WIT Press

Transportation System In The Central Parts Of Urban Areas

Price

Free (open access)

Volume

26

Pages

10

Published

1996

Size

996 kb

Paper DOI

10.2495/UT960351

Copyright

WIT Press

Author(s)

I. Lozic & M. Milicevic

Abstract

The central parts of urban areas (the city cores) are susceptible to intensive traffic flows, public transportation vehicles and private cars. The traffic flows are intensive due to the attractive contents in the cores and historical monuments. The current use of certain areas and their uneven distribution result from the great number of trips in the city core and on the adjacent streets and squares. The city of Split boasts many attractive historical monuments as well as Diocletian's Palace, recognized by the united Nations as a part of the World's cultural heritage. This city center is also the destination of a great number of trips from other parts of the town and suburbs. The total number of trips to the city core was determined by applying a traditional model: trip generation analysis, trip distribution analysis, modal split analysis and traffic assignment analysis; the inter

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