A requirement to create transport hubs in large cities outlined in the national construction standard “Planning and Territorial Development passed by the Regional Development, Construction, Housing and Utilities Economy Ministry of Ukraine is introduced from September 1, Deputy Minister Lev Partskhaladze has said. “We want all the route networks in Ukraine’s large cities with large passenger traffic to be connected to each other by transport and interchange hubs, so that cities will be able to form the right logistics and interconnections between all major modes of transport and regulate passenger traffic,” Partskhaladze wrote on his Facebook page.
According to him, this national construction standard establishes that the transport and transfer hubs should be located mainly in the urban periphery. International transport hubs should be located near airports, railway stations and ports, regional – near bus stations or suburban railway stations, and urban – at high-speed transport stations (subway, rapid tram, city railway), at the intersection of several types of passenger transport and in areas of large public or commercial facilities.
According to the new national construction standards, the time spent on transfers should not exceed 10 minutes, taking into account waiting time.
“The distance of pedestrian approaches to stops in transport and transfer hubs should not exceed 200 meters. If the design provides for exceeding this standard, then the time spent on transfers should be reduced, it is necessary to use local transport systems – escalators and moving walkways,” Partskhaladze said.
PARTSKHALADZER, REQUIREMENT, TRANSPORT HUBS
