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The increasing urban population impacts heavily on city sustainability. One of the key sustainability problems in developing cities is an efficient transport system that can meet transport needs at the lowest social cost. The existing body of knowledge tells us that it could be achieved by shifting users to public transport (PT) and increasing occupancy rates of private modes. Against this background we argue that the key tool in ensuring this shift is offered by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), especially with the use of smartphones. We posit that young users (i.e., 20–24) can be attracted to public transport through ICTs most effectively. We apply a questionnaire-based field research in Sopot, Poland on a large group of young transport users (i.e., n = 567). What was observed are preferences towards ICT and its potential in encouraging the use of different transport modes. We also survey the differences between car owners and no-owners in relation to their preferences. Our results show that young users prefer ICT solutions but require specific ICT-oriented features. What is most interesting is that access to a private car does not need to be a limiting factor in using public transport if only quality ICT in public transport is offered.

This deliverable is dedicated to the area of the third work package of CATRIN covering new member states' policy and implementation problems as well as data availability. The objective of already submitted Deliverable 5 was to review data sources and information available in new member states which can be used for cost allocation studies. This deliverable addresses the CATRIN Task 3.1 "Review of important issues in transport policy", in which the main objective is to provide an indication on the general assumptions, preconditions and key factors for ensuring a fair and efficient pricing policy at country level.The insights from the EC transport policy prove that some characteristics as basic preconditions for the implementation of fair pricing reforms in transport can be identified. Those include: • The non-discrimination principle aiming at providing a charging system that does not discriminate between operators and/or Member States. • The transparency principle (cost allocation), implying that the required charges (to the user) should be determined in a transparent way. This has also implied, in presence of natural monopoly, the danger of anticompetitive collusion and/or the concentration of market power in particular operators, the establishment of independent authorities able to guarantee the third party right (new entrants) to a fair charging, e.g. in the case of air and rail sector. • Consultation as a general method of defining and implementing charging involving stakeholders. ; CATRIN - Cost allocation of transport infrastructure cost