The development of public transport in cities at risk without EU funds

The difficult time of the pandemic was a period of intense changes for public transport in Warsaw. Mobile systems and various intelligent solutions have been helpful in ensuring passenger safety.

"They calculate, for example, the volume of the vehicle and the number of passengers that use buses, trams or subways, and thanks to this, we are able to assess how much rolling stock should be in motion at a given moment in order to provide them with adequate sanitary conditions," Michał Olszewski, vice-president Of Warsaw, explained.

The drop in the number of passengers did not stop transport investments in the city. Their further development will depend on a financial injection from the European Union.

"A lot depends on how much funds will be guaranteed for public transport and how much of these funds will be received by local governments. We do not agree that EU funds should be another item in which money will be shifted from local government expenditure to government expenditure, due to the fact that 80% of people live in cities. inhabitants of Poland. We must be aware that without providing them with the appropriate quality of services, our country will not continue to develop dynamically. As a country, we are not helped by a completely unnecessary political campaign against the European Union and the rule of law that is going on in the background," the vice president of Warsaw added.

(Newseria)