Integration of public transport and urban planning

Abstract

Urban planners and scientists who searched for improved models of coordination between land and transport planning and investment into in have increased the number of links between urban transport and urban development. The public transport has been in the focus of attention as the sustainable and environment sensitive transport that brings environmental benefit and possibility to serve mobility needs of citizens without private cars and reduces social division. The article identifies the main factors that affect the use of the public transport in town: land use planning; local government policy; extent of economic resources; implementation of modern technologies; social tendencies. Four main models of sustainable urban forms are found in literature: neotraditional development, urban limitation, compact town, ecological town. It presents the provisions of the Vilnius City Master Plan 2015 concerning the public transport improvement. The article also assesses developments in the public transport network in 2003-2007 resulting from changes in individual routes with regard to passenger time necessary for travelling. Modelling is carried out with the help of VISUM software, applying the Kirchhoff distribution law expressed in the Integrated Choice Index (ICI). Citizens of Buivydiškės and Santariškės are most affected by the developments, while the situation in Pavilnys, Aukštieji Paneriai and Tarandė slightly changes.