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Parameters of Relation between Public Urban Traffic and Urban Environment with Special Reference to Zagreb

The historical development of cities and urban transport inevitably implies a conflict between mass transit and the urban environment, regardless of the steps taken to influence (and the degree of such influence) the ratio of mass transit to private transportation in cities. In fact, both are to be found among the most important factors reducing the standard of urban living in settlements and cities. The positive effect of transportation in terms of its overcoming physical distances is associated with quite a few negative impacts on man and the environment ; within this scope the negative effects of passenger cars on the urban environment are higher than those of mass transit. A realistic approach to the urban-transit-to-environment relation would involve the identification of its relative parameters, their objective quantification, and the selection of steps to reduce or prevent the occurrence of negative effects. The general transformation of the city – environment - transportation relation in Zagreb follows the same pattern. The assessment of the relation between mass transit in Zagreb and other elements of the urban environment is as negative as the relation of the former to the population (whether it involves pedestrians, transit users or passenger car drivers). The range of possible steps which could improve this state of affairs in Zagreb covers a span from secular to short-term measures. Unfortunately, the relation of transit (one of the elements of the urban environment) and man does not seem to attract the interest of the main agents of the city’ s transportation policies.

transportation; city; public urban transport; environment

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