Kecskemét is a car-oriented city; road traffic defines the city’s mobility environment, its functioning, and its image, while other modes of transportation currently play only a supplementary role. Kecskemét has always been a highly motorized city, and over the past decade we have seen this trend reach its full extent.
The creation of the concept was preceded by a comprehensive road traffic survey conducted by the city in 2024, which provided the input data for the project. As a conceptual framework for internal use, the city’s Transportation Master Plan was developed to address the most challenging issues. To help establish the foundation of the concept, a road traffic model was created for Kecskemét and its catchment area, enabling a thorough analysis of the traffic-regulating effects of the most important road improvements.
Among other things, the concept proposes:
- a network of urban walking paths and a recreational cycling network in the surrounding area,
prioritizing railway improvements,
the need to develop the full spectrum of modal shift options (walking, Bike and Ride, Kiss and Ride, feeder bus network) in addition to Park & Ride, particularly to leverage the high modal shift potential of the Méntelek district,
exploiting the high mode-shift potential of the Hetényegyháza and Katonatelep areas,
ensuring the appropriate long-term road function of the inner-city ring Kiskörút, converting the outer lane into a bus lane, and synchronizing traffic lights with bus schedules,
the realignment of road development objectives from road construction towards intelligent traffic management, prioritizing buses and non-motorized modes of transport, as well as traffic safety,
regarding road development, filling in structurally missing elements of the road network, giving high priority to interventions on the Kiskörút, and developing the road network in the southern part of the city and its related urban network elements,
the reorganization of the on-street parking system, the review of related regulations, and awareness-raising measures aimed at guiding residents’ transportation and parking decisions and habits.
The adoption of the Transport Concept is not the end of the work, but rather the first step in an ongoing development process: feasibility studies, weighty decisions, and many years of detailed planning and financing work will follow.
Client: Kecskemét Urban Development Ltd.
Subcontractor: iUtak Ltd.
Years of completion: 2024–2025