Współczesne tendencje rozwoju komunikacji trolejbusowej w dużych miastach zachodniej Ukrainy
The modern trends of development of trolleybus transport in the big cities of the Western Ukraine

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the modern spatial trends of development of trolleybus transport in the big cities of the western Ukraineare considered. The cities under investigation are the following: Lviv, Lutsk, Rivne, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi. Thetrolleybus systems of this region have been developed in similar circumstances as the past. The radial planning of networkprevails here, which causes some inconveniences for exploitations. Trolleybus lines in these cities have lengths of 64 to 119kilometers, but in the future, their development will last mainly in the inhabited microregions. In most cities, 8-10 trolleybusroutes that cover main transport highways functioned. In each city, there are 48 to 89 operating trolleybuses, mainly importedproducts (majority – Czech Skoda). In recent years, massive amounts of used machines from the countries of the EU were bought.The rolling stock of the systems of trolleybuses in big cities of West of Ukraine is exhaust, and middle age machines hesitatesfrom 20 to 28 years. The article analyzes the determinants of the trolleybus network development. The author characterizes therolling stocks in each of the six cities which are under investigation. The main problem of the development of these systemsis insufficient funding. The prospects of the development are related to the expansion of the network of connections, thepurchase and modernization of trolleybus rolling stock and the introduction of modern technological solutions.

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