graduate student from 01.01.2024 until now
Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
The paper explores contemporary global trends in passenger transportation within metropolitan regions and assesses their implementation in Russia, focusing specifically on Saint Petersburg. Purpose: To identify the primary policy directions for urban transport development in city–region contexts and to evaluate how effectively these directions are integrated and carried out in Saint Petersburg’s Transport System Development Programme. Methods: A systematic review of relevant research literature, a comparative analysis of international large-city practices, and a detailed analysis of Saint Petersburg’s strategic and programme documents along with the mapping of fundamental indicators. Results: A detailed classification of priorities, encompassing public transport, intermodal transportation, tariff integration, private transport demand management, ecological sustainability, and digitalization, has been developed, alongside the identification of factors contributing to the transformation of the urban passenger transport market. While these priorities have been articulated in Saint Petersburg’s official documents, their implementation remains inconsistent. Key deficiencies hindering a widespread and systematic impact include the absence of mandatory standards for synchronized timetables and transfer dependability, fragmented public transport priority corridors, an insufficient cross-jurisdictional alignment of key quality performance indicators (KPIs). Evidence-based recommendations to adapt international practices for urban transport development to the conditions of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration have been proposed. The insights provided will be beneficial for governing bodies and operators in updating urban transport development programmes.
Urban public transport, urban agglomeration, public transport priority, intermodal integration, tariff integration
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14. Postanovlenie Pravitel'stva Sankt-Peterburga ot 30.06.2014 № 552 «O gosudarstvennoy programme Sankt-Peterburga “Razvitie transportnoy sistemy Sankt-Peterburga”» (s izmeneniyami na 7 oktyabrya 2025 goda) // Oficial'nyy sayt Administracii Sankt-Peterburga.
