PROSPECTS OF URBAN TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN KYIV: CONTEXT OF CONNECTIVITY OF THE CAPITAL REGION

The purpose of the article is to establish the features of urban development of Kyiv and the Capital Region through the formation of a comprehensive approach to spatial provision of urban transport development in the interests of increasing transport connectivity of the Capital of Ukraine and its suburbs. Methodology. The planning features of Vyshneve and adjacent territorial communities in the Kyiv suburbs and Kyiv were assessed through the study of basic planning documents, field research, and population surveys. The assessment results served as data for the formation of a spatial approach and proposals for improvement. Results. The formed transport connectivity system of the Capital Region on the section of large-scale transportation of goods and passengers between Kyiv and the satellite city of Vyshneve and adjacent territorial communities in the Kyiv suburbs was assessed as a product of Soviet urban planning and the concept of a "satellite city" formed within its framework. The context of spatial transformations in the city of Vyshneve and their determination by the general development of the Capital Region, its spatial transformations in the post-socialist period, and their impact on the development of urban transport were investigated. The change in the transport provision of the Capital Region is analysed in the context of intensification of urban development, rapid urbanisation, motorisation, changes in public demand for the comfort of urban transport, and insufficient design and documentary support for the development of the Capital Region. Scientific novelty. An approach to ensuring spatial organisation of transport connectivity in the Capital Region is proposed. It is established that despite the managerial and urban planning miscalculations regarding the development of Kyiv in Soviet times, the city and its suburbs are developing in harmony and require optimisation of the development of urban transport and increased connectivity. Practical significance. The proposed methodology and the results obtained can be used in planning and organising urban transport in the context of increasing the connectivity of Kyiv and its suburbs. Transport connectivity will remain an urgent task for the Capital Region of Ukraine and requires understanding of negative experiences and attracting best practices.