Evoluția transportului urban din Sighișoara în perioada 1850–1957
Evolution of Urban Transportation in Sighişoara 1850–1957

Summary/Abstract: Sighișoara, just like other cities in Transylvania, started the general modernization process since the middle of the 19th century. This process meant, on the one hand, the modernization of the street network. Although this process has led partly to the destruction of some of the medieval vestiges and cobblestone streets, the construction of gutters for rainwater, pavements, and the introduction of public lighting have facilitated communications within the city. This process is indissolubly linked to the modernization of communications to and from the city through cobblestone roads, the establishment of an efficient post office system and the introduction of the telegraph. Besides these, important is also the connection to the railroad in 1872. The old medieval citadel remained from a demographic point of view a medium-sized city. The local transport was provided by carriages and then by three taxis, as well as by the train that served the narrow railway track Sighișoara–Agnita–Sibiu, which had a stop in the central city square starting with 1898. The late introduction of local public transport also relates to the geographical configuration of the old city, which made the introduction of an urban public system possible only in 1957, with the onset of the industrial development during the communist period, when local public transport buses served the industrial platform of the city. These means of transportation received a particular name, namely the rimb, unique to Romanian cities.

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