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In the framework of FastTrack, the team from Debrecen, now part of the city’s public transport company (DKV), has worked on the creation of integrated mobility hubs in Debrecen.
Initial challenges and needs
The excessive growth of car traffic poses a significant challenge to the city. In the 1990’s, an estimated 50.000 car were used in the city. This figure has since doubled and will continue to increase rapidly in the coming years. The situation will be exacerbated by the increase in commuting and transit traffic, which is the result of economic development in recent years. The Municipality of Debrecen has a significant goal to reduce the city’s car traffic and allow space for sustainable and alternative modes of transport through sustainable and innovative methods. A solution to this problem can be the construction of a micromobility network, which can ensure access to areas currently not covered by the existing public transport network. To understand the exact needs, the biggest shortcoming for the local administration currently is data analysis capacity. Although a passenger counting system has already been established on several vehicles operated by the city’s public transport company, the data collected already exceeds what existing departments can thoroughly analyse. In addition, the collected data does not represent the entirety of the city’s public…
