Przekształcenia transportowe miast służące poprawie jakości życia

The aim of the article is to present current transformations of the city transport that serve to improve the quality of their residents’ lives. They result from various determinants that form the background for these transformations. A substantial number of these conditions is destructive, in particular: an increase in the number of passenger cars in the world, significant pollution from passenger car traffic and no decrease in this emission despite a growing number of low-emission cars and problems with congestion. However, some of these determinants are constructive, particularly: noting by the authorities that the quality of life in the city is essential, changes in thinking about transport in the city – especially two ground-breaking publications – Jane Jacobs’s book The Death and Life of Great American Cities and Buchanan’s report, as well as a decrease in the number of passenger cars in large cities of developed countries. In this context, urban transport transformations aiming to improve the quality of life are presented in terms of: street planning, traffic flow, slowing down and reducing car traffic, bicycle transportation, Personal Mobility Devices transportation, as well as the rank, integration, accessibility and attractiveness of public transport.