Archive: April 2024

We present to your attention the recommendations for public policy reform in the public transport sector in Ukraine, which our public organization presented on April 12, 2024 in Lviv during the round table "Save public transport: 10 actions at the state level".

In January 2024, the Ministry of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine initiated a meeting with the participation of representatives of local self-government bodies, communal enterprises and public organizations on the issue of improving regulatory and legal regulation in the electric transport sector.

The meeting discussed current problems of local communities regarding the functioning and development of urban electric transport and proposals for improving legislation in the electric transport sector to ensure its sustainable development. According to the results of the meeting, experts of the non-governmental organization "Vision Zero" analyzed 76 proposals from 16 interested parties, which were divided into 6 groups :

• Updating legislation;
• Changes to the "Tram and Trolleybus Operation Rules";
• Changes to Ukrainian standards;
• Changes to the DBN;
• Financing (lending) of capital expenditures;
• Other problems requiring consideration at the level of state policy.

This resulted in a document entitled "Recommendations for changes in state policy to ensure the proper functioning of public transport in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine and as part of a sustainable (green) recovery", which we sent to the Ministry of Infrastructure.

The recommendations cover four topics:

• Personnel problems in the HT sector;
• Costs of electric energy and its technical and legal regulation;
• Rolling stock transferred to cities as humanitarian aid;
• Legislative regulation of the organization of passenger transport and technical regulation of the railway infrastructure.

Each topic consists of detailed recommendations and their arguments. We hope that the presented document will become a guide for reforming state policy in the coming months.

To view the full version of the recommendations , please click on the image below and you will be taken to the PDF file:

On April 12, 2024, the non-governmental organization "Vision Zero" organized a round table on the topic "Save public transport: 10 actions at the state level", which was held in Lviv. Its purpose was to draw attention to the necessary steps in state policy that will allow cities to ensure the functioning of public transport in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine.

"Public transport has been declining for the last 10 years " is a very radical phrase, it is not always so. A different situation is observed in Ukraine. New trams and trolleybuses periodically appear in cities, and people like it. The infrastructure is really falling apart. According to our research, the problems of public transport are not yet visible to the general public, but the deputies do not see the lack of drivers and the tired infrastructure" , - said during the round table, the chairman of the board of the NGO "Vision Zero" Viktor Zagreba.

As early as 2023, experts from the non-governmental organization "Vision Zero" began working with the newly created public transport team of the Ministry of Community Development, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine. At the beginning of January 2024, there was a joint meeting with representatives of cities and communal enterprises. In total, more than 50 participants took part in the meeting. The issues were different: from the lack of drivers, the increase in the duration of work, to the financing of capital expenditures on infrastructure, in particular, in Kherson, where everything is very, very difficult.

According to the analyst, researcher of urban mobility and public transport (Lviv), GO "Vision Zero" Demyan Danylyuk, the organization's experts organized all proposals and complaints of cities. The result was 25 pages of text containing 76 proposals from 16 interested parties.

After analyzing all the proposals in February, recommendations were issued to improve the operation of public transport in the cities of Ukraine in various aspects:

Personnel problem:

• training and work of trolleybus and bus drivers from the age of 18;
• to make changes to the regulatory framework for a simplified procedure for involving trolleybus drivers in driving buses and vice versa;
• extended working hours of drivers until the end of martial law;
• provide a mechanism for booking drivers from mobilization in an acceptable time frame.

Electric energy:

• regarding the proposal "On a permanent basis to apply for KP electricity tariffs set for the population", it is recommended not to implement this proposal;
• development and adoption of a resolution of the CMU regarding the definition of a specific document regarding price fluctuations;
• to create legal opportunities and incentives for KPs to generate and sell electricity.

Use on routes of transport received as humanitarian aid:

• to make changes to the normative legal acts that will allow the use of rolling stock received as humanitarian aid on routes with revenue generation (tolls).

Public transport policy reform:

• implement European Commission Regulation 1370/2007 as soon as possible;
• turn to Germany and Switzerland for technical assistance in developing a comprehensive vision of state policy regarding legislative and technical regulation of public transport.

We invite you to view the full version of the round table: https://www.youtube.com/live/Y8rldhGvYE0?si=h7tr9alfKlNab5eZ

On April 4, 2024, the NGO "Vision Zero" together with the Association "Energy-Efficient Cities of Ukraine" held a webinar on the topic "Lviv Electric Mobility Plan and Integration of Renewable Energy Sources (RES)" .

This webinar was held with the participation of more than 40 participants from 35 settlements of Ukraine. The industry speakers were: the head of the Transport Department of the Lviv City Council, Orest Oleskiv , and Demyan Danylyuk , an expert of the NGO "Vision Zero" on public transport.

Among all, it was about the " Plan for the development of electromobility of the city of Lviv until 2035" and what it foresees, as well as about possible scenarios for the use of RES for the development of electromobility in Lviv.

In the final part, the participants asked questions to the speakers. More details about the webinar, reports-presentations-questions in the publication at the link: https://bit.ly/3VXVeGY And the recording of the broadcast is available for viewing here: https://youtu.be/0AXjJMrRUp4?si=--kfZQZRbG_JS1Jw