arwagiz / AlbaniaTransport

Transport in Albania

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Table of Contents

• National Vision, Strategy, Masterplan
• Other national and sectoral documents
• Climate and energy policies
• EU accession
• Trade Facilitation
• Local Transport Plans
• Studies and research papers
• International cooperation projects and strategies
• Data

National Vision, Strategy, Masterplan

• Transport Sectoral Strategy and Action Plan 2016 – 2020 Monitoring Reports
  • First Monitoring Report (2018)
  • Third Monitoring Report (2020)
  • Fourth Monitoring Report (2021)
• Law on Road Transport (nr.8308/1998)
• Key Updates in the Sector:
  • The action plan for the implementation of the TCT which aims at harmonizing national legislations with the Acquis, is being implemented.
  • Consultations with our Montenegrin partners regarding the development of the Joint Action Plan for the border crossing points between the Republic of Albania and Montenegro, is progressing in accordance with the Connectivity Reform Measures Plan.
  • 30 Infrastructure priority projects are prioritized through SSPP process for 2020. A new list will be prepared for 2021.
  • The Strategy for the application of the ITS in the Road Sector in Albania has been approved by Minister (MIE) Order in May 2020.
  • For the project Traffic Monitoring and Control Center for primary road network, contract between ARA and Technik TML Infraplan JV was signed on 20th of April 2021.
  • Under the IPA project “On the improvement of road safety standards”, the tendering process for the elimination of 10 black spots was completed by the end of 2020 and the execution of works is completed.

Other national and sectoral documents

• Road Transport:

  • Road Code, 2021
    • Regulation on the Implementation of the Road Code
  • Technical Guidelines for Street Design and Implementation
  • Implementation of Smart Systems on Road Transport (2020)
  • Guidelines on Road Transport Ticketing Templates and Standards (nr. 3743, 2017)
  • Signage Guidelines:
    • Manual of Road Signage
    • Technical specifications of park, square, boulevard, and road nameplates and of building numbering signs

• Rail:

  • Railway Code, 2016
  • Law on Establishment of Railway Safety Authority (nr. 88, 2021)
  • Law on Separation of "Albanian Ralways" Joint-stock Company
  • Law on Licensing Railway Operators
  • Law on Rules of Railway Transport of Passengers and Goods

• Aerial:

  • Aerial Code

• General:

  • General National Plan 2015 – 2030: First National Document on Territorial Planning
  • Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the Tirana-Durrës Area
  • Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the Coastal Area

Climate and energy policies

• Mitigation:

  • National Communication (NC). NC 4., 2022
  • Biennial update report (BUR). BUR 1. National inventory report, 2021
  • Revised NDC, 2022
  • National Energy and Climate Plan (Draft, 2021)

• Adaptation:

• Energy Policy:

  • National Energy Strategy (Decision by the Council of Ministers nr. 480/2018)
  • National Action Plan on Renewable Energy 2015 – 2020
  • National Sectoral Plan on the Trans-Atlantic Pipeline (2013)
  • Law on Electric Energy Sector (nr. 43/2015)
    • Ammendment to the Law on Electic Energy Sector (2018)

EU accession

• National Plan for EU Accession 2017 – 2020 (Relevant chapters: 14 Transport, 15 Energy, and 21 TEN-T)
• Guidelines: EU Guidance on the Development of the TEN-T Network
• National Strategy on Development and EU Accession 2030, Prime Minister's Office – National Agency on Strategic Planning and Donor Coordination
• Communication on EU Enlargement Policy Report - Albania 2023 Accompanying the document Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions 2023 https://konsultimipublik.gov.al/documents/RENJK_538_Draft-Strategjia-Kombetare-per-Zhvillim-dhe-Integrim-2021--2030-.pdf
• Action Plans and the EU Acquis Progress Report 2023, Transport Community 2023
• Development of indicative TEN-T extension of Comprehensive and Core Network in Western Balkans, Transport Community 2023
• Annual Operational Report of the Transport Community (2022)

Trade Facilitation

Local Transport Plans

• Tirana SUMP 2020:
  • Status analysis
  • Plan
  • Annexes
• Tirana, Green City Action Plan, EBRD, 2018
  • English
  • Albanian
• Walking Tirana Policy
• A Mobility Plan and a Bicycle Grid for Tirana
• Shkoder Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, 2017 (Draft)
• Sustainable Urban Mobility System in the Municipality of Elbasan, 2020 (Draft)
• Sustainable Urban Mobility System in the Municipality of Gramsh, 2020 (Draft)
• Other SUMP reports: please contact us to receive more information on SUMP reports for the Municipalities of Belsh, Cerrik, Klos, Librazhd, Mat, and Peqin.

Local Transport Info

City	Lines/ Routes	Suburban	Links
Tirana	23 Routes	20 Routes	https://tirana.al/pikat-e-interesit/linjat-urbane; https://tirana.al/uploads/2023/5/20230512115515_2023_05_04-urbani-map-1.pdf; https://ckan.tirana.al/dataset/tranporti-publik-ne-tirane-i-gjeoreferencuar
Elbasani	8 Lines
Durres	6 Lines		https://visitdurres.al/harta-e-transportit-publik/
Vlora	6 Lines
Kukesi	4 Lines	x
Korca	4 Lines
Peshkopia	3 Lines	x
Berati	4 Lines
Shkodra	2 Lines		https://bashkiashkoder.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/transporti_publik_2882_3159.pdf;
Saranda	1 Lines		https://bashkiasarande.gov.al/transporti/

Note: A line might have several variations of routes included (e.g., L3 in Tirana has L3A, L3B, L3C).

• The E-Transport platform was launched, financed by GDRTS, an electronic platform in which will be incorporated the whole information on road transport operators/companies/entities, intercity lines, e-ticket system, terminal management, interaction with third party systems QKB, e-DPSHTRR, e-DM, e-Monitoring, REK, e-Tachograph.

Studies and research papers

• Research from Dorina Pojani:
  • Pleasing the voters in Albania: Allowable speed limits and parking spaces increase just before elections
  • Keep the children walking: Active school travel in Tirana, Albania
  • Mobility, Equity and Sustainability Today in Tirana
  • Urban sprawl and weak regional transport in Durana
  • From carfree to carfull: The environmental and health impacts of increasing private motorisation in Albania
  • Public transport and its privatization in East Europe: The case of Tirana, Albania
• Sustainable urban mobility through a gender lens in Tirana (2023)
• Fiona Mino, Arba Bekteshi, Walking through Tirana: Spatiotemporal Unfoldings in the Cul-de-sacs
• Rodion Gjoka, Gerti Delli, Decarbonisation of the Public Transport Sector in Tirana

International cooperation projects and strategies

• Tirana Green Finaning Roadmap, EBRD, 2022

Data

• OpenStreetMap Albania, Transport Map
• Open Data Portal - Albania (non-active for now)
• Open Data Portal - Tirana Transport
• ASIG (State Authority for Geospatial Information) National Transport Map
• AKPT - National Territorial Planning Agency - Google Drive folder for editable base maps in DWG format
• AKPT Local Regulatory Plan ArcGIS map
• GDRTS Open Data
  • (Some services are also available in English)

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Contributors:

• Tuan Do: [e-mail]
• Ana Zhibaj: [e-mail]

Compiled by / Contact:

• Armin Wagner: [e-mail]
• (as of February 2024)