Have you ever felt like you'll never get from A to B because either traffic jams or cumbersome public transportation are slowing you down?
You might not think of a city's transportation network as the most important aspect, but it actually has a significant impact on your life.
Road network development. Public transport routes criss-crossing the city. Clear information. These can all be factors that can make it easier or harder for you to get around a city.
You don't have to worry about this in Kecskemét.
Although the area of the city is 60% of the area of Budapest, so it can be said to be large, it is still easy and relatively quick to get from one end of the city to the other.
Moreover, since Kecskemét is located in the center of Hungary, any point in the country is easily accessible.
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Thanks to continuous improvements to the road network, you can comfortably drive through the city. The ring road around Kecskemét supports local and regional transport, even so that you can avoid the city entirely if reaching your destination is logical that way.
Budapest is only 40 minutes away, Liszt Ferenc International Airport is 30 minutes away, and countless towns can be reached on the M5 and M44 highways, so you can be completely mobile.
The livability of a city is also clearly shown by the system in which (downtown) parking works and whether there is enough space for parked cars.
Kecskemét offers motorists electronic parking passes, several underground garages, P+R parking lots, transparent parking zones and electric charging stations. With the CityApp application, you can even track the occupancy of some parking lots easily from your smartphone.
Kecskemét is at the forefront of the innovation of public transport. Online real-time schedule tracking, online ticket and pass purchase, online travel planning, and passenger information panels installed at bus stops make bus travel smooth for passengers.
In addition, all major settlements can be reached by long-distance buses, and you can easily reach any major city as well as the surrounding smaller settlements on the main roads around the city.
Kecskemét is located on the main Budapest-Szeged railway route, the Intercity train runs every hour, which takes less than an hour and a half to reach the Budapest-Nyugati railway station. In addition, larger settlements can also be reached by train, and thanks to integrated transport, the railway lines passing through the city are already available for intra-city and suburban transport.
Kecskemét is located in the heart of the Lowland, so you don't have to expect a big elevation gain if you ride a bike. Kecskemét's bicycle path network follows the most important transport routes, so you can reach any part of the city in about 30 minutes by bicycle or even electric scooter.
Kecskemét is placing more and more emphasis on accessibility, be it buses, pedestrian crossings or public spaces, with which they want to make the everyday life of people with reduced mobility and people with strollers easier. The city administration also thinks specifically about children, as the Kölyökdomb playground in the Leisure Center was designed so that children with disabilities can also use it.
