Urbani izziv Volume 16, No. 1, June 2005
: 61–66
(Echoes)
doi: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2005-16-01-008
Author
Sava ATANACKOVIĆ
Yugoslav Institute for Town Planning and Housing, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
ap286188@yahoo.co.uk
Title
Transit oriented development in Belgrade
Abstract
In Belgrade the process of transition from oriental kasaba to European city was long and thwarted by various economic political and social cultural factors. The European ideal still hasn’t been reached. Transition, as a development process in Belgrade, operates by a specific paradoxical inversion – the logic of harmonised development of urban transport, urban form and structure, which in theories of urban planning appears as a postulate, is in Belgrade influenced by incredible, ephemeral, disfigured, yet authentic transformation. However, quality solutions, conclusions and recommendations for further implementation of the idea about introducing the new public transport system, which is part of the main project for the first light metro line in Belgrade, establishment of a united group of experts, investors, negotiators, public opinion and all actors needed to make decisions, united and uncompromising idea about the future image and quality of urban life in Belgrade, have uncovered an until recently untried field of possibilities for transport management coupled with urban development as the optimal and acceptable model. City life could again become dynamic, productive and attractive.
Key Words
Belgrade, public transport, light metro