Development of transport networks in the Czech Republic until 2010 with an outlook towards 2015
Overview
Background & policy context:
Transportation is one of the key industries of the Czech economy with significant importance for international relations. Demand for passenger and goods transportation is constantly growing and it is the public administration's task to create legal and economic conditions for providing public transport services as well as for transport enterprises and to arrange traffic infrastructure adequate to growing transportation needs.
While preparing legislative and economic tools for transport regulation and infrastructure development, optimisation of traffic systems has to be pursued - within its frame environmentally-friendlier means of transport shall be developed so that they comply with the requirements of sustainable development and conform to the financial capabilities of Czech public budget at the same time.
Objectives:
The objective was to elaborate an update of the development of transport networks in the Czech Republic until 2015. The project does not leave the line of the approved programme but specifies a real succession of the construction and improvement of transport networks, considering financial possibilities, construction preparation status and transport urgency.
The study contained conceptually unstabilised segments of expressways (R1, R35, R43, R52) and transit railway corridors (3 and 4) in relation to land planning documentation and warnings on possible interferences with the NATURA 2000 network (D47, R6, R35, R48, R52, R55).
Methodology:
Analysis of the status of transport networks:
- density and hierarchic structure
- regional accessibility, level of residential units' connection and interconnection with European networks
- capacity of transport networks
- structurally - technical status (parameters)
- operationally - technical status (running characteristics)
- operational safety, environmental impact, economy of operations.
Needs analysis of transport networks:
- material needs, objectives, priorities, measures
- financial needs.
Analysis of financial capabilities:
- ensured financing resources
- possible new sources of financing.
Suggestion of the alternatives for transport networks' development till 2015:
- scheduled time of construction progress, incl. financial requirements
- graphically demonstrated succession of the construction.
Assessment of the alternatives in the light of:
- level of accomplishment of specifically defined objectives and priorities
- financial safeguard
- meeting the conditions of environmental protection
- conformity with land planning documentation.
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