The master's thesis researches seven entry points, leading towards the top of Mount Saint Mary. On the basis of field investigations of the existing state of the space, the task presents a proposal for a new arrangement of entry points scattered around the hill. The first half of the project presents an analytical part, analyzes use of space and occupancy of parking lots and complexity of the routes to the top. The other half focuses on problems, proposes ways of solving these problems and the spatial reorganization of entry points. The proposed solutions are slowing down traffic through the settlements at the entry points, the improvement of orientation with the regulation of new surfaces for pedestrians and with appropriately raised and selected vegetation, the abolition of wild parking lots and the introduction of new parking spaces, located so they are not hindered by hikers and are as impassable as possible for the settlements. In order to optimize the orientation and traffic safety, new urban equipment is added, new hiking trail marks, organized areas for pedestrians and motor vehicles, and motor traffic slows down with equally distant elevated parts of the carriageway. Well-planned optimization would lead to a better balance between pedestrians and motor traffic, and the traffic in settlements would be more moderate due to speed barriers, narrow road and special paving. The task deals with 7 entry points, and the proposed arrangements are presented for each one separately.
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