Seamless Bay Area

Sweden’s division into 21 metropolitan regions with their own elected governments enables regionally integrated public transportation, resulting in higher ridership and customer satisfaction through clear delineation of responsibilities, fare integration, and coordinated planning. The 2010 law assigning regions exclusive responsibility for public transit has directly accelerated service integration and delivered major increases in regional rail ridership compared to long-distance services.

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