The project "MOVE IT like Lublin" - The initiative for sustainable development of public transport in Chisinau was launched today by the City Hall of Chisinau with the financial support of the European Union. The implementation of the "MOVE IT LIKE LUBLIN" Project, an important initiative for the urban development of the capital, is based on a partnership between Chisinau City Hall and the municipality of Lublin, Poland.

Thus, the 3 main objectives of the project are:

- Improving municipal public transport policies and legislation;

- Strengthening the institutional capacity of the DGTPCC;

- Modernization of the road traffic management system in Chisinau.

Present at the event, Ion Ceban General Mayor, thanked the representatives of the European Union in the Republic of Moldova for the financial support provided to Chisinau City Hall, Lublin City Hall for openness and cooperation, as well as the team within the implementation unit of the municipality.

"Your support comes to help us improve the field of public transport, and at the end of the project, we hope that together we will be able to achieve the following expected results. I am referring to the harmonization of local urban transport legislation with European legislation, the reform of the Municipal Transport Department, the approval of the sustainable urban mobility plan, as well as the modernization of the two municipal transport companies - UBP and CEPTC (RTEC).

The Mayor wanted to specify that the Chisinau LPA will continue to implement measures that come to develop this field, by arranging the lanes dedicated to public transport and the integrated electronic ticket. The road network will also be reorganized for better territorial distribution and the creation of a municipal road traffic monitoring center in the city, including a specialized site and a mobile application dedicated to public transport users for better real-time information to the population. .

The grant worth 3.32 million euros was obtained by the municipality under the financing line "Local Authorities: Partnerships for Sustainable Cities 2020", for the project "MOVE IT like Lublin" - a Chisinau public transport sustainable development initiative ".

The financial sources will be allocated in several periods, for a period of 4 years, for the modernization of the public transport system.