Congratulations to the cities on the successful decisions, planning and execution of the services!
Growth of ridership 2016-2017
– City of Lappeenranta +9,8 %
– City region of Oulu + 9,3 %
– City of Kuopio + 9,1 %
– Cityregion of Tampere, Nysse -services + 7,8 %
– City region of Joensuu + 6,7 %
– City of Jyväskylä + 6,7 %
– Cityregion of Turku, Föli-services +5,0 %
Helsinki Regional transport had an increase of 2,0 % in yearly ridership, City of Lahti 3,0 % and city of Pori 2,6 %.
For instance Kuopio and Jyväskylä have risen back to the ridership figures that were last recorded in the middle of 1980’s. The increase in number of trips was altogether 14,0 million in 2017. This was continuation for the recordbraking year of 2016 when the growth in percantages was even higher. The number of trips in big and medium sized cities increased then with about 15,3 million trips.
The travel data in more detail here.
Have a good public transport year 2018!
Cityregions implemented major organisational changes starting from 1.7.2014 when City of Oulu and medium sized cities changed the provision of services. They had started planning public transport services for even larger commuting areas and transport services were procured according to the plans of the authorities as a result of decisions based on EU Public Service Obligations regulation and Finnish Public Transport Law. Tampere and Turku, which had been procuring transport services some twenty years, also took responsibilities of planning services for larger commuting areas than their own cities.
The authorities have been able to create services, tickets and prices that have attracted more ridership with a record high increase figures. Travel data, travel surveys and customer feedback are the basis of further improving the services.
