IMPORTANCE OF THE CONTINUOUS MODERNISATINA OF LRT AND TRAMWAY TECHNOLOGY

摘要

The development of tramway systems in Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) was initiated more than one hundred years ago. Most of the tramway systems were constructed using the highest technical standards at that time. Over the last 10-15 years most of the tramway systems were not regularly maintained within the required technical specifications for infrastructure and vehicles. There are a few main reasons for the deterioration of the condition of tramway systems in CEEC countries: - Incoherent and unsustainable economic development with high level of recession - Significant changes in the land use distribution (closure of industrial zones, new commercial space development) - Unstoppable increase in individual motorisation, above any predicted level.