Measure 27
City Centre Access Control
13.6.2012
Katerina Oktabcova
Usti nad Labem Municipality
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Background
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City congested with vehicles as the demand for travel
grows - the city centre overloaded by IAD
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The city centre covers a rather small area and has
various function (housing, cultural realisation, business
opportunities, shops, services, offices, medical
facilities, etc.) - accessibility has to be on a high level
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study was developed to determine feasibility of
implementing a city centre access control and develop
a plan of measures that could be implemented as part
of the SUTP
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Aimed to reduce the volume of traffic in the centre and
to improve the environment in the city.
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Objectives
Major problems in the city centre:
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Dense traffic including transit traffic
Critical parking situation (shortage of parking places, illegally
parked vehicles, growing parking demand)
Objectives:
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Lower the traffic intensity;
Improve the traffic flow and traffic safety;
Improve conditions for public transport;
Improve conditions for walking and cycling;
Tools:
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Exclude transit traffic by implementing bypasses;
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Find effective parking system;
Restrict the entrance of vehicles into the city centre only to
the necessary trips;
Implement PT priority system.
Bypasses around the city
centre
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Measure overview
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11.3.5 City Centre Access Control
– Finished in M22
– RTD task
– Research study proposing possible options for regulating traffic in the
centre of Ústí nad Labem, with the emphasis on describing expected
positive impacts, considering risks and consequences and comparison of
results
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The study was aimed at following issues:
– how to reduce the proportion of transit traffic
– how to reduce the number of vehicles entering the city centre
– how to improve conditions for safe walking and cycling
– how to reduce traffic congestion
– how to improve traffic safety and traffic flow
– how to improve conditions for public transport services in the area
– how to solve the parking problem in the city centre
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Task 11.3.5 – City centre access control
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Reasons for traffic regulations
Identifying organisation of traffic in the city
Presenting the current state of traffic, parking and public transportation
Overview of regulatory measures suitable for city conditions
– Access restrictions (access only for transport services, restrictions for freight
vehicles, for vehicles with high emissions)
– System of roads with regulated traffic
– Traffic light signals discouraging drivers
– Paid entrance to the city centre
– Traffic calm zones (TEMPO 30, pedestrians, residential)
– Parking restrictions (paid parking zones, P&R, P&G
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Recommended supporting measures
– Improvements for PT, cyclists and pedestrians, promotion, parking outside the
city centre
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Comparison of proposed regulatory tools, analysis and designing the solution
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11.3.5 City Centre Access Control
Traffic regulations proposed for the city centre:
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Zones with no traffic (except transport services,
residents and PT)
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Zones without freight vehicles
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Pricing the entrance to the city
Zone for vehicles with low emissions
Optimisation of traffic light control system to prefer
PT vehicles
Calm zones
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11.3.5 City Centre Access Control
Specific solutions:
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Closing the major road in the city centre for all traffic
- Pařížská street
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Implementation of collective garages for Park & Go
system around the city centre circuit
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Paid parking zones progressively from the outside
areas to the city centre
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Implementation of low emission zones
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System of impassable roads
Limiting the speed limit to 30 km / hour in “tempo 30”
zones to improve safety of vulnerable users in the
city centre
System of impassable
roads
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Results
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proper solution is a combination
of tools forming a
comprehensive system of traffic
regulations, not eliminating
traffic completely:
– Access allowed only for
transport services (including
residents and PT)
– Access allowed only for vehicles
meeting low emission standards
(not applied on transport
services)
– Maximum speed 30 km/hour
– Park & Go system implemented
– Implementation of a specific
residential zone
– Establishing a system of roads
with regulated traffic
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11.3.5 City Centre Access Control
Scheme of restrictions
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11.3.5 City Centre Access Control
Improvements of traffic flow after the restrictions
Green = lower intensity
Red = higher intensity
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Budget and costs
No implementation
No subcontract or purchases
Only personal costs (4MM)
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Evaluation
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Target
Rating
21 - Traffic flow peak
-15 %
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22 - Traffic flow off peak
-15 %
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27 - Average modal split passangers
5%
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26 - Average modal split vehicles
5%
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5%
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29 - Average modal split - trip
NA = Not Assessed
O = Not Achieved
 = Achieved in full
Achievement of quantifiable targets and objectives:
– For indicators of traffic levels and modal split, before
data were gathered from the on-site traffic census
performed in the city by the Department of Transport,
Ústí nad Labem Municipality in 2005 and 2010.
– Data about traffic development were taken from the
database of the Road and Motorway Directorate, Prague
Technical Administration of Communications and the
Statistical Office of the Czech Republic.
– Data about parking places were collected by direct
observation and survey realised in the city centre within
the measure 25 Short Term Parking Scheme.
– After data for the modal scenario calculated through the
transport model (access for transport services, TEMPO
30, P&G)
 = Substantially achieved (at least 50%)
 = Exceeded
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Thank you!
Katerina Oktabcova
CIVITAS Archimedes
Ústí nad Labem Municipality
katerina.oktabcova@mag-ul.cz
www.usti-nad-labem.cz/civitas