INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AS TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT TOOL (THE CASE OF KYIV)

Abstract

The low quality of public transport services, the inconvenience of routes, the long duration of trips and several other problems encourage Kyiv residents to increasingly choose a car for everyday correspondence, which, in turn, increases delays, travel time and leads to environmental pollution of territories. These problems are especially acute in large cities, where numerous industrial, labour, and cultural and household connections are within the city. There is a need to create a single efficient transport system that serves as a city and implement effective traffic flow management approaches. 
 First of all, the article defines the concepts of "traffic flow management", "urban mobility" and "urban mobility regime". Four groups of problems of urban transport systems were identified and two ways of solving them were formed: extensive and intensive. Using the instrumental case of Kyiv, the level of implementation of systems for monitoring and managing traffic flows in Ukrainian cities was evaluated. The levels of the legal framework regulating the urban mobility of the population in Ukraine are described. The characteristics of intelligent transport systems and their key subject areas have been studied. Commonly accepted services for users of intelligent transport systems (ITS) are distinguished and segmented according to the needs of these system users. Features, methods of application and technologies of intelligent transport systems are presented. Services that are a priority for potential users of intelligent transport systems in Ukrainian cities are highlighted. The world experience of the formation and development of intelligent transport systems, as well as European programs for their implementation, is characterized. A SWOT analysis of the implementation of intelligent transport systems in Kyiv was carried out and recommendations were made for the creation of an ITS implementation program in Kyiv. 
 The information base of the article consists of publications by prominent Ukrainian and foreign researchers, data from the Tom Tom transport analytics service, the current legal framework of Ukraine, which regulates urban transport systems, and urban development strategies. The following methods of scientific research are used in the research process: dialectical method; method of scientific abstraction, analysis and synthesis; method of induction and deduction; comparative method; method of systematization and graphic method.