The historical town core and traffic in Novo mesto

• Main Author: Lilijana Jankovič
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Urbanistični inštitut RS 2001-01-01
• Series: Urbani Izziv
• Subjects: Novo Mesto; parking; pedestrian routes; revitalisation; town core; traffic management
• Online Access: http://urbani-izziv.uirs.si/Portals/uizziv/papers/urbani-izziv-en-2001-12-02-014.pdf

The historical town core of Novo mesto is subject to intolerable traffic conditions. Individual car use is suffocating the town core, but simultaneously good access is essential for shopkeepers and other inhabitants since buses don’t go there. The project proposes changes to the traffic regime, its basic goals are to redesign the town square into a pedestrian place and to eliminate transitory traffic by rerouting vehicles to less burdened side roads. It introduces short-term parking, smaller parking garages in the core and larger parking spaces on the edge and routes the buses through the town core.