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Urban mobility and air quality in Cluj-Napoca

Rozalia M. BOITOR
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA
72-74 Observatorului Street, 400363, Cluj-Napoca
Melania.Boitor@Infra.Utcluj.Ro

CLUJ-NAPOCA, ROMANIA OBJECTIVE

The aim of this paper is to analyze the implications of the reduced
development of the public transport in Cluj-Napoca, Romania,
during the last decades against the changes in other aspects such
as urban form, land-use, population, economic development,
motorization indexes, modal share etc. A series of elements should
be analyzed in this respect: urban mobility aspects, quality of
public transport services, and air quality aspects.

DATA: PUBLIC TRANSPORT NEWTORK

The data was collected from authorities and academic research.

Urban form – developing urban area

Analysis
Cluj-Napoca is a developing urban area which has to
improve the air quality for better living conditions of the
citizens in the future. This is directly related to the
mobility and transport issues. Improving the public
transport services represent one major step in shifting
the modal share towards less car usage and thus, fewer
emissions. Furthermore, shifting the public transport
usage from fossil fueled busses to trolleybuses results
into less energy consumption and no emissions.
Energy consumption
0.6
buss (diesel)
0.4 0.499 trolley
Modal share – car oriented urban area 0.2 0.224
(electricity)

(no background data) 0.0

Kg equivalent coal
Cluj-Napoca
Land-use – expanding built-up area Developing scenario
Improved public transport cleans the air: the local public
120
transport company from Cluj-Napoca transformed 15
share of land-use Walking and cycling 100 busses into trolleybuses and the following emission
3500 29% Car
GDP reductions were achieved
37%
3000 80 Car usage
future existing
2500 public transport
60
walking &
2000
Public transport cycling
40
1500 34%
1000 20 Additional implications of the newly designed
500 trolleybuses are: the higher attractiveness to users,
0
0 2013 2020 2030 reduced noise, more energy and cost efficient. The
t re es se e as i ty e as o rt transformation costs were about 53% of the price of a
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ar tiv ar sp
c r e l c n n
ity se ix ti a a ee tr a new similar trolleybus.
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Population
i n– more dispersed housing areas
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regarding the Conclusion
travel-related zones The air quality in Cluj-Napoca resulted of medium value,
 79 % the urban area when it was determined for intensive traffic conditions.
are car-oriented areas Considering the developing trend of the urban area,
1992 2002 2011  smaller share in several improvements are required in order to maintain
the built-up area the air pollution low in Cluj-Napoca: to reduce the car
100% 100% 100% 100%
89%  built-up area is usage by improving the public transport services and
increasing especially furthermore, to improve the public transport fleet even
109% with residential areas when the investments are reduced, as the local public
91%94% 102% 91%94%
86% on the outskirts of the city, transport company did.
 the more remote areas
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The general index of air quality evolution

GDP evolution – developing urban area

(intensive traffic conditions) 2011, (1) excellent – (6) bad