EUROPEAN FORUM FOR GEOGRAPHY AND STATISTICS KRAKOW CONFERENCE October, Krakow, Poland Travel Behaviour in Pristina City Author 1: Naim Kelmendi – Ministry of Infrastructure, Kosovo Author 2: Burim Limolli – Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Kosovo Author 3: Idriz Shala – Kosovo Agency of Statistics, Kosovo October 23, Krakow

Total Area: km² Administrative Units: 38 Municipalities Settlements: 1469 Resident population: (est. 2013) Population density : 167 inh./km² Capital : Pristina Currency : Euro Kosovo- Basic Information

STADY AREA – PRISTINA CITY Population Resident 144, 677 inh. Day >300,000 inh. Area 78 km 2. Public Transport 10 line 1line Road Network 494 km Car Bike Walking

October 23, Krakow Problems, methodology and research questions Traffic problems In most cities in the world, today's problems are trips that are characterized by: traffic jams, loss of time and money, causing environmental pollution, etc. Before fixing this problem or at least decreasing it, we need the data to understand the existing situation. Methodology used The methodology used was face to face interviews with citizens of Pristina who over 16 years-old. It was conducted 7 days a week from Monday to Sunday. The citizens where asked for all trips that they have done during the last 24 hours. Research question who travels? number of trips per day? mode of transport used? trip distance? trip duration? purpose of travel? etc.

Commuting to Pristina Previous Survey Traffic flow on National and Regional roads

October 23, Krakow Trip generation and attraction in Pristina city Results

October 23, Krakow Figure 1: Mode share of trips, distance and time. The car as a form of transport is widespread In the graph shown below there are modes of transportation that citizens use to achieve their goals, values ​​ are expressed in percentage. The greatest number of trips, distance and travel time are realized through cars. The second type of transport mode in the city is the walking characterized by short distances. The bus is public transportation vehicle that is used mostly compared with minibus and taxi, the number of passengers that use the train is symbolic. In the absence of suitable spaces for bicycles, the number of those using bike is also symbolic. Pristina with limited transportation system The city of Pristina has developed only some types of transportation, such as cars, buses, minibus, taxi, motorcycle / bike and walking. There is only one train line that connects Pristina with some of the other cities of Kosovo. 10 percent of trips are made ​​ using two types of transport, mostly bus / walking (84%). Mode of Travel Results

October 23, Krakow High level of trips for social/recreation purposes Travel data for the purpose of journey, are collected for these categories of travel: home, work, personal business, shopping, social / recreation and education. Most of trips aimed at home (35%), the second category are trips with the purpose of work (20%), same percentage (17%) have trips for personal business and social/recreation and roughly the same percentage have trips to school (6%) and trips for shopping (5%). Figure 2: Trip purposes Trip Purpose Results

October 23, Krakow Figure 3: Trip distance by mode of transport Walking and motorcycle/bike are used for short trips Based on the distance, travelers have chosen mode of travel; short trips (0.5-1 km) realized mainly on foot or motorcycle/bike. Trips in distance 1-5 km are realized by taxi, bus, minibus, walking. The characteristic is the use of car for short distances. The distances over 5 km is realized by car, bus and minibus. Trip Distance Results

October 23, Krakow Peak hours at 8am and 5pm Journeys have two peaks, in morning at 8:00am and 5:00pm. We can notice in the graph that trips start to increases from 6:00am o'clock in the morning and reached the peak at 8:00am. Number of trips then starts to decrease with some oscillations until 14 o'clock where the number of trips again begins to rise and reaches its second peak in the 5pm. Then the number of trips decreases; from 2-6 o'clock in the morning the level of trips is the lowest. Time per day Figure 4: Number of trips by time of day. Results

October 23, Krakow Profile of travellers Mode by Gender Men realize more trips Men dominate in number of overall travel with 62% compared with women that make 38% of all trips. Use of car dominated by man For males 52% of trips are realizes by car, while females use the car less, only 29% of all trips. Besides the car, women dominate on the other modes of transport Females prefer to walk more - 42% of all trips they do - compared to males with only 28%. Even public transportation by bus and taxi are used more by women than men. Figure 5: Mode share of trips by gender Results

October 23, Krakow New Age use: motorcycle/bike, walking, public transport All those who use motorcycle/bike are aged years-old. This age also uses walking and public transport. They use cars less. Age use: car, walking Age groups from 26 to 65 use more cars, but even public transport: bus, minibus and taxi. A percentage of them prefer to walk. Over 65 years old use: walking and bus Citizens over 65 years old use more walking, bus and less the car. Mode by Age Figure 6: Mode share of trips by age groups. Results

The importance of data The data collected in the survey for traffic behavior, can be used from transport planners, researcher of this issue that is challenging to the city of Pristina Data collection The collection of data of household travel survey may be subject of Kosovo Agency of Statistics supported by Ministry of Infrastructure and city government. Data collection Collection of these data on a regular basis would serve to transport planners and researcher to analyze the trend of the data on traffic behavior and to see that measure taken where useful in order to improve traffic flow in the city. Conclusion October 23, Krakow