Samoilov G.K. The Almaty Metro ring-radial network (Prospects of creation and integration in the Urban Public Transport system)

London / Almaty: Research Department, 2014. — 156 p.: figures, tables. — ISBN: 978-601-06-2758-1.The Book discusses issues of improving the availability of public transport in the Kazakhstan's largest city on the basis of the Metro intensive development. Planning features of the Almaty city and the specificity of the Public Transport functioning determine the optimal variant of the Metro development – the formation of a Radial-Ring network. Gradually implemented scheme of the Off-street transport forms convenient for passengers system of various types of Public and Private Transport integration. It helps to solve a significant number of existing and potential Transport problems, Socio-economic development tasks and Environmental problems in the city of Almaty. The list of references includes 253 titles; going through the text illustrations are 31 Author’s drawings. The Book is intended for specialists in fields of the Public Transport, the Urban Planning and the Environmental Protection.