Application areas of various means of transportation in agglomerations (SVI2004/039)
Overview
Background & policy context:
Spatial connections are the most important bottlenecks for interchange between residential areas. While increasing, agglomerations rely on powerful development of their entire transportation system.
To conduct the agglomeration programmes certain instruments are needed to evaluate reasonable application areas of means of transport. The product of the project is a guideline which is of high relevance for the application of means of transport. The guideline serves to engineers and planers but also politicians and administration as a tool containing indicators, classifications, application criteria and - characteristics, marginal values and success factors which can be used directly in discussions and planning.
Objectives:
In the field of transport politics the appropriate use of means of transportation is a "deep-seated principle". This principle is important especially in developing transport solutions for the agglomeration programmes. The project aims at concretising the application area of different means of transportation as well as building the background for optimal use of financial resources. Furthermore, the principle of "appropriate use of means of transportation" is explained from different points of view.
Methodology:
The main used methods in this project include literature review, theoretical studies, field surveys, and expert interviews.
The research plan includes 3 physical milestones, their contents and findings are documented in early chapters of the final report and discussed separatelly at a meeting with the project Commission.
The milestones are the following:
1. Analysis, traffic engineering, and policy planning basics (machining months 1-8)
2. Field investigations (machining months 9-14)
3. Synthesis (machining months 15-19)
The compilation of the final results, the draft report and a final meeting with the accompanying Commission (machining months 20-24) conclude the research project (4th milestone).
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