1001 Smart Cities
Budapest
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Budapest

Country
Hungary
Population
1.7M
Projects
1
First project
2023
Best evidence
Media
Last verified
18 July 2026
In the atlas since
18 July 2026

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Budapest runs its public transport through BKK, the city transport authority, whose BudapestGO app (the former FUTAR) has become the default way residents plan journeys and buy digital tickets. Its Pay&Go feature lets riders tap a bank card or phone to buy and validate a ticket in one gesture; piloted in 2023 on the airport bus and Metro Line 1, it now covers the whole metro network.

The atlas documents 1 project in Budapest: 1 with a documented success. The entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is media (1 entry) — and links its sources.

All 1 project in Budapest

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🚲 BudapestGO Mobility Platform Integration 📰 Media since 2023 · Live →

Outcome: 1 succeeded — Evidence: 1 media

Deeper reads

Where Budapest appears in the atlas's own analysis.

🏆 1 in the what-worked record🧾 Passport: BudapestGO Mobility Platform Integration

Compare with other cities

🇭🇰 Hong Kong Octopus Contactless Fare & Payment Card Hong Kong's Octopus pioneered contactless transit fares in 1997; Budapest added tap-to-ride Pay&Go to metro and airport bus in 2023. 🇷🇼 Kigali Tap&Go Cashless Urban Transit Network Kigali's Tap&Go put contactless fares on three bus operators from 2015, eight years before Budapest's Pay&Go tap-to-ride in 2023. 🇳🇬 Lagos Cowry Card Contactless Transit Payment Two contactless fare rollouts: Lagos put a Cowry Card across bus, rail and ferry (2021); Budapest added tap-to-ride Pay&Go in 2023.

Official strategy and sources

↗ Budapest Főváros Önkormányzata, with BKK (Budapesti Közlekedési Központ) for transportThe organization driving the city's smart-city work.
📎 Cite this city

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in Budapest, Hungary.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/budapest/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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