COMMUTING PREFERENCES IN EASTERN EUROPE: CASE STUDY IN TOWN OF ŠIAULIAI

This article presents a study conducted in the Town of Šiauliai with population 100 thousand, located Republic Lithuania, where market economy has been operating for 32 years and which is member European Union 20 years. In town, share commuting travels by car significantly higher than public transport. Since availability transport network identified scientific publications as one many criteria choosing transport, it was decided to conduct check what extent determines choice travel bus or car. The research hypothesizes that residents who live neighbourhoods worse access routes stops choose more cars those better results showed regardless route network. It found origin–destination pairs relative proportions work match both traveling bus. this may not necessarily be same Western cities towns. main limitation trip matrices were compiled from survey data, statistical information on regularly collected.