Tvaraus mobilumo skatinimas plėtojant miesto ir priemiesčio rekreacijos tinklą

Abstract

The research presents a method for developing sustainable recreation and tourism network in urban and suburban areas. For this reason interaction between urban and the surrounding spaces of Vilnius City has been analyzed. Sustainable recreation is considered as a complex of measures to limit total automobilization of residential areas and facilitate development of pedestrian, cycling and water mobility. The obstacles to develop sustainable recreation from urban area to suburban spaces are analyzed and disclosed. Structural disconnections between urban passages and public spaces, uncoordinated spontaneous urban development, absence of direct access corridors from residential parts of the city to recreation areas in suburban region are the main ones. Because of this Vilnius City is experiencing a shrinking net of pedestrian and cycling tracks and the rivers that are especially favored by citizens for recreation purposes in town. Uncontrolled traffic sprawl is another connected reality that makes sustainable mobility in town even more difficult. The proposed method for creating a network of sustainable mobility tracks in residential environment is based on coordinated planning of "green corridors" linking urban and suburban areas with interior and exterior recreation resources, connection of urban, regional and national networks of pedestrian, cycling and river travel tracks Integration of diverse types of recreational mobility in planned travel routes is applied as an attractive innovation. Public transport as trolleybuses, busses and railway - is also integrated into the system of sustainable recreation in residential spaces. The planning proposals of sustainable recreation network for Vilnius City were presented to municipality and now are undergoing a practical testing phase in the analyzed sites with involvement of local residents and the visitors.