The inhabitants of Krakow were very keen on the idea of running special city buses that will take Krakow residents to popular recreational places outside the city, such as the Niepołomice Forest or the Ojców Forest. The response was so great that the city is planning to launch 4 bus lines for the May weekend!
Officials of the Public Transport Authority prepared special questionnaires in which they asked residents whether it was worth creating the so-called recreational bus lines. These would transport residents to popular recreational areas on the outskirts of Krakow. Specifically, it is about the Niepołomicka, Ojców, Dolinki Podkrakowskie and Przylasek Rusiecki forests.
Over 3.5 thousand polls. Residents want recreational buses
The proposal hit the spot. The residents filled out over 3,500 questionnaires and strongly supported the idea of ZTP.
“The residents mainly want to travel to Ojców. They prefer the departure time between 9 and 12 and return in the afternoon. For example, 62 percent. of the respondents were in favor of the hours of departure to Ojców between 9 and 12” – tells us Sebastian Kowal, spokesman of the ZTP.
Officials emphasize that the surveys also wanted to check the transport behavior of residents. It turned out that the inhabitants of Kraków travel mainly by car to popular recreational places, but a large part would use public transport if there was such an option.
The interest was so great that officials plan to launch recreational bus lines at the turn of April and May, i.e. for a picnic.
“We now have to adjust the appropriate frequency of the buses. Having planned courses on weekends (Saturday and Sunday) and on additional days off. We thought about the frequency every hour, but after the surveys we can see that there is more demand. So we will consider courses every 45, 40 or 30 minutes. We see that the offer of courses every hour is insufficient” – adds Sebastian Kowal.
Which routes will be available?
The buses would run on the following routes:
- Podwawelskie-Ojców housing estate,
- Nowy Kleparz – Niepołomice Forest,
- train station in Czyżyny-Przylasek Rusiecki,
- Bronowice Nowe-Krakowski Valleys.
The current fare will be valid on the buses.
Info take from Polish article in Gazeta Krakowska.
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