Effective Tunneling Transport System in Vladivostok City

The problems of the use of underground space in Vladivostok city are discussed. It is clearly explained that in mountainous conditions areas the road tunnel system can be effectively used to improve the difficult transport situation. The existing city network of roads cannot satisfy the criteria of transport stability, safety and ecological security. While the Administration is directing efforts towards the reconstruction of the city road system, there are many difficulties along the way because of the density of urban land buildings. The roadway tunnelling system can satisfy the criteria described above and be comparable in terms of cost and time to the surface construction system. A radial-orbital type of tunnel system has been developed for Vladivostok city, with some variants of technology, economically and ecological designed of every one. The maximum time of a car journey across the city can be cut to 20 minutes from 2 hours, radically improving the ecology of air conditions. It is shown that after the realization of the best type of tunnel system the attraction of Vladivostok's infrastructure would be on high level. The total cost of the Project is less than $4 bn and time construction is less than 10 years. This Project is very important to the town that aspires to being the Far-Eastern Capital of Russia.