Socijalni aspekti planiranja gradskoga prometa: stavovi javnosti o razvojnim posljedicama gradnje tunela i metroa u Zagrebu
Social Aspects of Planning City Transport: Public Opinion on the Developmental Consequences of Building the Tunnel and Metro in Zagreb

Summary/Abstract: The paper analyses the social aspects of planning city transport on the example of public opinion regarding these two proposed Zagreb projects: the building of the under-and-above ground light railway (metro) and building of the tunnel through Medvednica. Specially emphasised are the planning of the transport system as a continuing process of adjusting the transport infrastructure with the city, as well as the role of the public as an important factor in contemporary planning processes based on communication models and the interactive approach. The paper underlines the expectation that the criterion of acceptance or nonacceptance of certain city projects in the eyes of the public is formed based on assessing the projects both as infrastructural improvements and symbolic projects which confirm the metropolitan identity of the city. Based on results of two surveys in which the examinees assessed the supposed developmental consequences of the given projects, it was indicated that the public's attitudes towards these new project proposals are formed between the demands for economic profit and demands for preserving the environment, while in both cases the dominant criteria were the advantages for the community in general and the metropolitan image of the city. Factor structures were obtained indicating that the public's expectations from the infrastructural projects were generally connected with developmental advantages, but also with fear from the risks these projects introduce into the city's environment.

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