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Hungary’s economic transformation of the 1990s has brought about significant changes in the way individuals travel and the means by which goods are transported. The transition period has seen a sharp increase in the private vehicle fleet – already begun in the 1980s – which has revealed an overall re-orientation of modal preferences in favour of private means of travel. Steady growth in road freight transport over the period has come in contrast to consistent declines in...
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Hungary strategically sits in the centre of Central Europe. A landlocked country of 93 030 km2, Hungary shares its borders with seven countries: Slovakia to the north, Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro to the south, Romania to the east, Ukraine to the Northeast and Austria and Slovenia to the west. Crossing its territory are the main land routes linking Western Europe with the Balkan Peninsula...
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Hungary has experienced many of the same trends in urban travel observed in other cities of Central and Eastern Europe undergoing transition; they include: • Overall rising car ownership and use. • Declining public transport patronage. • Increasing congestion on roads in and around city centres. • Uncontrolled development of large commercial outlets on the...
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General administrative structure of Hungary The 20th century has seen several profound changes in the overall administrative organisation of Hungary. The Trianon Peace Treaty of 1920 following the First World War significantly reduced the size of Hungary’s territory and population and defined its current borders. A communist regime assumed power in 1948 and was removed by Constitutional amendment 40 years later in October 1989...
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Urban transport in the 1996 National Transport Policy The 1996 Policy includes a short chapter on urban transport that presents priority actions for transport in and around cities. The first among imperatives mentioned is the need to stop contraction in public transport, notably by renewing the vehicle stock and modernising networks. The need for rationalisation of the tariff and fee structure for public transport is highlighted, with combined ticketing...
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This section presents the analysis of the ECMT peer review team compiled during their visit to Hungary with additions based on the second visit of the Secretariat in 2003. In meetings with government experts and transport authorities, peer reviewers examined a wide variety of urban travel issues in Hungary – looking at both policy development and its implementation in the different relevant spheres, notably transport and traffic in urban areas, land use and spatial...
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