This medium FUA is built around the city of Gniezno with a relatively high standard of living and high mobility aspirations.
Gniezno FUA in numbers:
| Population: | 141 748 |
| Number of municipalities (gminy): | 10 |
| Area (square kilometers): | 1255 |
| Number of localites: | 257 |
The area is formed around a medium-sized county town in the northern part of the Wielkopolskie Voivodeship. An important industrial and service centre for the surrounding region, well connected with the network of national motorways and expressways.
Documents and strategies in place:
- Plan of Sustainable Development of Public Transport for the Wielkopolska Region (2015)
- Development Strategy of the Wielkopolska Region until 2030
- Environmental Protection Programme for the Wielkopolska Region until 2030
- Plan of sustainable development of public transport for the District of Gniezno (2016)
- Plan for sustainable development of public transport for the City of Gniezno (2014)
The future SUMP will have to be consistent with the aforementioned documents.
Main stakeholders:
| Local Authorities and Local government units implementing a joint supra-local strategy | City of Gniezno, City and Commune of Czerniejewo, Gniezno commune, Kiszkowo commune, The city and commune of Kłecko, Łubowo commune, Mieleszyn commune, Niechanowo commune, Trzemeszno commune, Commune and City of Witkowo, Gniezno County ZIT Gniezno Association |
| Entities managing the public transport system and infrastructure | Wielkopolska Board of Directors Provincial Roads District Road Authority with its registered office in Gniezno General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) PKP PLK Paid Parking Zone Office in Gniezno Organizer of PTZ in Gniezno: Department of City Property at the Gniezno City Hall Municipal Offices in MOFs Department of Urban Greenery in Gniezno |
| Road or railway managing authorities | Gniezno City Council Municipal offices in other municipalities District Road Authority in Gniezno Wielkopolska Voivodeship Roads Authority General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways Department of Urban Greenery in Gniezno |
| NGOs | Associations, cycling groups Eeyore Bench Association Environmental Club Local Media |
| Educational institutions | Continuing Education Centre Higher Education Institutions: Faculty of Applied Science UAM, Academy of Applied Sciences, Millennium University, Capital of Experimentation |
| Business and institutions | Representatives of local companies and institutions |
| Residents – community leaders | Representatives of residents |
Characteristics of the Transport System:
- A railway line, a public transport system in Gniezno, several private carriers operating regional transport.
- Gniezno FUA transport system generally provides an adequate level of accessibility for all travellers (children, the elderly and people with reduced mobility) and the municipal company MPK Gniezno has all buses on low floors.
- Differences in the level of transport accessibility are particularly visible between the center of Gniezno (very good accessibility), peripheral areas of the city (average or poor accessibility) and rural areas in the Gniezno MOF (characterized by poor or very poor accessibility).
- There is a very large variation in the quality of transport services (number of rides, communication, transport service on days off and holidays, quality of rolling stock).
Needs of the Functional Area:
- Improving the accessibility of peripheral areas of Gniezno FUA;
- Increasing the frequency of public transport;
- Integration of various means of public transport through the construction of new transfer hubs in Gniezno and other FUA communes (rail, city bus, suburban bus);
- Introducing solutions towards tariff integration of various means of public transport, in particular among numerous private carriers;
- Development of low-emission transport in Gniezno by modernizing the MPK bus fleet in Gniezno.
Institutional capacity assessment:
- The Department of Urban Development and Economy of the Gniezno City Hall, coordinating the development of the SUMP, together with other organizational units, have relatively little experience in the preparation of strategic and planning documents, as well as in obtaining external funds – domestic and foreign.
- An additional challenge is the agreement between the individual municipalities necessary to develop a SUMP for the entire Functional Urban Area.
Interesting facts:
- Gniezno has participated in more than 15 editions of European Mobility Week, making it one of the most active and longest running campaign participants.