The report shortly presents the studies realized for the development of the road infrastructure in the metropolitan area of the city of Timisoara in the context of its integration in the national transportation network. It mentions the condition of the Romanian road network and the strategy concerning the construction of highways and the rehabilitation of trunk national roads in the European network. The prospects of the economical and social development of the city of Timisoara, from the point of view of the European tendencies, foreshadow the creation of a metropolitan pole which integrates the important towns on a 30km radius. The traffic study for the city of Timisoara has been realized in an integrated conception that treated the analysis of the present traffic, respectively the elaboration of thetraffic forecast on average and long term. It emphasized the present and forecast values of the main traffic indicators on vehicle types (motorization degree and mobility). Based on the data obtained, arrangement proposals have been formulated to improve the present traffic, respectively the development strategies for the future road infrastructure. Considering the development prospects for the area and the results of the traffic study, propositions for solutions have been formulated to integrate its road network in the national transportation system taking into account the strategieselaborated by the central administration in the context of the need to get connected to the European road transportation system. The proposed solutions have taken into consideration the sustainable development of the regional road transport infrastructure, by properly dealing with the issues ofthe impact upon the environment and of adaptability to future needs. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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