TRANSPORT NETWORK PLANNING: THEORETICAL NOTIONS

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CHAPTER TWO

Direction southeast: Kecsemet-Szeged-Serbia

Direction southwest: Szekesfehervar-Balaton-Zagreb
This network still needs a few extensions:

Direction northeast: extension in the direction Nyregyhaza-Debrecen (via Steiner node?)

Direction southeast: extension to Szeged and Subotica (Serbia)
Direction southwest: missing link along south bank of Lake Balaton to Croatian border
via Nagykanizsa and to Slovenian border via Zalaegerszeg

After completion of this network the following regions are not yet connected:

East corridor: Cegled-Szolnok-Bekescsaba and possible extension to Arad / Timisoara (Ro-

mania)
South
corridor: direction Pecs (directly via Rackeve and Dunaujvaros, or via Lake Balaton).

This is important because Pecs is the fifth-largest city (pop. 170,000)

The western part: Gyor-Sopron and Gyor-Szombathely (via Steiner node), Zalaerszeg
The northern part: direction center of Slovakia and the nodes Salgotarjan and Ozd
Possible shortcuts:

Szombathely-Zalaerszeg
Along the southeast border: Pecs-Szeged-Hodmezovasarhely-Bekescsaba
Szolnok-Debrecen-Oradea (via Steiner node)
Kecskemet-Szolnok
zd-Eger
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Transit traffic Budapest:

South ring road (connection between the motorways heading for Vienna, Lake Balaton,
and Szeged): this part of the ring road already exists.

East ring road (connection with motorway heading for Eger and further and the northern

route towards Slovakia): this part does not exist yet.

The availability of the two abovementioned ring roads, excludes (diminishes the necessity
for) the construction of a ring road head to the south Gyor-Szekesfehervar-DunaujvarosKecskemet.
A realistic network design for the 10 largest nodes is shown in Figure 2.16.
National Roads. The question presents itself whether all suggested extensions to the
existing motorway network and motorways under construction are of the same type. It does
make sense to investigate whether some extensions / connections with low volumes (less than
1200 veh / hr / direction) could be constructed according to a lower standard, e.g., having the
following characteristics:

Dual carriageway (2*1) or one carriageway for both directions (with possibilities to overtake)

Speed limit 90110 km / hr

Matching horizontal and vertical curve radius
Limited number of intersections (access points), preferably grade-separated

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