Public Transport Automatic Fare Collection Interoperability Assessing Options for Poland

World Bank

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ticketing technology;    automatic fare collection;    urban transport;    mobile ticketing;   

RP-ID  :  107014

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

In the second half of 2013, the WorldBank secured grant funding from the Korea Green GrowthPartnership for analytical support and technical assistancerelated to sustainable urban transport systems in selectcities in Eastern Poland. Polish cities have followedinternational practice in introducing public transportsmartcard ticketing that offers convenience to the passengerand savings to the operator through reduced fraud, shorterdwell times at stops, and less cash handling. Smartcardsalso offer more flexibility in setting and varyingfares.However, one of the main benefits of smartcardticketing internationally is in relation to integratingfares and ticketing across operators and modes.There is nooverall direction as to what these automated fare collection(AFC) systems will provide, and there is limited levels ofinteroperability across the public transport networks andthe rail network, which makes travelling across the countrydifficult. Going forward, Poland needs to consider thebenefits that an integrated approach to public transportticketing could deliver and agree a vision for deliveringthese benefits. This potential benefit has not been realizedin Poland and little effort has been made to establish acommon platform for ticketing, even within metropolitanareas.This Report focuses on options for introducing publictransport automatic fare collection interoperability inPoland, building on the experience of other countries andtaking into account recent changes in technology.Based onits review of the current situation in Poland and Europeanexperience with the introduction of AFC standards, the WorldBank makes the following five recommendations: i) Establisha technical working group to develop a vision for AFC inPoland. ii) Support bank card, smartphone apps, and newtechnology developments and determine what is achievableover the medium-term in terms of interoperability. iii)Develop bank card specifications. iv) Do not develop aPolish AFC standard. v)Undertake a public transport farereview. Establishing a national smartcard standard andadopting it nationwide can be an expensive, complex, andlengthy process—as evidenced by the experience in the UK—andis not a ‘quick win’. Poland should consider innovativesolutions enabled by new technologies and not aim toreplicate approaches used in the UK or the Netherlands whichwere developed at a time when the technological options were different.