Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2019, 21(4):13-18 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2019.4.13-18

Premises and Limitations of Free Public Transport Implementation

Grzegorz Dydkowski1, Jozef Gnap2
1 Department of Transport, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland and Metropolitan Transport Authority in Katowice (ZTM in Katowice), Poland
2 Department of Road and Urban Transport, Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications, University of Zilina, Slovakia

For many years issues of the free provision of transport services, including urban public transport, were outside the main trends of transport economics considerations. However, nowadays, the discussion is ongoing related to usefulness and limitations of the free urban public transport implementation. Protection of the city environment, reduction of personal cars traffic, and increased accessibility and mobility in cities are given as premises for such solution introduction. However, assessments of introduced solutions may not necessarily confirm the assumptions made. Financial problems and those in provision of services - characteristic of goods and services provided for free - add to that. The paper has undertaken the issue related to premises and limitations related to introduction of the fare free urban public transport in regard to the pursuit of effectiveness in the public management.

Keywords: public transport; free provision; public funds; effectiveness; mobility; policy

Received: April 29, 2019; Accepted: July 17, 2019; Published: October 1, 2019  Show citation

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