Budapest

The purpose of the measure is to implement complex revitalisation programs which facilitate the environmental, ecological, functional (surface drainage, water habitat, recreation) and landscape architectural integration and improve the characteristics of small water courses. Beyond the regulation of the bed and the bank and the recreational development of small water courses, revitalisation programs also need to restore habitats to increase biodiversity and to develop the connecting public utilities, roads and cycle tracks and green areas.

According to the BMP, in order to make the city interoperable for cyclists, there is a need for a comprehensive core network of obvious, practical and safe cycle lanes within the Hungária ring road. By means of the preferred development of cycling traffic, the share of cycling should be increased to 5% by 2030 based on the distances covered. Expansion of bicycle storage places, installation of B+R facilities, MOL Bubi public bike system expansion options, freight bike lending. Preference for pedestrian traffic. The comfort of bicycle and pedestrian traffic could be enhanced by the introduction and expansion of LEZ, primarily applied as a means of traffic attenuation in the city centre.

About 7% of the territory within the city boundaries of Budapest is protected area, where numerous protected plant and animal species can be found. The primary objective is to protect the botanical, zoological, geological and landscape values of protected areas, to preserve biodiversity, to reduce conflicts concerning nature and the achieve that new areas are declared to be protected sites on an estimated area of 800 ha based on preliminary surveys. The possibility of the extension of protection is being examined continuously. Placing the valuable natural areas currently not protected under protection is included as a thematic project in the draft of the Dezső Radó Plan.

The planning, protection and management of green areas and the provision of related information require the application of up-to-date monitoring systems. It is necessary to create a green space cadastre encompassing the entire public administrative area of Budapest based on a uniform methodology in cooperation with the district municipalities and organisations concerned, which shall take stock not only of trees, but of parks, forests, semi-natural areas and gardens as well. It is advisable to further develop the FATÁR application created by FŐKERT so that the green areas, avenues and other green area managed by district municipalities and other green area managers also appear in the database

The Municipality of Budapest maintains numerous institutions and companies, thus operates a large number of buildings and facilities (social institutions, theatres, educational institutions, public utility companies, etc.), and may directly influence their energy consumption and energy efficient renovation and operation. Areas for action: - City Hall - Institutions of business associations providing public services - Other institutional buildings.

According to the Budapest Mobility Plan (BMP), the share of public transport (PT) shall be increased to 50% by 2030 with consideration to the distances covered. The modernisation of the vehicle fleet needs to be continued. As for buses and vessels, the latter of which play a marginal role, transition should be made from vehicles based on the use of hydrocarbon to electric, hydrogen driven and other vehicles. As for trams and trolleybuses, vehicles of a lower electricity consumption should be purchased. The integration of railway transport with urban PT may also generate savings in energy consumption. Giving priority to the movement of PT vehicles in traffic etc.