Assessment of alternative mobility opportunities for connecting Jelgava and Riga [Latvia]
2020
Veveris, A., Latvia Univ. of Life Sciences and Technologies, Priekuli, Priekuli Parish, Priekuli Municipality (Latvia). Inst. of Agricultural Resources and Economics
The purpose of this article is to assess a sufficiency of mobility opportunities to connect the Jelgava City, Olaine and Ozolnieki Municipalities with Riga and evaluate alternative options for improvement of mobility, at the same time facilitating the use of environment-friendly means of transport. The existing and potential demand for the public transport and sufficiency thereof to connect the analysed territories to Riga during various times of the day and week was assessed in the article. The ratio of the private and public transport use was analysed. The factors affecting attractiveness of the public transport were analysed, and appropriate recommendations designed in the article. The use of the railroad transport and perspectives thereof, as well as creation of connection with the local importance bus routes was especially assessed. Two alternative options are recommended as the solutions in future. One of them prescribes an option to carry passengers on the route Riga−Jelgava mostly by train, simultaneously creating a network of local transport, which at the same time would improve provision of transport in regions and connect residential areas with the railway stations. The second option prescribes to maintain the existing route scheme, increasing the train running intensity, while maintaining the bus routes parallel to the railroad in a reduce volume. The study results may be used in development of the transport policy both in the analysed region and in other regions.
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