Project approach to control system creating for modernizing traffic control at territorial communities’ reconstruction

Abstract

The reform of urban planning activities has opened up opportunities to apply a modern approach to the strategic planning of territorial community development by developing and implementing the Concept of Integrated Territorial Development (CITD) of the territorial community, as well as sectoral plans for the implementation of specific CITD priorities. One of these priorities is the creation of a sustainable transportation system for the community that provides residents with high-quality transportation services, minimizes environmental harm, and ensures long-term socio-economic benefits. To achieve this, a Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan (SUMP) is developed and implemented, which includes, among other things, the modernization of traffic control. The full-scale military aggression against Ukraine has necessitated a reevaluation of the concept of sustainable mobility and the implementation of measures to adapt it to the requirements of military and post-war community recovery. The focus is now on the resilience of territorial communities to critical situations (shock events) related to military actions and ongoing threats from the aggressor. Particular attention must be given to large cities, which represent one of the strategic targets for the aggressor. The proposed article examines the peculiarities of implementing a traffic control management modernization project for the military and the post-war recovery of a territorial community in accordance with the principles of sustainable mobility. It justifies the need to develop a version of the SUMP that includes scenarios for the development of sustainable mobility tailored to the requirements of military and post-war recovery. Three main directions are proposed for the implementation of the road traffic management system's responsibilities in developing the transportation system of the territorial community: soft measures, hard measures, and measures to enhance the transportation resilience of the territorial community. The study concludes that there is a need to develop new indicators that characterize the transportation resilience of territorial communities. conducting a SWOT analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of communities and their mobility, considering the impacts of military aggression; adjusting existing SUMPs and developing new ones, particularly for large cities and border communities; adjusting the composition, structure, and functions of the traffic management system to ensure effective current mobility management in response to existing challenges and threats; implementing and providing technical support for the execution of traffic control schemes and traffic signal timing plans according to scenarios that address critical moments (shock events); applying methodologies for managing territorial infrastructure projects with a focus on digitizing traffic control processes.