The Impact of Car Transport on the Environment and Public Spaces in Cities: Case Study from Slovakia

Abstract The increasing traffic volume of individual car transport results in environmental damage and new space requirements for parking. Parked cars occupy public that a municipality could use non-transport purposes. An effective urban parking policy is solution influence significantly improve the quality spaces burden traffic. Effective management can increase revenues to city budget be used further development. regulation charging are unpopular topics politicians. They afraid adverse reactions local inhabitants fear they will not re-elected. However, experience has shown if process implementation regulated well managed, citizens appreciate its benefits. People begin value more transform it into all residents just owners. goal this paper present research which people were asked what would motivate them different mode instead car. most common answer was connections cheaper traveling or free charge.