The Transport strategy of St. Petersburg until 2025
4. Goals and Objectives of TLC Development
Goals of TLC development are determined basing on its functions in the international, Russian and city systems of economic relations.
Principal goals of TLC development are:
satisfying the demand of economy branches of Saint Petersburg for transportation and logistics services;
raising mobility of the population of Saint Petersburg, improving transportation accessibility of Saint Petersburg for other regions of the Russian Federation and foreign countries;
ensuring TLC competitiveness in the international and Russian market of transportation/logistics services;
reducing adverse effects for urban environment caused by transportation/logistics operations in the territory of Saint Petersburg.
Achieving goals of TLC development is aimed at improving life quality of the population of Saint Petersburg that shall be the main goal of the development of Saint Petersburg, as stated by the Concept.
The principal objectives of TLC development to reach in order to ensure achieving the goals mentioned are as follows:
elimination of transportation infrastructure constraints for development of industry, trade, construction, tourism, other economy branches of the city, foreign trade and transit transportation, owing to construction in accordance with the established procedure of new transportation infrastructure objects in Saint Petersburg and raising the carrying capacity and speed parameters of the existing objects;
development of terminal and warehouse infrastructure to comply with the needs of the economies of Saint Petersburg and the Russian Federation;
raising transportation accessibility of the external passenger transportation objects (aeroport, sea passenger terminal, bus stations) for citizens and visitors to Saint Petersburg ;
using innovative technologies and products in construction, reconstruction and operation of transportation and terminal and warehouse infrastructure, using innovative information technologies and transportation control systems, implementing energy efficiency and power saving principles for TLC;
guiding TLC to work with high-technology, most economically profitable and ecologically pure cargoes;
using vehicles and technologies that improve ecological safety of transportation/logistics operations;
enlarging area of application of new financing mechanisms for developing transportation infrastructure of Saint Petersburg, including the mechanism of state/private partnership;
using the mechanism of providing land plots in compliance with the established bidding procedure for design and construction of terminal and warehouse objects.
The target indications of TLC development until 2030 are shown in the Table.
Target Indications of TLC Development until 2030
Table
No.
Indication
Measurement unit
Actual indication
Target indication
2009
2015
2030
1
2
3
4
5
6
1. Target Indications of Satisfying Economic Requirements of Saint Petersburg's, National and World Economies for TLC Services
1.1
Cargo turnover of container cargoes in Big Port of Saint Petersburg
thousand TEU
1,342
4,100
6,300
1.2
Percentage of container cargo transportation by railway transportation to the terminals situated in historically established districts of Big Port of Saint Petersburg, as well as from the mentioned terminals
%
23
25
35
1.3
Refrigerated cargo turnover in Big Port of Saint Petersburg
million tons
2.8
5.1
5.1
1.4
Average period of stay of containers in Big Port of Saint Petersburg
day
7
2-3
1-2
1.5
Cargo loading volume at railway stations within the boundaries of Saint Petersburg
million tons
5.3
12.5
15.7
1.6
Cargo turnover of Pulkovo aeroport
thousand tons
20.7
42
110
1.7
Class A+, A, B+ warehouse facilities area
thousand sq. m.
997
1300
1600
1.8
Percentage of inbuilt premises in the total area of warehouse facilities
%
8.4
5
2
1.9
Length of road and street network of Saint Petersburg
km
3,131.3
3,611
4,250
1.10
Average traffic speed
km/h
25
30
35
1
2
3
4
5
6
2. Target Indications of Transportation Accessibility
