Integrated Cross-Sectorial Plan of Tirana-Durres Area

e strengthened through the integration of
various modes of public transport, based
on rail-travel, supported by bus lines with
multimodal stations.
To achieve this goal, the municipalities of
the region should promote:
• The development of compact and efficient
urban centres served with public transport
systems, with high connection capacities
between urban poles and entry gateways,
supported by parking areas to cope with
extra-urban flows.
• The integration of all systems and services
in the transport network. Support with
public transport the tourist, employment,
education and services areas.
• The improvement of opportunities and
diversification of choice in mobility, to
reduce travels in private vehicles for
employment purposes.
• The promotion of high densities in public
transport nodes in urban centres.
• The protection / preservation of areas to
be reserved for the development of public
transport corridors in the future:
- the municipalities should take measures
to identify the footprints of future axes and
forbid urban expansion on these territories;
- establish buffer zones and provide the
underground infrastructure in advance to
the main nodes of flow exchange, in order 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 nodes
of the mobility hubs, to enable the controlled
development of these areas in the future.
Multi-modal nodes should be planned
and mapped, from each municipality in
cooperation with line ministries, close
to the main axes in interconnection with
high density populated areas, equipped
with infrastructure beforehand. In these
proposed areas development and unplanned
construction should be strictly prohibited, in
order not to increase potential expropriation
costs in the future. The general local
plans should determine these nodes in
advance as high density areas, where
development shall be permitted only after
their construction (transport infrastructure)
has been completed. It is recommended that
in the territories around these poles, GLPs
present land management instruments,
such as conditional development. The
interconnection of these areas with the
interurban public transport networks
emerges as an obligation of the general
local plans for each municipality.
Railway mobility
Railway mobility should be developed in
relation to the mobility of individual vehicles
for interurban trips, taking into account the
following several conditions:
• Multi-modal stations should be placed in
the primary access axes of urban centres,
becoming accessible to all social strata,
and to achieve a full flow management.
Each urban / rural centre should create the
multimodal mobility poles, based on the
combination of strategic axes of regional
mobility, urbanized, tourist areas, economic
development technological areas and
recreation areas.
• The hierarchy of multimodal stations
should respond to the hierarchy and
functions of urban centres: metropolis,
primary centres, secondary centres, tertiary
centres and local centres.
• The railway stations should provide
opportunities for the exchange of transport
modes, such as parking for individual
vehicles, taxis, rental cars, bicycles etc.
• The development of physical infrastructure
should ensure rapid movement, restrictive
spaces such as physical barriers and
acoustic barriers.
It is suggested to build green belts along
these axes, and it is also recommended to
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