Open AccessOrganisational and Financial Determinants for the Metropolitan Rail Transport Implementation in Poland with Potential Improvement Prospects
Author(s) -
Paweł Podleśko,
Tomasz Warsza
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
problemy kolejnictwa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-9451
pISSN - 0552-2145
DOI - 10.36137/1924e
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , ticket , cites , business , government (linguistics) , finance , public transport , local government , legal certainty , regional science , transport engineering , economics , public administration , political science , engineering , computer science , geography , linguistics , philosophy , computer security , archaeology , fishery , biology , law and economics
The article addresses the issue of financing and organising metropolitan rail transport. It identifies challenges for this segment, which include the absence of organisational and funding obligations on the part of metropolitan government structures. It describes the forms of vertical co-operation which are legally permissible for local government units and identifies the drawbacks in this respect. It cites the examples of management of the metropolitan railway transport in Poland, operated despite the existing restrictions. The absence of complete legal and financial instruments providing metropolis with legal certainty in the organisation of metropolitan transport is identified. Specific solutions are recommended, referring to information on dealing the described problem outside Poland. Keywords: public transport organisation, rail transport, metropolitan areas, integration of offers+, combined ticket