ABSTRACT
Budapest is by far the largest city of Hungary. Since the 1990s, however, this capital city has lost about 300,000 inhabitants to its surrounding suburbs. Physically, the metropolitan area is growing in an, largely, unplanned way. At the same time, the majority of jobs are still located in the central city. Consequently, commuter flows have increased drastically over the past decades and accessibility – both by private and public transport – is under pressure. Since the decentralization of government responsibilities, accessibility has become a responsibility of the cities involved.
