Role of Railway Traffic in Public Urban and Suburban Passenger Transport (Example of The City of Zagreb)

This paper on the role of railway traffic in passenger transportation is from the proceedings of 14th International Conference on Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century, which was held in Malta in 2008. The authors use the City of Zagreb, Croatia, to demonstrate the potential role of railways in public urban and suburban passenger transportation. They stress that, in order to address many of the problems in urban and suburban areas, including congestion, traffic accidents and environmental pollution, it is necessary to reduce and limit the individual traffic in urban and suburban traffic systems, and increase the share of railway traffic. The advantages of railway over other traffic modes include very low harmful emissions, lower energy consumption, higher speed which allows significant savings in travel time, and stimulation of suburban zones development. The authors describe the potential future role of railways in the public urban transit flow in Zagreb, including new routes, which would, along with the existing infrastructure, allow the railways a greater share and a more significant role in the PUT system. They conclude that the existing network of railway lines and stations is not completely adapted to the needs of public urban and suburban railway traffic and thus needs to be supplemented and modernized. A brief discussion of the integration of all modes of public transport (rail, bus, tram) is included.

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• Authors:
  • Baric, D
  • Badanjak, Dragan
  • Novacko, Luka
• Conference:
  • Urban Transport XIV: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century
  • Date: 2008-9-1 to 2008-9-3
• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 37-46
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XIV. Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Multimodal transportation; Passenger traffic; Passengers; Public transit; Railroads; Suburbs; Traffic congestion; Transportation modes; Travel time; Urban development
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation infrastructure
• Geographic Terms: Zagreb (Croatia)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01113986
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781845641238
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 29 2008 10:14AM