The Bureau of Strategic transport planning will be opened in Kazan

(KZN.RU, November 14, Alsu Safina). The Bureau of Strategic transport planning will be created in Kazan for the implementation of the new transport model, the development of which has recently been completed by the NI&PI General Plan of Moscow. Vladimir Fomin, the head of the Architecture and Urban Planning of the Executive Committee, said this today at the Business Monday.

According to Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, the question of the organization of the transport planning bureau needs careful consideration. “The city is definitely in need of structure that would deal with the strategic development of transport infrastructure, learning the advanced world experience, attracting the world's experts, the best Russian specialists”, said the Mayor.

Vladimir Fomin told that such transport bureau established in many European cities: Munich, Vienna, Milan and others, and have proven its effective.

The aim of the new structure will be a comprehensive approach and strategic development in terms of transport provision of important urban areas and objects, including new public spaces, as well as rendering traffic and pedestrian flows during important public events and projects for change in urban areas.

The Bureau will develop citywide strategic and spatial planning documents, as well as the local master plans of territories, together with the architectural and planning departments of the municipality. The special software will systematically analyze the entire data complex.

The head of the department drew attention to the fact that most of the conditions, which are necessary for the creation of offices, are already exist in Kazan: the interaction between the structures of the Executive Committee, with other ministries and departments; the ATCS monitors the traffic situation as well as the collection, analysis and storage of data from cameras and sensors that can be used in the construction and renovation of urban transport model; sensors, installed in trams, and information from validators of transport cards allow to analyze passenger flows.

Vladimir Fomin gave examples of the use of transport modeling in practice. For example, the simulation proved unreasonableness to “cut” the Gorkinsko-Ometevsky forest by a new road, which was offered previously.

“Nothing is more important for the future of the city as a well-researched General Plan and transport infrastructure; it is the blood vessels of the living organism called Kazan. Of course, this needs to be addressed objectively, systematically and professionally”, concluded the Mayor.