Central

The Government is responsible for:

• National legislation in Road Transport, Civil Aviation, Railyway transport and Maritime and Shipping;
• Development, maintenance, and operation of the national transport grid;
• Development of the country's trunk road and railway network;
• National public ports, the  Liszt Ferenc International Airport, and air traffic control;
• Coordination of transport infrastructure development with regional development;
• Harmonisation of development policies for individual transport modes and regulation of competition;
• Regulation and supervision of environmental protection, transport safety, public road transport services, and the transportation of hazardous materials;
• Ensuring the defence-readiness of the transport grid;
• Supervision of transport research and development;
• Regulating fare and fee policies;
• Reorganisation and modernisation of the institutional system and corporations fulfilling government functions;
• Implementation and regulation of telematic solutions for organisational, technical and subsidy-accounting needs arising from compatibility requirements under the Hungarian Information Society Strategy;
• Budget support for local and intercity communal transport;
• Annual production support for the Hungarian State Railways (MÁV);
• Adoption and review of mid-term transport infrastructure plan;
• Restructuring of the company's losses;
• Passenger support, i.e. consumer price subsidies.

Regional

Regional authorities are responsible for:

• Legal application;
• Management, development, maintenance, and operation of some of the transport infrastructure, such as regional roads and railway lines (shared with national and Local authorities);
• Modes, frequency and quality of public passenger transport;
• Rate of fare subsidies and revenue support.

Local

• Local authorities are responsible for:
• Developing and maintaining local public roads and their accessories;
• Providing local public transport.

The capital City of Budapest has responsibilities in the field of:

• Managing, developing and operating trunk routes with prominent traffic or with a key role in national road transport;
• Public radial and ring roads;
• Major public transport junctions;
• Key public parks and public areas;
• Management and operation of traffic regulations and traffic management in the entire territory of the capital;
• Ensuring and operating local public transport and developing the system of parking in the territory of the capital.

The districts of Budapest are responsible for:

• Managing, developing and operating local public roads, public area and parks;

• The operation of parking.

Responsible ministries/bodies 2018 - Ministry for Innovation and Technology

National Transport Authority

Ministry for Innovation and Technology

Sources

Dr.IstvánCsillag,Minister of Economic Affairs and Transport, Hungarian Transport Policy 2003-2015, Budapest, 2004, p.11.

2011. évi CLXXXIX. törvény Magyarország hely iönkormányzatairól[Local Self-Government Act No. CLXXXIX of 28.12.2011]

Government regulation 94/ 2018(V.22)  on tasks and powers of members of the Government (94/2018. (V. 22.) Korm. rendelet

a Kormánytagjainak feladat- és hatásköréről )