Abstract
Modern large cities include both historically developed central parts and rapidly developing peripheral neighborhoods. Today, transport flows are formed not only by traditional bus, trolleybus, and tram routes, but also by significant fleets of taxis and private vehicles. An increase in traffic load and a shortage of parking spaces significantly reduces the capacity of roads and negatively affects the environmental situation. Ensuring transport accessibility based on the development of underground urban transport, the metro, is accompanied by great labor intensity, time and financial costs. Residents of large cities try to use bicycles, electric scooters, monowheels for intra-city movements. However, in winter in Russia this type of ecological personal transport becomes less accessible. A promising option for the development of public transport for large cities with a significant length of the street network in the absence of the technical possibility of expanding the roadway, can be an elevated electric transport (monorail). Using the example of the city of Samara, where the level of automobilization in 2019 reached 344 cars per 1000 people, the possibilities of developing the transport system of a large city with the inclusion of a monorail transport section in such a system are considered. This innovative solution will improve transport accessibility and reduce the negative impact on the urban environment. The average payback period of the project will be 4.4 years.
Highlights
As a result of intensive automobilization, the road capacity of many large cities is almost depleted
Because of the limited capacity of the urban streets, this regularly leads to traffic problems, reduces the route speed of the public transport
Today the city has almost exhausted the possibility of reconstructing streets in order to expand the roadways, and this is a problem for all of the types of ground transport
Summary
As a result of intensive automobilization, the road capacity of many large cities is almost depleted. Samara is an good example that illustrates the complicated traffic situation in many Russian cities. That city reached the automobilization level of 344 cars per 1000 residents in 2019. Because of the limited capacity of the urban streets, this regularly leads to traffic problems (traffic jams and accidents), reduces the route speed of the public transport. The studies show, that peak loads complicate the situation significantly (Basharkin y Kholopov, 2019). The public transport is not able to provide the existing passenger traffic with the quality service. Today the city has almost exhausted the possibility of reconstructing streets in order to expand the roadways, and this is a problem for all of the types of ground transport
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