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Now a suggestion can be to take advantage of the current cycle racks and the
public transport system and find some suitable places for parking nearby.
We found an area of Wroclaw Municipal Stadium with a parking capacity of
2,250 places with a possible extension if necessary (see Figure 7.11) [12].
Figure 7.11 Empty parking place at the Municipal Stadium Wroclaw with a possible
extension area in the area on the left [12]
This area should be promoted more for the following reasons:
• Connection to the city centre by public transport.
• Enough parking places for cars.
• Good availability of cycle lanes, cycle racks and the Wroclaw City Bike system.
• Location positioned before traffic congestion usually begins (see Figure 7.12).
Figure 7.12 Typical traffic congestion in Wroclaw – Monday till Friday, 8.00 a.m.,
red represents heavy traffic, green represents smooth-flowing traffic [5]
Solutions in other cities
1. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scalable URban TRAffic Control (SURTRAC) is an intelligent traffic control
system working in real time, developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University
(see Figure 7.13). SURTRAC optimises the control of traffic signals to make the traffic
flow more smoothly for both urban grids and corridors. The main goals were to reduce
waiting, traffic congestion, pollution and shorten the trips. SURTRAC system has been
deployed in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since June 2012, with a priority focused