The conducted research showed that 85% of all Lithuanian residents believe that traffic congestion is very important or an important problem in Vilnius. 99% think so. surveyed residents of Vilnius and surrounding areas.
Rasa Ališauskienė, head of the market research company "Baltijos tyrimai", said that more than a third of Lithuanians visit the capital at least once a year.
"42 percent of the total population said that they usually move by their own car, which is very high. The largest group of users are middle-aged people living in cities. In second place are buses (31%) and trolleybuses (16%). 19 percent live in Vilnius. of the Lithuanian population, and 37 percent visit the capital at least once a year," said R. Ališauskienė.
Doctor of technical sciences, professor Jonas Butkevičius pointed out that the development of transport in Vilnius was not as fast as the development of the city itself.
"As the city develops, it also requires the development of city transport. It is characterized by two factors: transport capacity and speed of communication. (…) In Vilnius, the main components of transport are public transport and personal light transport. 4 cars occupy the space of one bus. 4 cars carry 10 passengers and a bus carries 100 passengers.
In 1980, 1 thousand the population had 73 cars. Now we have over 630. It has increased 9 times. Did the streets widen, did the number of parking spaces increase, did the intersections widen?" - asked J. Butkevičius.
The study also showed that 71 percent of all Lithuanian residents believe that congestion is a very important or important problem in Kaunas. 67 percent think so. from Kaunas. Congestion Klaipėda 61% named it as a serious problem. and 82 percent of the population of Lithuania. Klaipėda people.
"Baltijos tyrimi" conducted the population survey on May 27. - June 9 A total of 1088 residents over the age of 15 were interviewed.
Lukas Blekaitis (ELTA)
