The article analyses the development of traffic infrastructure in Slovenia and its influence on spatial and socio-economic development. The analysis is based on various theoretical and conception elements that deal with the "spatio-temporal organisation of the living environment". The unilateral modernisation of specific traffic infrastructures leads to non-productive, destructive competitiveness between cities and the hinterland and influences the degradation of less "networked" spaces. Special attention is paid to the analysis of automobilisation in Slovenia which in the period since 1991 became the dominant mode of transport, with effects on the economic and social systems of Slovenia. The article concludes by considering orientations to reduce the role of automobilisation and expand the role of public transport so as to enable the more complementary development of settlements in Slovenia.
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