Home – Home – Jornals – Geography and Natural Resources 2021 number 3

This paper presents the experience of calculating the total indicator of transport connectivity of the municipalities of Krasnoyarsk krai based on the original methodology. The transport connectivity of settlements in this study is thought of as an opportunity to reach, during a day, the district center from a specific settlement and return back by personal or public transport. Data from the Yandex Map and Google Map services were used to measure the mean speed of traffic with due regard for the type of motor road; data from the registers of municipal regular transportation routes for 2018-2019 were summarized as well as information on the routes of the other modes of transport from the official websites of municipal administrations and transport organizations. The factors determining the intraregional imbalances in the logistical accessibility of populated areas in local settlement systems were identified and evaluated. It has been established that even the central macrodistrict is radically different in transport connectivity, which is due to both the configuration features of the existing transport network and the multidirectional development of settlement systems. The role of district centers in the total transport availability across the territory is considered. It was found that the spatial concentration of settlements, their size structure across the territory of a single district, the presence or absence of transit transport corridors are the key factors that determine differences in transport connectivity at the municipal level. The suggested methodology is an important tool for assessing the total transport availability of the territory of Krasnoyarsk krai and can be used in similar studies in other regions.