Budapest outlines ambitious pedestrian-accessibility roadmap through 2050

In a Facebook post, Vitézy Dávid presented Budapest’s new pedestrian and accessibility strategy. The roadmap calls for at least 50 % of tram stops to be fully barrier-free by 2030 and for every city junction that includes an underground road to be accessible by 2035. It also envisions continuous, safe sidewalks along major thoroughfares and sufficient crossing points, with traffic-calmed local streets becoming a norm by 2040.

By 2050 the city aims to make its entire public-space network barrier-free and to add roughly two hundred new pedestrian crossings. Dávid referenced earlier initiatives, including the introduction of zebra crossings at Ferenciek in 2014 and new crossings at Deák Square, the small ring road, Blaha Lujza Square and Astoria. The strategy aligns with the Budapest Mobility Plan’s target of increasing the share of sustainable transport such as public transit, cycling and walking.