Novo mesto Municipality, Slovenia

The Municipality of Novo mesto is located in the south-eastern part of Slovenia with the seat in the town of Novo mesto. It is the biggest municipality, the population reached 36.480 in 2016, and the core functional centre in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region.

Novo mesto is the only compact settlement in the municipality. The suburban areas are characterized by a scattered settlement pattern with marked rural elements. The dispersed urban development pattern and recent land-use policies also influenced the mobility. The level of motorization is Panoramic view of Novo mesto Photo: Simon Koblar, 2016 constantly increasing, more and more journeys to work, supply, service and adopting and implementing strategies FORMER OBERBAYERN FRANCHE-COMTÉ ALSACE REGION leisure destinations are carried out by ÖSTERREICH and programmes it strives to improve TÜBINGEN ÖSTERREICH WIEN FREIBURG individual motorized transport. These trends FORMER ZÜRICH STEIERMARK VORARLBERG mobility of citizens, provide safe RHÔNE-ALPES TIROL BURGENLAND REGION ESPACE LIECHTENSTEIN MITTELLAND SCHWEIZ KÄRNTEN reduce the use and lessen the efficiency OSTSCHWEIZ BOLZANO pedestrian and bicycle connections for TICINO FRIULI RÉGION VENEZIA LÉMANIQUE TRENTO GIULIA VALLE of the present public transport system daily and recreational users, improve D’AOSTA LOMBARDIA and increase the pressures for further SLOVENIJA SALZBURG infrastructure to increase traffic safety LIGURIA VENETO unsustainable use of space. and encourage the inhabitants to use D’ AZUR

PIEMONTE environmentally friendly alternative The Municipality of Novo mesto is actively modes of transport. responding to such developments. By Spatial development concept, Municipal spatial plan for Novo mesto, 2009

ASTUS activities in passenger transport, monitoring greenhouse Municipality and the project team at the gas emissions trends in relation to mobility Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of the Municipality of and spatial development and digitization of Slovenia. urban public passenger transport. Novo mesto ASTUS provided an opportunity to upgrade activities in the field of mobility already Local low CO2 scenarios, ASTUS tools running in the Municipality of Novo strategy and action plan mesto, as well as to pay more attention to To increase and simplify usage of public interconnections between mobility and Mobility, demographic and spatial trends transport, the timetables for city bus network spatial planning. and drivers of change affecting spatial were converted into the right format and development and mobility in Novo mesto Within ASTUS, new tools were developed Photo: Nika Holcl Praper published to Google maps. 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Urban Planning Institute of the This project is cofinanced by the Republic of Slovenia (SI) ASTUS European Regional Development Alpine Smart Transport Fund through the Interreg Alpine and Urbanism Strategies Space programme.