Environmental Engineering Reference
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- land degradation,
- increased energy use (transportation, heating),
- higher environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emission;
• social
- disruption of social bonds,
- social segregation,
- conflicts between local and immigrant population.
Due to an increasing level of suburbanization and the resulting dispersion of
starting and target locations it is essential to the transportation system in the whole
agglomeration rather than just the city of Poznan. It is commonly assumed that
Poznan agglomeration is made up of the city of Poznan and the surrounding dis-
trict, consisting of 17 municipalities, 11 of them directly adjacent to the city, and 6
in the so called second Poznan ring.
Because of the statutory provisions resulting from the initiatives of the European
Commission, the city of Poznan and Poznan district are obliged to execute the
so-called transport plans. The authorities in both local self-government units rightly
concluded and took the initiative of preparing a single, joint plan. The necessary
condition to execute the transport plan was conducting a Comprehensive Traffic
Survey [Kompleksowe Badanie Ruchu (KBR)] in 2013.
Individual journeys by car held the biggest share in the overall percentage of
trips in Poznan agglomeration in 2013: 49.5 and 61.3 % in terms of transport per-
formance (pkm) (Table
2
) (KBR
2013
).
The number of car journeys has not risen significantly, as it has been only by 9.2 %
in comparison to previously conducted studies in 2000. However, the mean distance
Table 2
Transport performance in Poznan agglomeration (within one standard day) (KBR
2013
)
Mode of transport
Journeys
(thousand)
Share
(%)
Transport
performance
(thousand
pkm)
Average
length
(km)
Share
(%)
590.0
36.8
6,750.7
11.44
35.9
Public transport
1,373.4
3.80
7.3
Trams
Municipal Transport
Company (MPK) buses
1,343.0
3.56
7.1
947.4
22.67
5.0
Regional railway
908.2
31.49
4.8
Transregional railway
Remaining buses (in this region
and transregional)
1,296.9
10.89
6.9
880.8
1.49
4.7
Pedestrian (accessing and leaving
stops)
Passenger car
792.2
49.5
11,527.7
15.81
61.3
Bicycle
654.0
4.1
293.9
4.49
1.6
152.3
9.5
219.5
1.44
1.2
Pedestrian
Total
1,600.0
100
18,791.9
11.74
100
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