Session

Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Environment

Description

The Center Business District of Tirana (Skanderbeg Square) plays a crucial part in Tirana Transportation System. After a closure of about 2 years, being under reconstruction, CBD opened to traffic on November 14th, 2011. This study analyses performance parameters like: travel time for both cars and buses, waiting time at bus stations, and passenger boarding/alignment for bus passing through or around the CBD before and after it was opened to traffic. Route that follows Kinostudio-Kombinat bus line has been selected as a representative of all other lines passing through the center of Tirana. Opened to traffic for the supply to meet the demand differently with sustainability approaches, this significant structural change in transportation system of Tirana has deteriorated the total transportation system of Tirana City. Higher travel speeds were observed within CBD but slower ones out of it. In addition, although this change has led to a slight improvement in east part of Tirana, travel speeds at the west part which is a main entrance to Tirana of intercity commuters has been significantly deteriorated (20-25%). Moreover, this change indirectly has changed flow distribution at signalized intersections thus making the system less efficient. Last but not least, capacity of public transport services has not been increased to cope with the increase of number of public transport commuters, hence making the mode less attractive. Providing the supply to meet the demand is not anymore the solution, but the sustainability is permanent solution.

Keywords:

Public transport, Sustainability, Travel speed, Passenger accumulation

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-13-0

First Page

208

Last Page

212

Location

Durres, Albania

Start Date

7-11-2015 9:00 AM

End Date

7-11-2015 5:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2015.81

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Motorizing CBD of Tirana. A Before and After Study in Tirana from Sustainability Point of View

Durres, Albania

The Center Business District of Tirana (Skanderbeg Square) plays a crucial part in Tirana Transportation System. After a closure of about 2 years, being under reconstruction, CBD opened to traffic on November 14th, 2011. This study analyses performance parameters like: travel time for both cars and buses, waiting time at bus stations, and passenger boarding/alignment for bus passing through or around the CBD before and after it was opened to traffic. Route that follows Kinostudio-Kombinat bus line has been selected as a representative of all other lines passing through the center of Tirana. Opened to traffic for the supply to meet the demand differently with sustainability approaches, this significant structural change in transportation system of Tirana has deteriorated the total transportation system of Tirana City. Higher travel speeds were observed within CBD but slower ones out of it. In addition, although this change has led to a slight improvement in east part of Tirana, travel speeds at the west part which is a main entrance to Tirana of intercity commuters has been significantly deteriorated (20-25%). Moreover, this change indirectly has changed flow distribution at signalized intersections thus making the system less efficient. Last but not least, capacity of public transport services has not been increased to cope with the increase of number of public transport commuters, hence making the mode less attractive. Providing the supply to meet the demand is not anymore the solution, but the sustainability is permanent solution.