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FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF RURAL ROADS IN SERBIA

DOI: 10.7708/ijtte.2015.5(2).08


5 / 2 / 184-196 Pages

Author(s)

Mihailo Maletin - University of Belgrade, Civil Engineering Faculty, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 73, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia -

Vladan Tubić - University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 305, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia -

Marijo Vidas - University of Belgrade, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering, Vojvode Stepe 305, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia -


Abstract

In order to revise the existing classification of rural roads in Serbia, which is rather old and defined on administrative criteria, the research developed a proposal for functional classification and categorization of primary rural roads. This resulted in four classes of rural roads based on their basic function and, with the introduction of five spatial accessibility levels, road classes are subdivided in eight road types. Based on the Serbia State Spatial Plan data, centers of gravitation together with border crossings are classified in four categories and desire lines of major transport function levels are defined. Based on this information and traffic count data the proposal of new primary rural road network in Serbia reduces the total length of the existing one with approximately the same overall accessibility level. Proposed categorization of rural roads as primary, regional and local ones is founded on functional classification and coincides with reorganization of governmental structure in Serbia.


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Keywords:
functional classification; categorization; rural roads;


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