Open AccessImportance of planning and construction of the light rail systems for sustainable town development
Author(s) -
Dragana Filipović,
Danijela Obradović
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
glasnik srpskog geografskog društva
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-078X
pISSN - 0350-3593
DOI - 10.2298/gsgd0501157f
Subject(s) - light rail , sustainable development , transport engineering , public transport , business , traffic system , population , product (mathematics) , sustainable transport , urban planning , environmental planning , engineering , civil engineering , geography , sustainability , political science , demography , geometry , mathematics , sociology , law , ecology , biology
Increase of population and activities in towns, among other things, leads to traffic and transport problems. Discrepancy between citizen's needs and existing economy and functionality of public traffic systems leads to traffic jam, but also to negative effects to environment. In that situation private vehicle is not the best solution, because it emits great number of pollutants in the environment. As a product of the technological improvement in rail industry there have been created light railway systems, as one of the most flexible form of public transport. This paper represents importance of light railway systems for urban development, its positive effects on environment, as plans and projects related with light railway systems introduction in Belgrade