DOI: 10.11118/978-80-7701-025-2-0069

DECOMMISIONED ROAD - AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVE MODES?

Ivo Dostál¹, Marek Havlíček^1,2

¹ Transport Research Centre (CDV), Líšeňská 33a, 63600 Brno, Czechia

² Research Institute for Landscape, Lidická 25/27, 602 00 Brno, Czechia

One of the benefits of reusing decommissioned roads is the possibility of their further use as minor roads with a strong focus on supporting active transport modes. In this paper, the class I roads in the territory of the South-Moravian Region were evaluated in the scope of their initial design within the existing classification from 1947. There have been significant changes in the traffic corridors over the approximately 80 years of development of the road network, with only 35% of the network to be categorised in the same class today, while 45% have been functionally downgraded to Class II or III and 20% have been completely removed from the road network, either by preservation as local streets or by complete removal. The research focused mainly on these degraded or removed corridors and their reuse for cycling and pedestrian infrastructure. The paper is complemented by examples of good practice documented during the field visits.

Klíčová slova: life cycle of road; Southern Moravia; bike trail; hike trail; reuse

stránky: 69-75, Publikováno: 2025, online: 2025