Assessment of suburbanized areas transport demand: case study of the Irkutsk Agglomeration

Abstract

Abstract The article deals with the issues of transport services for suburbanized areas. The significance and topicality of the research are demonstrated. Various solutions to this problem in different parts of the world are described. Currently, the wealthiest strata of society are striving to obtain a higher quality of life due to the permanent residence in the suburbs which gives rise to the demand for daily commuting between the city and its suburbs. In the article this issue is developed within the context of creating a toolbox for quantitative assessment of suburbanized areas influence on the road network load, first of all, on the load of sections providing commuting between suburbanized areas and the city. The article details the sequence of selecting individual gated communities within the transport accessibility zone of the Irkutsk agglomeration; besides, the article presents a sample study of one gated community aimed at determining the number of entrances and exits. Besides, there are results of the regression-correlation analysis that allows determining an empirical dependence making it possible to estimate suburbanized territories transport demand according to their areas.