IDEAS REFLECTED IN THE FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION IN THE AREA OF BUDAPEST

Western countries with high motorisation realised years ago the fact that the excessiveincrease in the rate of motorisation would have to be restricted especially in denselypopulated urban areas. There have been enormous efforts to promote the public way oftransport, which, however, can only be maintained with a highly professional structureand a management coupled with adequate financial provisions from the state. In the ex-socialist countries including Hungary, a great deal of change has been observed in themodal split towards the share of private cars. The increased use of privatecars isthreatening the dominance of the heritage of the past system, the rather low profile interms of service standards but quite reliable in terms of timetable density and relativelycheap public transport. Following the examples of the West in this regard without payingattention to adjusting the specific characteristics in solutions of the problem can onlybring about committing similar mistakes and thus paying an enormous price.