摘要
A new double-circuit tram route planned in Warsaw(Vmax=70.0 km/h),running through the Praga Po?udnie district from Waszyngton Avenue(Washington Avenue)to Goc?aw loop(total length of about 3.5 km),is designed to reduce the existing road load in this area of the access routes from outside Warsaw to the center of the capital,as well as to improve the conditions of transport service in the areas of Saska K?pa,Mi?dzynarodowa housing estate,Kepa Goclawska and Goclaw,thereby increasing the use of public transport in Warsaw.This paper concerns the first part of the planned investment—a new tram route on the section between Waszyngton Av.(Washington Avenue)and Stanów Zjednoczonych Av.(United States of America Avenue)in Warsaw,along the historical Exhibition Channel in its immediate vicinity(Saska Kepa).Specialists-constructors(Tramwaje Warszawskie Llc.)cooperated with landscape architects(Landscape Architecture Department,Warsaw University of Life Sciences—SGGW),in accordance with contemporary canons of sustainable urban development.They aimed at restoring proper proportions in the use of the area,taking into account functional aspects(optimal communication and various forms of recreation),natural aspects(preserving valuable vegetation and enriching resources),landscape aspects(“recovering”water as the main element of space)and reconstructing connections with adjacent areas(residential areas and allotments).
