The reform of the bus route network in Tallinn has significantly reduced the possibility of getting to Ülemiste City. The biggest problem was the closure of bus No. 64, which deprived a significant part of people coming from the Väike-Õismäe and Mustamäe area of an important and fast connection.

Ülemiste City has 17,000 people living, working and studying in Ülemiste City, many of whom use public transportation to get to the city. One of the most negative factors was the closure of the streetcar line serving the airport, which worsened the accessibility of the area and led many people to use cars again. While before the closure of the streetcar line 92% of Ülemiste City communities were satisfied with accessibility, last year the satisfaction level dropped by 14 percentage points. Already last year 5% people from the community returned to car use, and we are confident that after the new reform the customer satisfaction level will decrease and the number of car users will increase.

The reform, which came into effect in October 2024, cut several important connections and made the journey to Ülemiste City significantly longer and more inconvenient.

Already in the first week after the reform came into force, almost one hundred companies, whose office is visited by more than 2000 people from Õismäe-Mustamäe directions every day, asked for urgent restoration of the critical bus connection.

Route 13, which now runs through Ülemiste City, provides bus service to Väike-Õismäe and Mustamäe 24 hours a day and on weekends, but the travel time has increased by more than 10 minutes and the number of stops has increased (18 instead of 13 as was the case with Line 64). Initially it was promised that bus #13 would take only 4 minutes longer than the canceled route #64, but this is not true - according to the current timetable, bus #13 takes 47 minutes to travel from Väike-Õismäe stop to Lõõõtsa stop during the morning rush hour. In comparison, bus 64 travels this section in 36 minutes.

Travel time in the morning is critical for people as it influences their decision whether to stay on public transport or switch to cars. The experience of cancelling express routes between major neighborhoods in various European cities in recent years has already had negative results. We should not repeat these mistakes.

Before the changes were made, we had several meetings with the Tallinn Transport Department and the deputy mayor, where we explained our position and sent written proposals for new routes that were not taken into account.

We demand a review of the reform and the reinstatement of bus route 64 between Ülemiste City and Väike-Õismäe.

We are simultaneously sending this application to:

1. Транспортный департамент,
2. Городская администрация,
3. Все причастные к маршруту районные администрации/самоуправления,
4. Министерство экономики и инфраструктуры,
5. Представителям/депутатам городской управы каждой фракции таллинского собрания,
6. Tallinn Strategic Management Center.