This thesis focuses on the issue of effective planning of sustainable travel networks in urban areas. Sustainable mobility promotes transport modes such as walking, cycling and public transport. By thoughtfully integrating walking, cycling and public transport routes into the built environment, the problem of excessive car use is significantly reduced. The design of sustainable travel networks depends directly on urban form. It is important that for an efficient functioning public transport or cycling network, the built form is clustered around multimodal travel corridors and nodes through mixed-use programmes, thus ensuring quick accessibility to the use of public transport and various services. The concentrated urban form shortens travel distances so people do not feel the need to use a car to cover, because they can walk or cycle.
I have implemented the principles of sustainable mobility network planning by using the TOD (Transit-
oriented development) method on the example of the urban design of the Škofovi zavodi residential neighbourhood in Ljubljana.
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