Integrated Transport Plan Malta

2026

The Island of Malta

The Integrated Transport Plan is a long-term national programme shaping the future of mobility across the Maltese Islands. Led by Transport Malta and supported by Arup, the plan sits at the intersection of infrastructure, policy and planning, connecting movement, place and everyday life into one integrated system. Appointed by Arup, Mizzi Studio brings its role as local designers to Malta in Motion, translating the plan into a campaign, identity and public engagement programme that people can see, understand and use.

If a system isn’t understood by people, it won’t be used. This is about more than transport. It is about reconnecting people and place and improving how we live, together.

Jonathan Mizzi

Director of Mizzi Studio

At the core of the Integrated Transport Plan is the coordination of Malta’s bus network, walking and cycling, parking, maritime mobility and ferry services, road network efficiency and a future Rapid Transit System into one connected network. Together, these elements are designed to improve how people move, strengthening connections between communities, services and everyday life.

A greener street model that balances cycling, walking, public transport and daily urban life within a more comfortable public realm.

This is not a single intervention. It is a system designed to evolve.

Malta’s challenge is not only congestion. It is pressure: pressure on land, on time, on infrastructure and on people. The plan responds by shifting from fragmented solutions to a unified system where modes work together. A stronger bus network, maritime mobility, safer streets, improved road efficiency, better parking strategy and a long-term rapid transit system are not developed in isolation, but as interdependent parts of a whole.

Maritime mobility becomes part of a wider connected system, strengthening links between coastal communities and everyday destinations.

The programme is guided by five strategic pillars: travel choice, liveability, inclusive and safe places, reliable connectivity and resilience. By integrating modes into one connected network, it gives people real freedom in how they move, while improving the quality of everyday life through better access, reduced congestion and more human-scale environments.

Public spaces designed around everyday life, where mobility, landscape and civic experience come together.

Within Malta in Motion, the national campaign programme, Mizzi Studio’s role is to translate this complex transport system into something that can be seen, understood and used. As local designers, the Studio grounds the system within Malta’s landscape, culture and daily rhythms, shaping its identity, visual language and spatial experience so that it becomes legible and intuitive in everyday life.

Through storytelling, film, engagement and continuous dialogue with communities and stakeholders, Malta in Motion supports understanding and adoption, ensuring the system is not only delivered, but lived. It recognises that behaviour follows understanding, and that trust enables adoption.

The programme introduces a phased approach to behaviour change, grounded in education, visibility and real-life application. It focuses on freedom of choice, enabling people to move differently because they understand and trust the system around them.

The Integrated Transport Plan sets direction for the next 15 years, translating Malta’s long-term transport vision into phased, implementable action. It is not fixed. It learns, adapts and strengthens. As the programme evolves, its impact will be measured not only in networks and connections, but in how it reshapes everyday life across the islands.