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Gradove i naselja Europe karakterizira koncentracija prometne potražnje koja ima za posljedicu zakrčenost, nisku razinu sigurnosti, zagađenje i devastaciju okoliša te visoke troškove. S time se susreću svi sudionici u prometu, a stupanj njihova zadovoljstva proporcionalan je trajanju i troškovima putovanja. Većina gradova i naselja istovremeno su turističke destinacije koje trebaju organizacijom i upravljanjem prometom omogućiti kvalitetu kretanja lokalnog stanovništva te posjetitelja. Primarni cilj ovog istraživanja je identificirati elemente mobilnosti i prometna rješenja sposobna rezultirati smanjenjem korištenja automobila u destinacijama, a koja su u nekim europskim gradovima verificirana i prihvaćena od strane korisnika. U nastojanju utvrđivanja mogućih pravaca djelovanja koji bi uz najmanje ulaganja i u najkraćem roku povećali mobilnost u gradovima i naseljima u Republici Hrvatskoj, pri istraživanju stavova i ponašanja sudionika u prometu u Republici Hrvatskoj korištena je metodologija Europske Komisije (TNS Opinion & Social, 2014). KLJUČNE RIJEČI: upravljanje mobilnošću, prometne navike, mobilnost u turizmu, upravljanje mobilnošću u turističkim destinacijama, stavovi građana o mobilnosti SUMMARY: The cities of Europe are characterised by a concentration of traffic demand, resulting in road congestion, low safety levels, environmental pollution and devastation, and high costs that afflict all traffic participants. The satisfaction of traffic participants is proportional to the duration and cost of travel. As most cities and towns are also tourism destinations, they need to organise and manage traffic to ensure good mobility for residents and visitors alike. The primary objective of this study is to identify the elements of mobility and to single out traffic solutions that are capable of bringing about the reduced use of automobiles in destinations and have been verified and accepted by consumers in some European cities. The methodology of the European Commission (TNS Opinion & Social, 2014) was applied in studying the opinions and behaviour of traffic participants in the Republic of Croatia to determine what action is needed to increase mobility in Croatia's cities with the least investment cost and in the shortest time possible.

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Since the Republic of Croatia is one of the most popular European and world tourist destinations, the aim of this paper is, from the user’s (n = 596) point of view, to research the importance of stationary traffic in tourist destinations. The purpose of this paper is to point out the possibilities of improving the tourist destination quality and sustainability through an adequate parking service. In order to corroborate constructed scientific hypotheses, a larger number of scientific methods were used from which a polling method, analysis and synthesis method, descriptive statistics method, t-test, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) should be singled out. The major finding of this paper indicates a relatively big importance of stationary traffic (M = 6.51; SD = 2.21) as an element of tourist destination quality. Moreover, regarding the quality of tourist destination, the results of this paper suggest that the parking space availability is more important than the way parking or parking payment are organized. Between the experienced parking problem in a tourist destination and age on one side and evaluation of the importance of stationary traffic as an element of tourist destination quality on the other side, a statistically important connection was established. Gained knowledge can be particularly helpful to hotel industry managers but also to traffic managers whose duty is to provide an adequate number of parking spaces in tourist destinations.

The rapid growth and development of motorisation combined with relatively small investments made to improving transportation infrastructure in cities, as well as in tourism destinations, has led to serious problems in the unobstructed movement of vehicles in public traffic areas. Traffic congestion on roadways, in ferryboat ports and at state borders during the summer months and year-round lines of cars going to or returning from work are a regular presence in traffic in most urban and tourism destinations in Croatia, as well as in the rest of Europe. Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) can be implemented in urban and tourism centres, which, for example, have no opportunity for increasing the capacity of their traffic networks by constructing new, or expanding existing, transportation infrastructure, and no opportunity for increasing parking capacities. The only solution would be to optimise traffic networking by introducing intelligent technologies. Intelligent transportation systems and services represent a coupling of information and telecommunication technologies with transportation means and infrastructure to ensure greater efficiency in the mobility of people and goods. ITS implementation helps to provide better information to motorists and travellers (tourists); improve traffic and tourist flows, cargo transportation, public passenger-transportation; facilitate the work of emergency services; enable electronic traffic-related payments; enhance the security of people in road traffic; and monitor weather conditions and the environment. To motorists the system provides guidance to roads on which traffic is less intense, guidance to available parking spaces, and guidance, for example, to a good restaurant or interesting tourist attraction. his paper focuses, in particular, on ITS application in city and tourism destinations in connection with parking problems. Guiding vehicles to the closest vacant parking space helps to reduce traffic congestion, reduce the amount of time lost in searching and increase the occupancy rate of car-parks