TRANSFORMATION OF URBAN SPACE IN LVIV IN THE CONTEXT OF CALCULATING CO₂ EMISSIONS FROM TRANSPORT
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https://doi.org/10.17721/2413-7154/2025.94.8Keywords:
city, Lviv, sustainable mobility, spatial planning, urbanism, urban spaceAbstract
The article analyses a comprehensive approach used by Lviv to assess and map CO₂ emissions from transport within the city’s initiative to curb emissions and improve the urban environment. As early as 2019, the city of Lviv began exploring the possibility of calculating transport-related emissions. Within the framework of the Horizon 2020 SPARCS project, implemented from 2019 to 2024 for the transport department of LKP “Lvivavtodor”, a CO₂ emissions calculation module for modelling in PTV Visum/Vissim was procured. Using modern modelling tools, the study quantified CO₂ emissions from both public and private transport within the city’s districts and several streets. Data on the number of vehicles within the city used for emissions calculations were sourced from the Main Department of National Police of Lviv Oblast. The developed macromodel demonstrated the ability to analyse emissions at multiple levels (district level and local object level). The results of macromodelling clearly indicate forthcoming transformations within districts, as well as after the reconstruction of several city streets, notably Taras Shevchenko Street and Ivan Mykolaichuk Street. The study’s findings provide insights into how urban space could be planned and transformed in the districts and streets using traffic calming measures, re-planning of urban spaces, and road signage to further reduce CO₂ emissions and improve residents’ quality of life. In the broader analysis, additional measures were proposed to help alleviate city load and, beyond emissions reduction, to mitigate noise pollution within districts and streets of the city.
First received: 10 November 2025
Accepted: 24 December 2025
Published: 25 December 2025
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