Transport Network in Riga (Latvia): State,

Problems and Perspectives

Irina Yatskivivl@tsi.lv

Elena Yurshevichelena_y@tsi.lv

Transport and Telecommunication Institute (TTI)Riga, Latvia

COST 355: WG2

Contents

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

4. Participation of TTI in the Riga TS Development Projects

5. Conclusions

1. Basic Facts about Latvia

• Population: 2.3 million• GDP: 11.26 billion LVL • GDP per capita: 4.742 Euro

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Structure of Economics by Added Value

Transport and communications

15.6%

Other commercial

services22.2%

Public services15.7%

Primary sectors4.4%

Electricity, gas and water

supply3.1%

Trade, hotels and restaurants

19.8%

Construction5.8%

Manufacturing13.4%

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Riga is the Intersection Place of the Main European Transport

Corridors

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Agglomeration of Riga City

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Riga Development IndexesRiga Development

IndicesPercent of the Latvian

Development Index (2005 year)

Inhabitants Number 32%

Number of Economically Active Inhabitants

40%

GDP 54%

Industrial Output 53%

Wholesale Trade Rotation 80%

Retailment Rotation 60%

Foreign Investment 55%

Foreign Tourists Number 57%1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

Riga Area Zone Division

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Riga Population Density Distribution

Density of the Job PlacesPopulation Density

Bedroom community

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Types of Public Transport in Riga

• Buses

• Trolleybuses

• Trams

• Minibuses

• Railways

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

Inhabitants' Travels Distribution (working day)

35.00%

35.00%

29.00%1.00%

The Vehicles

The PublicTransportThe Walk

Other

Distribution of Travels by the Transport Mode

21.00%

36.00%10.00%

33.00% Trams

Buses

Minibuses

Trolleybuses

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Riga TS Development IndexesPassengers Number in Public Transport

Communication Intensity on the Bridges over the

Daugava

The Number of Inhabitants in Riga

The Number of Vehicles

The Level of Motorization

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Dynamics of Motorization Level in Riga

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

1. Dynamics of Cargo Flow Increasing

1. Latvia and Riga: State of the Art

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

1. Overloading of some Transport System Zones:

– Bridges Branch-lines – Railway Crossing – Crossroads

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Riga Crossroads Loading Levels

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. A lot of Accidents

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Distribution of Traffic Accidents

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

3. Growth of Environment Pollution

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

Pollution Level of Riga Environment

NO2 CO

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Reasons of Appearing Riga Transport System Problems

1. Stare-shaped Type of Riga Transport Communication of:

• Public transport• Private transport • Cargo transport

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

Star-shaped Type of Public Transport System

Trolleybus & Tram Bus

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

Main Traffic Flows(Private Vehicles and Public Transport)

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Reasons of Appearing Riga Transport System Problems

2. Absence of highways by-pass for cargo and transit traffic

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

Main Traffic Flows(Cargo Transport)

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

Distribution of Cargo Traffic in the Riga Boundary

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2005

2015

2. Reasons of Appearing Riga Transport System Problems

3. Fragmentary character of existing highways and main roads

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Reasons of Appearing Riga Transport System Problems

4. Capacity limitation of branch-lines at the centre

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Reasons of Appearing Riga Transport System Problems

5. Absence of municipal programme of Parking Place Construction

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2.Reasons of Appearing Riga Transport System Problems

6. Absence of the unified transport mode for the out-of-town transport delays the economic and logistic development

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Deterrents of Riga TS Development

1. Deterioration of TS at the Centre

2. Necessity of big capital investments into the railway and Daugava bridges

3. Absence of the programmes of systematic survey

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

2. Survey Chronology in Riga

• 1996 – transport correspondence (by telephone) and cargo traffic intensity survey

• 1997 – transport correspondence (by telephone) and parking places

• 2000 – transport correspondence and public transport survey

• 2000 – bridges traffic intensity survey• 2002 – survey of tram passenger correspondence

(SYSTRA&TTI)• 2003 – passengers and cargo cars intensity survey• 2004 – Riga Transport System Loading Survey

2. Problems of Riga Transport System

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Riga TS Development Main Conception

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Main Strategy of Riga TS Development

• Riga South Bridge Building

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

South Bridge

Stages of South Bridge BuildingLength,

km

Time

1-st Stage (Bauska street - Slavu Railway Bridge) 2.5 2004 - 2008

2-d Stage (Slavu Bridge Reconstruction - Slavu multilayer flyover building) 1 2008 - 2010

3-d Stage (Vienibas avenua - Bauska street) 4.5 2010 - 20123. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Main Strategy of Riga TS Development

• Riga South Bridge

• Riga Northern Transport Corridor

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Main Strategy of Riga TS Development

• Riga South Bridge Building

• Riga Northern Transport Corridor Building

• Riga Park&Ride System Building

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Main Strategy of Riga TS Development

• Riga South Bridge Building

• Riga Northern Transport Corridor Building

• Riga Park&Ride System Building

• New Administrative Centre Building

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

3. Perspectives of Riga Transport System Development

4. Participation of TTI in the Riga TS Development Projects

4. Participation of TTI in the Project of Riga TS

Reconstruction

• Modelling of New Coach-Terminal Terminal in Pardaugava

• Modelling of Pardaugava TS “Bottle-neck” (The Crossroad Uzvaras street – Ranka Avenue – Slokas Street)

4. Participance of TTI in the Riga TS Development Projects

Model of New Coach-Terminal

Modelling of Pardaugava TS “Bottle-neck” (Crossroad Uzvaras street – Ranka Avenue

– Slokas Street)

4. Participance of TTI in the Riga TS Development Projects

5. Conclusions

• Contemporary state of Riga TS needs the global reconstruction and optimisation

• Negative influence of National Survey absence

• Necessity to apply the contemporary telematics units for data collection

• Necessity to involve modelling at all the stages of TS designing and optimisation

Source of Information

• The Plan of Riga Development 2006 – 2018 year:

• Riga Duma, Department of Riga Development

• Ltd IMink

• Statistical Reports about Latvian Development

• Report of the TTI Project “New Coach-Terminal Dimulation”

• Report of the TTI Project “Pardaugava TS Node Simulation”

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