The task of the National Transport Center (NKK) is to order the public services of the MÁV-Volán group, GYSEV and other service providers on behalf of the state, coordinate public transport timetables, unify tariff systems and provide passengers with even better service. The strategic planning of fixed track developments also belongs to the NKK, which will be the professional partner of the Ministry of Construction and Investment in the implementation of the investments, the Ministry of Technology and Industry writes in a statement.
Dávid Vitézy, the Secretary of State for Transport of the Ministry of Technology and Industry highlighted in the announcement that the mission of the National Transport Center is to convince as many people as possible of fast, comfortable and reliable public transport by creating a high-quality, attractive public transport offer, uniform and national timetables, connections and a tariff system. about the benefits of its use. Without strengthening clean and energy-efficient modes of transportation, there is no effective environmental protection, he added.
The National Transport Center belonging to the Ministry of Technology and Industry (TIM) deals with its tasks as a national public transport integration body, which it partially takes over from the Budapest Development Center, KTI Institute of Transport Sciences and road and railway service providers. The owner legal practitioner TIM and NKK will be jointly responsible for policy planning, management, and the ordering of services. The company is temporarily led by the state secretary for the field, Dávid Vitézy, and the new CEO will be appointed within a month, it reads.
The infrastructure, vehicle and service developments carried out since 2010 create a solid foundation for an even more vigorous modernization of public transport, improving the quality of life in both urban and rural areas. With the implementation of the strategic goals, a range of services flexibly adapted to travel needs, of uniform high quality, and competitive in time and price compared to driving, will be available to commuters in all parts of the country, the Ministry of Technology and Industry informed.
Source: Magyar Hírlap
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