trips made bytrainoutof all PT trips remainmeagre 2% • Textbookcasehowthe pricemattersmorethat quality

  11. Vision for expansion • Expandingfreepublic transport in Estonia nationwideto all countylineswouldcost 11 million euros, Evenifaddingcapacityitremainsstillcomparabletothe FPT costin Tallinn Makingferryconnectionfreeforthe residents of 2 westernislandsiscampaigned too

  12. International FPT networking • Bringingtogetherfreepublic transport cities, movements/activists and researchers • Annual FPT conferences 2012 and 2013 in Tallinn, 2014 inZory, Poland, 2015 FPT conference TBC inAvesta, Sweden • Bilateralexchangewith Chengdu, China

  13. Dream of Tallinn City of Tallinn is looking forward to become the candidate for the European Green Capital nomination for 2018 FPT is onebrave step in this process Freewastecollectionisunderconsideration www.tallinn.ee/freepublictransport ˇ

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