Munich traveling well
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March 3, 2010, Wednesday
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MUNICH has Europe's best public transport, according to a study published yesterday that found commuters and visitors in 22 other cities faced a range of quality in public information, travel times and charges.
The survey of 23 European cities found nine offering only "acceptable" bus, streetcar and metro services and said more must be done to make public transport an attractive alternative to driving a car into a city.
The study by EuroTest, a group of automobile clubs in 15 nations led by Germany's ADAC, rated local public transport on travel time, information, ease of transfer, costs, operating hours and access to bike and car parking.
Of the cities, only Munich rated "very good" because of fast connections, "plenty of information at stops and in vehicles" and an "extremely impressive" Website.
The survey said public transit was "good" in 11 cities - Helsinki, Vienna, Prague, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Leipzig, Cologne, Rome and Bern.
However, their evaluation showed weak points.
While Rome had cheap public transit and good transfers, it informed travelers very poorly. And taking a bus in Frankfurt was relatively expensive.
The study rated public transportation as only "acceptable" in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, London and Budapest.
A "very poor" grade went to Zagreb - where downtown streetcars average only 13 kilometers per hour - and to Ljubljana.
Both are now revamping their transit systems.
The survey also found that only a third of public transit stops in all 23 cities accommodated the blind and only a fifth had wheelchair access.
The survey of 23 European cities found nine offering only "acceptable" bus, streetcar and metro services and said more must be done to make public transport an attractive alternative to driving a car into a city.
The study by EuroTest, a group of automobile clubs in 15 nations led by Germany's ADAC, rated local public transport on travel time, information, ease of transfer, costs, operating hours and access to bike and car parking.
Of the cities, only Munich rated "very good" because of fast connections, "plenty of information at stops and in vehicles" and an "extremely impressive" Website.
The survey said public transit was "good" in 11 cities - Helsinki, Vienna, Prague, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Leipzig, Cologne, Rome and Bern.
However, their evaluation showed weak points.
While Rome had cheap public transit and good transfers, it informed travelers very poorly. And taking a bus in Frankfurt was relatively expensive.
The study rated public transportation as only "acceptable" in Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, London and Budapest.
A "very poor" grade went to Zagreb - where downtown streetcars average only 13 kilometers per hour - and to Ljubljana.
Both are now revamping their transit systems.
The survey also found that only a third of public transit stops in all 23 cities accommodated the blind and only a fifth had wheelchair access.
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