Transport in Białystok

Białystok is, and has been for centuries, the main hub of transportation for the Podlaskie Voivodeship and the entire northeastern section of Poland.

An extensive public transportation system is provided within the city by three bus services, but no tram or subway exists.

[citation needed] One of the first means of urban transport were demobilized trucks owned by Miejski Zakład Komunikacyjny (MZK) in Białystok, which existed after Second World War and the establishment of the People's Republic of Poland.

Employees demanded the resignation of the director, salary increases and discussions on the ownership transformations of the company.

The legal patron Jerzy Korsak (then owner of the only private law office in Białystok, now a member of the Supreme Lawyer's Council) came to the strikers and convinced them that in order to dismiss the director, the company had to be dissolved.

[5] Horse-drawn trams existed in the city for merely 20 years, between 1895 and 1915, but most of the infrastructure was damaged during the World War I.

[7] In 2019, the Sobieski Institute published a report outlining potential routes consisting of 25 kilometres (16 miles) of tracks.

It is currently used only by Aeroklub Białostocki,[12] a sports and recreational flying association, and by private airplanes.