This report is dealing with transport corridors, combined transport and the design guidelines serving urban integration of main roads in Hungary. The total length of the network of motorways and expressways in 1996 was about 400 km in Hungary, while it reached 815 km by the end of 2005. This extension is a considerable development, achieved by concentration of resources. Planned new constructions will result in a threefold increase of the network length in ten years from 2005 to 2015. The construction of about 160 km motorways per year, as expected, constitutes a significant challengeto highway engineers. It has to be noted, that after the political changes in 1989, accelerated development of the infrastructure, including motorways, gained high priority in economic policy. Around the newly built M5 motorway statistical evidences were found, that the rate of unemployment decreased, while the export income as well as tax revenues paid in by local companies and their employees increased significantly. The quality of the infrastructure available and the accessibility became important factors in decisions about location of corporate activities and logistics. In recent studies decisions related to 12 foreign capital investments implemented between 2004 and 2007 were identified as closely related to a motorway builtwithin reasonable distance. The objective of the approved intermodal logistics' strategy is to build up a logistics system in Hungary, enabled to provide efficient and at the same time environmentally-friendly supply and distribution services (preferring railways or inland navigation as transport modes), mainly in Eastern- and South-European relations. To reach this target, direct policy instruments - development tools - can be applied, but other issues, like coordination aiming at international harmonisation, implementing various complementary regulations or packages of long-term policy measures shall also be taken into account. Concerning the urban integration of main roads, this report deals with the main aspects of design standards related to urban main roads. According to the Hungarian guidelines for road design, effective in urban areas, the design of the following elements have to be harmonised: car traffic facilities, public transport facilities, pedestrian traffic facilities, cyclist facilities, parking facilities, loading and unloading areas, green areas, location of public utilities, rest areas, equipments for environmental protection, street furniture, public lighting, traffic control facilities, location of signs providing information and guidance. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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