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L’un des principaux obstacles rencontrés a souvent été le manque de coordination entre les autorités locales et les opérateurs de transports publics. La Conférence européenne des Ministres des transports (CEMT) et l’Union internationale des transports publics (UITP) se sont associées pour examiner comment les pouvoirs publics et les opérateurs de transports pourraient collaborer plus efficacement. Il s’agit d’améliorer les véhicules et les systèmes de transports publics urbains, ainsi que les infrastructures connexes.

Ce rapport est le fruit du travail d’un groupe de réflexion conjoint de la CEMT et de l’UITP. Il montre combien la coopération entre les prestataires de services des transports publics et les autorités locales est importante. En effet, une telle coopération peut contribuer à rendre les transports publics plus accessibles. Et elle sera d’autant plus efficace qu’elle s’accompagnera d’un dialogue suivi avec la communauté des personnes handicapées. Ce rapport s’appuie sur l’expérience de quatre villes : Göteborg (Suède), Grenoble (France), Prague (République tchèque) et Liverpool (Royaume-Uni). Il identifie les éléments essentiels des partenariats entre les diverses collectivités publiques et les opérateurs de transports publics.

One of the key barriers to improving urban public transport access has been a lack of co-ordination between local authorities and public transport operators.  The European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) have joined forces to examine how public authorities and transport operators can better work together to improve urban public transport vehicles, systems, and associate infrastructure.

This report is the fruit of a joint ECMT-UITP task force. It explores how improved co-operation between transport operators and local authorities — along with a close sustained dialogue with members of the disabled community — can ensure better accessibility to public transport. With a focus on four cities: Gothenburg, Grenoble, Prague and Liverpool, the report identifies the critical elements of partnerships between public authorities at different levels of government and public transport operators.

The European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) has adopted a new approach to strengthening its work on road safety. It is now working to contribute more effectively to the debate on the improvement of road safety policies by conducting peer reviews of the measures and policies enacted by member countries. 

Lithuania is the first country to undertake this type of review in the safety field. This review, carried out by experts from Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden and the ECMT Secretariat, is an effective way for Lithuania to openly examine its policies and practices through detailed expert comment, discussion and insight on its activities. 

The peer review process is used extensively within the OECD and its affiliated organisations, always originating at the request of the country being reviewed. Apart from providing an open appraisal of national policies, the review process should help relevant Ministries obtain needed resources and implement effective policies and practice.

This book provides an analysis of the challenges Hungary is facing in its urban travel systems and an examination of policy and decision-making structures that are framing the implementation of urban travel policies in Hungary. It also proposes ways in which progress towards more sustainable urban travel can be achieved.

The report finds that Hungary has increasingly crowded urban roads and rising car ownership and use.  Hungary's cities are wrestling with how to maintain a highly favourable modal share for their well-developed public transport systems, while saddled with the financial burden of ageing rolling stock and infrastructure. Unabated commercial and retail development in the periphery of cities with little access to public transport is further increasing demand for car travel.

Le rapport constate que les voiries urbaines sont de plus en plus encombrées, que le taux de motorisation augmente et que l’usage de la voiture se développe. Les  agglomérations hongroises s’efforcent de préserver la part modale très favorable que détiennent leurs réseaux bien développés de transports publics, tout en devant assumer le fardeau financier associé au vieillissement du matériel roulant et des infrastructures. De surcroît, la prolifération galopante, à la périphérie des villes, de centres commerciaux peu accessibles par les transports en commun accroît encore la demande de déplacements en voiture.