This Should be the Standard for “Normal” Cities | Warsaw 

As a person living in Warsaw, I can confirm the public transit is great. Moreover, the metro itself is absolutely clean and safe, literally seeing a single rubbish would surprise me.

One correction: While Warsaw has 'only' 1.8 million inhabitants, its surface is actually 2/3rd that of the land surface of New York City (not the urban area). It's bigger that Denver and more than twice the size of Seattle. The population density is just low, so it doesn't translate to the surface area.

Having multiple train-car vendors is better because it avoids monopoly leverage and price gouging.

Hi what a great review! However I think you haven’t mentioned a very important aspect: The metro in Warsaw is above all super clean and safe, on every single station there are guards, cameras, free toilets which are cleaned all day long. All that, makes the Warsaw’s metro a very nice and comfortable place to travel.

7:46 you dont have to walk those 500 meters to reach either of the stations you mentioned, because upon leaving your train at the Central Station you can simply make your way to tram stops using the underground tunnels and take the tram for one stop in either direction, that way you'll hop off the tram right above the metro station and I'm saying this as a regular user of the Warsaw transit system :)

Warsaw is, believe it or not, probably younger than many North American cities too. About 90% of the city was destroyed in WW2, so nearly all of it dates from the 50s onwards. For instance the castle at 0:08 was finished in 1988 (though some parts were finished in the 70s).

Eastern block countries are criminally underlooked when we talk about urbanism. I guess because those are countries that people don't wanna move to for other reasons, so we focus on places like Germany and Netherlands, but these cities like Prague or Budapest show you don't have to be ultrarich or populous to have functioning transit

Nice video. :) One thing I think you have missed and should have talked about to give a full picture of Warsaw's public transport system are buses. There is about 1400 of them and they go everywhere. There are lines that zig-zag through entire districts and "scoop" people to the metro stations, and there are lines that go though half a city connecting it. Together with trams and metro they make a cohesive system that connects the whole city and it's surrounding areas and most often there are multiple paths you can choose to go from any point A to B (which makes it highly redundant and prevents a single point of failure).

Wow, i did not expect a video about warsaw! Wow! Nice. On the map, you sould've add the SKM extention to Piaseczno and Zegrze Południowe, that were opened in march

Old soviet metro trains are now being sent to Kiev and replaced by new Skoda trains and when all Skoda trains will arrive in Warsaw, almost every russian train (the oldest one train stays at Warsaw for future generations) will leave the Warsaw and sent to Kiev

As a Varsovian I've been waiting for a video about Warsaw for a while. So happy it finally happened! My favourite metro station being on the thumbnail makes it even better

As a member of Warsaw's Association of Public Transport Fans I am really happy to see a video like this. Greetings from the trail of S1 line!

7:25 They were really unreliable when they were first entering service and broke constantly, but they figured it out after a while. It was the same story as with Siemens Inspiro trains a couple years prior and they've also been running smoothly ever since. 7:55 While I agree that it's inconvenient, it's not that bad (speaking from experience). And there are trams to take if you don't mind an extra transfer. Not great, not terrible.

Warsaw public transportation is absolutely f’n great. Lived there for 5 years and could get to any point with hardly ever more than one transfer and that’s if I had to get from one edge of the city to the other. Warsaw is not a particularly small place but the efficiency of the transportation services makes it seem like a medium sized town and it really contributes to the high quality of living.

I think it's also worth pointing out that we have a winter themed metro that is used during the Christmas season! I believe it's only one car, so it's always a joy to stumble upon it. I've also seen people specifically wait for it to take pictures. It's a small thing really, but cute and amazing nonetheless.

As a Varsovian I think I can add a few things: While it's true that the metro is (at this moment) a bit underdeveloped for a city this size, I agree that public transport as a whole is really good with an extensive tram network, an even bigger bus service (including routes to many satelilte towns and night buses), s-train and regonal train operating under a single ticket system (there are two zones - first is for Warsaw itself and a couple of adjacent towns). I can confirm that the bike network is quite good - though there are some holes in the network but for a couple of years now it is mandatory to design some form of bike infrastructure with every major street redesign in the city. The bike sharing system is quite good too, though I mostly use my own bicycle. In terms of new public transport infrastructure, at the moment the last few stations of the second metro line are being built (with the western terminus) as well as a new, major tram line to Wilanów district in the south of the city. The "just stairs" metro entrances are only on the oldest part of the system. The newer ones are actually quite more extensive overground as well as underground (many think that they're actually overdesigned and more expensive than they should be)

Skoda's vehicles are really reliable, look at the trams we have in Helsinki and Tampere running at -20 to -30 degrees in the harsh winter conditions with no problem 😁

I really appreciate the kind words about skoda my friend actually designs its trams And its nice to see a recognition from the world. I really love the new skoda varsovia trains too. Nevertheless why wont u cover more europien cities for example my hometown Prague. Because the public system is really great with a lot of new important projects comming up. I live here And i can go from one side of the city to another under 45 minutes the tram And metro network is extensive with new metro line being build right now And new subueban park And ride oriented train Infrastructure. I might provide some first person experience from here

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG!!! Thank you for reviewing my home city! About Skoda trains, they are very comfortable. Extremely quiet and the seats are very comfy. Only problem is that on the walls instead of screens with the route and time to the next station Skoda decided to put screens with their logo.

w końcu się doczekałem. Warszawa w końcu u RM'a :DDD

Nice pun, Warsaw in Poland is sometimes callled a "default city", because meany companies have their HQ there, and many events take place only there. So when no city is included in the adress you can assume it's Warsaw.

7:13 i absolutely LOVE the 1980s design of alstom metropolis 7:24 there were problems with skoda trains at first, but as far as i know they're pretty reliable right now

A part of Poland that is also worth mentioning is the Upper Silesia. Even Poles coming from different parts of our country are surprised at how connected the cities are. So much so that if you don't pay attention to the signs/(bus, tram, train) stops, it's hard to notice where one city ends and the next one stops. They are all connected by public transport and as of this year metropolitan bus lines, which have long routes connecting three or more cities.

Tram loops are by far the norm across Poland, except Olsztyn, which is a completely new system. Most cities do have a small fleet of bidirectional units that can be used on a line that is partially closed for maintenance.

2:00 - the map is missing a WKD line, which itself is a funny marriage between train and team. Really good to check out. 6:00 - it is worth mentioning that this started in the 1990. The first part of the network was in construction for twelve years from 1983 to 1995, which means the pace was under a kilometer a year. The pictures from 6:50 and following clip is from the oldest part. 7:50 - there are trams on both the parts you showed, if you want to ride instead of walking. In the workday they are super frequent. Also, the local trains are stoping more east on a separate stop, which means the walk to Centrum is even shorter. Yes, there are two train stations with different names a two-three minute walk apart.

Have lived in Warsaw for ten years and didn't appriecete the public transit much. Your video makes me think how we should appirciete what we have and not be angry about what we dont. In Poland there is a kind of inferiority complex, Polish compare themselves to the west and feeling worse but they dont have to. They are equally good in some arees and even better in some areas :)

Glad you love that their airport is named after Chopin as much as I do! It's quite fitting for Poland to name their main airport after their greatest gift to the music world! My favorite Frédéric Chopin fact is how he published his first piece at just seven years old! By the time he was eight, Chopin had performed in public for the first time at a charity event. Before his public debut, he had played at private parties by invitation. A few years after his initial public appearance, Chopin played for Alexander I, the Russian tsar. His work was also noticed by the Russian grand duke, Constantine. The composition Chopin wrote at age seven, Polonaise in G Minor, was adapted for Constantine’s military band to play in a parade. Poles are definitely people that have been through so much. But through it all, they remain proud people, proud of their achievements and cultural spirit, and keep moving forward. And this can be seen with Warsaw's transit. That despite the obstacles, Warsaw still got a Metro system! In the Polish national anthem, Poland Is Not Yet Lost written in 1797, it is expressed that the idea of a Polish nation had not disappeared as long as the Poles endured and fought in its name. When Chopin was on his death bed, he asked his caretaker Delfina to sing the Polish national anthem. Well, when it comes to pushing for transit projects, the idea of a new revolutionary transit project is not yet lost as long as the urbanists still fight in its name!

Thank you for a very concise and informative video about a city I have not yet visited. However you omit one crucial fact. As one local commentator points out 'about 90% of the city was destroyed in WW2, so nearly all of it dates from the 50s onwards'. That fact no doubt explains the large number of wide dual carriageway roads with segregated tram tracks down the middle. That reminds me of central Rotterdam, but with the difference that the Dutch added segregated bike tracks down the sides of the dual carriageways when they rebuilt the Rotterdam city centre.

Miło posłuchać jak za granicą tak dobrze mówią o Polsce :)

Warsaw facts: The Warsaw tram network is 125.3-km (or 77.9 miles) long and is the second-largest system in the country after the Silesian trams. The history of tram transport in Warsaw dates back to 1866 when a 6-kilometre (3.7 miles) long horse tram line was built to transport goods and passengers between the Vienna Railway Station and the Petersburg and Terespol railway stations across the Vistula. This was in order to circumvent the Russian authorities, which prevented the construction of a railway bridge for strategic reasons. In 1880, a second line was constructed with the help of Belgian capital, this time intended as public transit within the city. Now there are nearly 30 lines. The flag of Warsaw is yellow at the top, red at the bottom. The flag is derived from the city's coat of arms, which features a syrenka (or "little mermaid") in a red field. The mermaid has a sword and shield because the legend of the Mermaid of Warsaw legend states that the mermaid decided to stay after stopping on a riverbank near the Old Town. Fishermen noticed something was creating waves, tangling nets, and releasing their fish. They planned to trap the animal, then heard her singing and fell in love. A rich merchant trapped and imprisoned the mermaid. Hearing her cries, the fishermen rescued her. Ever since, the mermaid, armed with a sword and a shield, has been ready to help protect the city and its residents

I've never even wished for video about Warsaw(thought the city wouldn't be interesting for you at all). But now that you did it you can't imagine how happy I am!

In my city we also have a mix of 81-717 and Siemens Inspiro trains. And we recently ordered 8 new metro trains from Skoda, too!

We are having Škoda trams for many years now (like around 10 years at least) in Prague and they are treating us really well

Well for us europeans Warszawa is actually quite a big city xd. If you would want a example of good normal city for us Brno in the Czech Republic would be a better example. 400k inhabitants, 72 km of tram tracks, 11 lines most of them going every 5 minutes in peak hours. You should check it out for yourself 😉

2:44 Trams per capita or public transit seats per capita should be one of many transit oriented measures of a city’s quality.

i believe that the new škoda metro I saw in february in Hulín, Czechia being transported via train to the north so either it was on transport to Warsaw or to their factory in Šumperk. However it's great looking train. Škoda is also present in the US with their trams in Portland I believe.

Škoda is a well experienced manufacturer of all kinds of motor vehicles as well as electromechanical parts. Their trams are quite reliable and are used all over Europe, predominantly in the east for historical reasons (Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, ...), but also in Helsinki and soon also in multiple German cities. btw. you might even have been unknowingly using Škoda equipment in Toronto: they built the wheel-hub motors for the first batches of Bombardier Cityrunner/Flexity trams.

I think there's a lot more to cover about Warsaw if You would like to come back here in the future. For e.g. use of E-ink displays for tram schedules, the "Nowe centrum Warszawy" project, plans for narrowing streets in city center and clean transport zone, planned cross-platform transfers at some of future Metro stations, the overall level of cleanliness and maintenance of the public transport system, cheap and simple fare system, city experimenting with not using the fare gates at main (and only for now) subway transfer station - Świętokrzyska, extending the Metro's reach by using high-frequency busses connecting it with residential estates located further than walking range, very affordable bikeshare system with e-bikes and its abandonment of the docking station system in favor of returning the bike at any location, City's attempts to deal with problem of badly parked electric scooters and so on...

wow, i always took the metro and trams for granted here in warsaw, thanks for the video, can educate me even though i have been living here my whole life. also tram 26 for life

Here's a cool thing you missed: 20 minute ticket What's cool about it? Aside from being cheap, it also speaks to the frequency of trams.

I must say, growing up in Warsaw made me really allergic to poor transit when traveling.

I find it annoying that the good quality of public transport in Warsaw stops me from buying a car. Because I -- generally -- like driving. But when living in Warsaw there's no point to keep a car. I only rent a car like twice a year to go to the lakes or mountains.

Thanks for your video, and looking forward to see you in Warsaw! You presented the public transport in the best possible way, huge props for your background.

Warsaw's metro was supposed to be built in the 1920s. Then the Great Depression began. It was actually started again just before WW II (they actually dug some preliminary tunnels) but then WW II and Warsaw was practically entirely destroyed and more than half its population killed, including practically all its Jews. During the Soviet Era, there were proposals to build a metro (the Russians envisioned a Soviet style system with deep stations that doubled as fallout shelters), but Poland's habitual financial crises prevented completion of the system. It finally opened in 1995, 68 years after it was first proposed.

hello reece. i think you should look on public transport in brno (czech republic). brno is not a big city (2nd largest in czech republic) with its 400 000 inhabitants but it has over 70km of tracks and 11 tram lines that strech over the whole city. the tram system is made to connect all city parts to the city centre where there are the main transit transfer stations. also trams in brno are going every 4-6 minutes in peak periods.😉

Great video! Here's the things I like and dislike about warsaw that you didn't touch on too much: I like how a lot of the stations are well connected with each other but in some places warsaw lacks crucial connections that can make the whole system feel sluggish (for example, choosing not to connect the M2 line with the Warszawa Toruńska train station, which would only require one more station and make commuting on the SKM trains even better), or as you mentioned, no subway going directly to the central station. I think the bike infrastructere is quite good, there is bike lanes on a lot of the bigger streets but they are often disconnected from each other or cut off at certain points, you have to learn and adjust your routes every time if you want to avoid cars, though they are constantly making more bike lanes and this issue is being worked on. Warsaw is generally a good city for pedestrians but it also feels very much consumed by cars, there is very few pedestrian only roads outside of old town and we have a HORRIBLE culture of cars parking partially on the sidewalk that can block people on wheelchairs or with strollers, It also could do with some traffic light priority, making 10 people wait at a stop light so 5 cars can pass always makes me a litty angry on the inside. I love the rentable bikes, they are incredibly cheap, scatterred all throughout the city and very reliable, only complaint is that they aren't availible all 12 seasons of the year. On another note, I really love the old tram and subway models and i think they should keep operating them until they start becoming unreliable. They have an incredible character to them and the seats on the old soviet era subways are the most comfortable seats in any public transport vehicle I've been in. Don't fix it if it ain't broke.

Thank you for doing an episode about Warsaw. I was watching your video for sometime and I thought you will never do one about my city. What a positive surprise!

Wonderful video, keep it up.

Love all your videos! Small tip: The diacritic above the S in Škoda (called a haček) changes the sound into an "sh". Also, weirdly, the czech word škoda in common use means something like "what a shame!" or "too bad!"

One things I wish would be the same in Montreal after living for few years in Warsaw is ZTM providing transport far from Warsaw border. I remember going to Czersk castle that is around 40 km from Kabaty(end of M1 not far from edge of city) by Warsaw public transport.

i was surprised hearing about the part around 6:30, where it was spoken as if multiple entrances to a station is abnormal outside of warsaw, as i am so used to it. i went to london in august and remember being bewildered at trying to find the singular entrance to the tube haha

I really like your stuff Reece. But I especially like the approach of looking at cities rather than systems. Hope we see more like this.

I moved to Warsaw 4 years ago, living 3 km out of city center. The public transport is so great and helpful, that I totaly stopped riding my car, and 2 months ago I just sold it, because it just stayed in one place all the time.

There are videos of about every tram line in Warsaw, and I admire the system. Although it may be a trifle dated, it all looks exceptionally clean, and everything, including the signals, seem to work well. Most lines have an exclusive right of way and don't have to mix with cars except at intersections.

Great video, I think it's also important to add that on top of metro and trams we have a vast network of city busses as well, and you can use any of the three to commute with a single ticket

Love the videos and appreciate the work you put into them😄👍🏻

the distance to the metro station from the central rail station isnt that big of a deal since you can just hop on the tram for 1 stop

Worth noting is that although having great metro, tram and S-train system, almost half of transit ridership comes from the busses! As stated on official WTP website, they count up to 48%! That means that big numbers not always come with single high-capacity corridor, but with an extensive network. Also, Warsaw has a very specific urban layout having an orthogonal street grid in the city centre and long straight roads throughout most of the left-bank part. In Poland, only Łódź have a similarly extensive grid, while other cities have more random-organic layout.

Wow Warsaw is beautiful! Also those Skoda trains look super gorgeous.

Awesome video! Phoenix and South Korea are starting to bring about fleets with multiple manufacturers. Plus, the full y glass train doors on the Warsaw Metro reminded me of the KinkiSharayo light rail trains of Phoenix's Valley Metro (originally designed that way).

As a person who is interested in the development of transport in Warsaw, I have a few interesting facts. It is impossible to talk about Warsaw without mentioning that it was the most destroyed city in Europe after World War II. We are often compared to Prague and Budapest, but Warsaw had to be built from the very beginning. There were many more important things to build than subways. It was only in the 1990s (after independence from Russia) that we began to seriously think about building a metro. This is very important because it shows how quickly transport in Warsaw is developing - within 30 years it has been possible to build two metro lines and develop the city rail network. There is still a lot to do, over the next 30 years it is planned to build 3 new metro lines (construction of one of them will start next year). It is also planned to build a new urban railway tunnel on the north-south axis. The planned route is to cross the central station, creating a new network of connections and ensuring good access to the station. I'm very glad that you created a video about my city, thanks to it I found out about your channel. Good job

There's something to be said about how Eastern Bloc countries built wide streets and squares, which can accommodate a number of different modes of transport construction, including light rail and underground heavy rail.

Great video

The walk from Central rail station to Central Metro I long, but it is mostly underground in walkable tunnels and shops around. Almost all central area near Central station you can walk underground, because it was designed using modernistic idea on the car transport. But walking with bags is not so dramatic, especially if you're gonna use buses or speed-buss lines, which are located just next to the train station pavilion.

I find it really funny that you consider Warsaw to be a mid-sized city with extraordinary public transport. For American standards that might be true. But if you compare it to Germany, only two cities are larger than Warsaw: Hamburg and Berlin. Yet, most cities that have 500 000 or more inhabitants have great public transport with subway/LRT hybrids, S-Bahn and busses.

I love Warsaw’s transit! Also, as an Edmontonian it was interesting to learn our west end LRT will have Korean rolling stock. Canada Line vehicles are made by the same company too. 🇵🇱

It's nice to hear such praise. I don't live in Warsaw, but I work there and I commute to work by public transport and by bike... both of these systems are well-built.

Thanks for this! Cheers from Warsaw ☺️

The Warsaw metro is freaking incredible; its clean, its safe and there are even free CLEAN BATHROOMS, they have really nice connections. In general all of Warsaws transport is really good. The only problem are places outside of Warsaw, if you live in a village and want to travel often your only viable option is the car

Lovely to finally see my city on your channel :D Our transit system, considering our GDP and population is actually really good! I personally don't own a car and commute only with public transport and bike (ocasionally uber). This is a case with quite a big % of population here, especially in younger and retirement age demographic. Still, there are some places that need to be improved, but steadily system is getting better. One thing that I would add to your video is that Warsaw also has massive bus system which is actually a backbone of the entire system, most buses are articulated 18 meters long ones and 162 buses are fully electric. We have two ticket zones - zone 1 for whole city and zone 2 for neighboring towns. Another aspect is prices - Warsaw has very cheap tickets, the cheapest of all big polish cities. Full price 75 minutes ticket costs just around 1$ and monthly ticket costs around 25$ which makes public transit so much cheaper than driving with your own car.

I wish you mentioned WKD and KM since they are a very clever way of connecting people around the region. I really liked this video!

Oh, didn't expect to see my city in here!

Unsure if you've heard but the city president just recently announced that he's fully committed to using rail as the dominant form of transport in the city with 5 metro lines by 2050 and expanding the existing tram network. As for the retro trains, they'll be shipped off to Kyiv to replace their destroyed fleet. It's the right thing to do but somewhat sad as they have a really cool vibe. The public transport in general is really good and I more often than not am able to find a direct connection (be that by tram or bus) to wherever I want to go.

Great video but I do feel like calling Warsaw, the largest city in Poland and the 6th largest in the EU, a medium City is stretching it a bit. At least personally I’d rank them like this (based on my own local area) *Middle of nowhere(Below a hundred):* Doesn’t really exist in my area outside of Aroostook County in Maine *Village(couple hundred people):* Most settlements in the Green, White, & Adirondack Mountains *Small Town(High Hundreds-A Few Thousand):* Lyme, Canterbury, Chaplin *Mid Size Town(High Thousands):* Old Lyme, Hebron, Westbrook *Large Town(10,000s range):* East Lyme, New Milford, Norwich *On the border between town and city(Upper Mid 10,000s):* New London, Middletown, Burlington VT *Small City(High 10,000s-A Few 100,000):* Portland ME, New Haven, Manchester NH *Mid Size City (Mid 100,000s):* Providence, Pittsburgh, Buffalo *Large City(High 100,000s-A Few Million):* Boston, Montreal , Philadelphia *Mega City(Mid-High Millions or more):* New York, London, Paris

Very interesting, Reece! Thank you

One thing I can say about those Skoda metro trains is that they’re incredibly quiet. Especially compared to these old, loud soviet trams that are still in use - inside them you can’t even hold a conversation with a friend while in transit 🥲🥲🥲🥲 also one more thing you should include are the “park and drive” carparks! I use them quite often as I live in the suburbs and parking in the city center is expensive and rather stressful. They’re not perfect and we definitely need more of them, but it’s still a nice addition to our system. Anyway this video was very interesting to me, living in Warsaw all my life I thought these things are a standard and took them for granted 😅

Can you make a video about public transit serving a national park or having park access in general? I wish I do not have to drive to a park to get away from the city.

The strongest element of Warsaw public transit are suprisingly Buses wich move more people every year than Metro, Trams and Suburban Rail combined.

As a Varsovian, I totally agree. I don't have a car and not planning to, as it doesn't make sense to have it with relatively cheap and good public transport.

Always appreciate the Edmonton shout outs! Valley Line Southeast is set to open in the coming couple of months 🤞🤞

Warsaw is a great city, and easy to get around. Amazing considering its destruction 80 years ago.

Also very worth noting is the fact that apart from the oldest trams and some rail stations not directly managed by the city, Warsaw's transport is very accessible, every metro station is step free directly from street level onto the platform, often with multiple lifts also from the fare gate level

Please do Prague next!

One of the most informative presentations ever. Thank you.

You can @ me for this, but like why are US train and metro designs look like large rectangles of aluminium sheets? Why can’t they have nice colours and livery like idk, the rest of the world???

7:47 You can also get in a tram to get to this both :) Also - a fun fact - when 2050 will hit, we are supposed not to have only 2, but 5 lines and over 100 stations. Also you could have checked and said something about WKD line later - It's a light train and something between a tram and a train!

Would love a video on winnipegs lack lustre transit. And maybe some ideas for a tram or lrt!

Thanks for representing our part of the world:) Greeting from Poland - LODZ :) We also have lot of trams :D and what is more interesting currently an underground trainlines are being build - Tunel średnicowy.

I had a look at how many trams Melbourne has, and it has 493 trams (double Toronto, but 2/3 the size of Warsaw). Excellent for an English-speaking city but not as great as Central Europe. Thanks for the video Reece - Warsaw is a fascinating city.

My mind goes to Warsaw every time you discuss excessive metro building costs as a model of efficiency. From what I've seen the system is really shallow and has been built cut and cover. This is in no small part enabled by the sheer width of major roads in the city, a result of the utter destruction in WWII and car oriented redevelopment. This makes Warsaw look very American in my view, but with trams everywhere! Yay!

Funny that you said "default city" right near the start of the video as this is how some of us call Warsaw in Poland 😸

with having one type of vehicle in the system the new S line trains had an issue recently and got diled back and replaced with a very old model that isnt usually used anymore altho rn when they are fixed theres still 2 types of vehicles on the rail system in warsaw and thats cool i like guessing which one it is by the sounds they make

As you said, the transit system is great... in some cases. When I lived in Warsaw, I lived in the outer part of the right bank, which meant that the options to get to the center were either two buses or a bus and a train. Not to mention that often the only way to get from one suburb to another is through the center - which is why there are still so many cars.

You should also talk about the transit in KL. It's not the best but it's pretty good

Good job Reese, thoroughly enjoyed this one

On kind of the same topic, one thing I noticed when I visited every Vienna U Bahn station in May, they have three types of train car for the Metro and the U2Z tram (which I had to use to visit two closed stations as per the rules) is a short run from the station platform

I live in Warsaw and it's nice to see a video about the city. The public transport is good, very clean and reliable, easy to use, and the tram network is expanding fast. However, the city suffers from having been planned (or rather not planned) very car-centrically, so it's very spread out and is criss-crossed with enormous stroads, which makes cycle commuting, despite the good separated bike lanes in many parts of the city, very time-consuming. Bus journeys can also be tediously long because of this. It's definitely not a perfect city but ZTM, the transport operator, does seem to be doing its best.

As a Warsaw resident, I can say that this is all accurate. :D

Nice video! About the metro line not being closer to the Warszawa Centralna is because Warszawa Centralna is mostly underground. Itd be tougher to build a metro station there since it would have to be twice as deep as the other ones :)

I like comparisons and made one particular myself and would beg you to do one professionally: How it is that Prague, CZ (central Europe) has similar city area as Philadephia, USA and even similar number of inhabitants, yet "Philly" is a car centric hell with really bad public infrastructure and Prague was voted the 2nd best public transit system in the world last year. I thing it has to do something with amount of rolling stock in streets, number of lines, intervals, speed, fare prices and reliability of the system, but would really love to see your take on the matter. Please? :)