The current unsatisfactory state of traffic in historical Czech cities has a number of causes. One of them is the discrepancy between the layout of the urban structure and the present-day requirements made by the volume of traffic. The physical environment of Czech towns and cities was formed for less demanding modes of traffic. Other traffic problems are caused by the distribution of urban activities, which is unsuitable at the present time, this distribution having been strongly affected by the strict segregation of functions. As a result, the origins and terminations of traffic have been spread throughout a large area, this results in an enormous growth of internal urban traffic. The current state is also due to a predominantly technically oriented solution to this problem that showed no respect for urban and environmental requirements. The natural development of Czech towns and cities between 1918 and 1939 manifested itself in their compact growth, mostly following the historically established structure of streets and roads. The renewal of towns and cities that followed this period, and the advent of concerted urbanisation encouraged extensive growth, and the volume of transport grew enormously. The impossibility of implementing planning by stages which would have been acceptable in terms of time, and which would follow each other, proved a serious problem. New views of the soLution to this problem are characterised by direct support for public, pedEstrian and cycle transport. For the covering abstract see ITRD E122795.
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