Integrated Clock-Face Timetable as a Tool for Optimizing the Municipal Public Transport System in the City of Ludbreg and Surrounding Municipalities

Ivan Cvitković, Ante Klečina, Nives Domjan Kačarević () and Andrea Ivanišević
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Ivan Cvitković: Department for Logistics and Sustainable Mobility, University North, Dr. Žarko Dolinar Square, 48000 Koprivnica, Croatia
Ante Klečina: Department for Logistics and Sustainable Mobility, University North, Dr. Žarko Dolinar Square, 48000 Koprivnica, Croatia
Nives Domjan Kačarević: Department for Logistics and Sustainable Mobility, University North, Dr. Žarko Dolinar Square, 48000 Koprivnica, Croatia
Andrea Ivanišević: Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Dr. Zorana Đinđića 1, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 17, 1-20

Abstract: Through the Study on the Development of a Sustainable Public Transport System and a Non-Motorized Mobility System, in October 2022, the City of Ludbreg and the local municipalities of Martijanec, Sveti Đurđ, Veliki Bukovec, and Mali Bukovec jointly agreed to develop a sustainable transport system focused on passenger mobility. This agreement included co-financing the Study, which supports local development and promotes the efficient use of EU funds allocated for the 2021–2027 period. The Study emphasizes the integration of public transport, walking, and cycling, alongside the sustainable use of private vehicles, in alignment with European and national strategic frameworks aimed at reducing CO 2 emissions and improving quality of life. However, the City of Ludbreg aims to further enhance the municipal public transport system, not only within the city but also across the entire Northern Croatia region. As a first step, in addition to optimizing the existing public transport service and defining an optimal bus route network, the goal is to establish a modern public transport system that is more attractive to users, offers greater comfort, ensures higher accessibility, and minimizes negative environmental impacts. By improving service quality, the system is expected to attract more users and create new mobility opportunities, contributing to demographic revitalization, employment growth, environmental protection, energy efficiency, lower transport costs, an improved standard of living, and broader economic development in Ludbreg and the surrounding region.

Keywords: public transport; sustainable mobility; integrated passenger transport; passenger kilometre; bus kilometre; multimodal travel; economic sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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