Route Evaluation Report Croatia EuroVelo 8 – Mediterranean Route MEDCYCLETOUR Project Davorin Belamarić April 27th 2018 Contents 1 Background ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Mission of the project and report objectives ................................................................. 5 1.2 Organization ................................................................................................................ 7 1.3 Brief methodological explanations ................................................................................ 8 1.3.1 Different phases of the route evaluation ................................................................ 8 1.3.2 ECS – European Certification Standard used for this evaluation ........................... 9 1.3.3 Used tools and equipment, photographs ..............................................................10 1.4 Overview of the sections .............................................................................................10 2 Infrastructure ......................................................................................................................16 2.1 Existing route infrastructure ........................................................................................16 2.1.1 Public transport ....................................................................................................19 2.2 Critical deficiencies .....................................................................................................30 3 Services .............................................................................................................................40 3.1 Existing services .........................................................................................................40 3.2 Planned services ........................................................................................................46 3.3 Critical deficiencies .....................................................................................................46 4 Marketing / Promotion ........................................................................................................47 4.1 Existing promotional tools ...........................................................................................47 4.2 Planned promotional tools ...........................................................................................48 4.3 Critical deficiencies .....................................................................................................49 5 Organization / Financing ....................................................................................................50 5.1 Existing organizations for development and maintenance ...........................................50 5.2 Potential organizations for development and maintenance .........................................50 5.3 Existing financial resources .........................................................................................50 6 Description of the route conditions by section ....................................................................51 6.1 Section 97 ...................................................................................................................51 6.1.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................52 6.1.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................54 EuroVelo 8 – Route Evaluation Report Croatia - Page 2 6.2 Section 98 ...................................................................................................................55 6.2.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................56 6.2.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................57 6.3 Section 99 ...................................................................................................................58 6.3.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................58 6.3.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................60 6.4 Section 100 .................................................................................................................61 6.4.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................61 6.4.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................63 6.5 Section 101 .................................................................................................................64 6.5.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................65 6.5.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................66 Sections with High traffic between Rijeka and Križišće.......................................................66 6.6 Section 102 .................................................................................................................68 6.6.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................68 6.6.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................70 6.7 Section 103 .................................................................................................................71 6.7.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................71 6.7.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................72 6.8 Section 104 .................................................................................................................73 6.8.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................73 6.8.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................74 6.9 Section 105 .................................................................................................................75 6.9.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................75 6.9.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................77 6.10 Section 106 .................................................................................................................78 6.10.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................79 6.11 Section 107 .................................................................................................................80 6.11.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................80 6.11.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................82 6.12 Section 108 .................................................................................................................83 6.12.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................84 EuroVelo 8 – Route Evaluation Report Croatia - Page 3 6.13 Section 109 .................................................................................................................85 6.13.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................85 6.13.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................87 6.14 Section 110 .................................................................................................................89 6.14.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................91 6.14.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................92 6.15 Section 111 .................................................................................................................94 6.15.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................94 6.15.2 Critical issues .......................................................................................................96 6.16 Section 112 .................................................................................................................98 6.16.1 Route infrastructure .............................................................................................98 6.16.2 Critical issues ..................................................................................................... 100 6.17 Section 113 ............................................................................................................... 102 6.17.1 Route infrastructure ........................................................................................... 103 6.17.2