Three mayoralties in the Călărași district – Călărași, Tuzara, and Nișcani – are jointly developing a common public transport service that will serve over 11,000 residents. This initiative directly addresses the lack of functional road connections between villages and the town, particularly impacting children’s access to education and adults’ access to work, services, and medical care.

With the support provided through the MĂ IMPLIC project – a civic engagement project in local governance funded by the Government of Switzerland – the three mayoralties are implementing a well-structured plan that includes:

• Establishing routes and schedules adapted to the real needs of the residents.
• Acquiring four buses or minibuses to ensure regular trips between localities.
• Arranging waiting stations and installing necessary signage for passenger information.
• Creating a local system for coordinating and managing the public transport service.

🤝 Public consultations organized at the local level formed the basis of the planning and confirmed citizens’ support for this idea. This is the first model of its kind supported by the MĂ IMPLIC project and has the potential to become a replicable best practice in other rural regions of Moldova.