Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

• The promotion of high densities in public
transport hubs in urban centres.
• The protection/conservation of the areas
identified for future development of public
transport corridors:
- Municipalities should take measures to
identify the territorial footprint and prohibit
urban development in these strategic axes.
- Equipment with buffer zones, prior supply
with underground infrastructure at key
hubs of the exchange flows, to precede the
development of networks.
• The planning and definition in the general
local planning documents of increased
densities in housing and services in the
territories surrounding the strategic mobility
hubs, to enable a controlled development of
these areas in the future.
TP2.1- Regional multimodal mobility
Regional multimodal mobility with the
primary focus on public transport outside and
within the city should support the creation of
conditions for a more efficient transport and
serve to cope with:
• suburban daily mobility flows for
employment purposes;
• increased population in urban poles by 2030;
• seasonal tourist flows in the regional traffic
entry-exit gates;
• poles of educational and healthcare
institutions as well as daily trips to them;
• economic development poles in the region.
Multimodal hubs should be planned and
mapped by each municipality in collaboration
with the line ministries, near the main axes,
interconnected with high density residential
areas, previously equipped with infrastructure.
In these proposed areas, the uncontrolled
development and construction should be
strictly prohibited, to reduce the costs of
expropriation in the future.
been completed. It is recommended that in
the territories surrounding these poles, the
GLPs should introduce land management
instruments such as conditional development.
The combination of these areas with incity
public transport networks emerges as an
obligation of the general local plans for each
municipality.
The multimodal mobility system should
ensure:
• mobility specified in time limits, thanks to
dedicated lines of public transport;
• online timetable management system
thanks to the GPS satellite technologies
within and outside urban hubs, promoting the
economy of scale for the provided service;
• use of internet infrastructure, for increased
safety through monitoring (24-hour);
• use of integrated, comprehensive ticketing
systems in multimodal mobility based on the
use of ‘e-ticket’ system;
• design of electronic signaling in public
transport intersections;
• an information system for passengers on
exchange schedules between different modes
of public transport.
The identification of new areas for the
movement of bus lines, based on:
• the traffic flows of road segments, according
to the polycentric poles;
• the traffic flows in hubs / road intersections;
• the potential space of dedicated road
sections;
• the identification of flows and density of
residents in the area, based on the GLP;
• the definition of station distances as per
the population density and primary areas of
services and employment.
The general local plans should define these
hubs in advance as high density areas, where
development is permitted only after their
construction (transport infrastructure) has
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