Transport in Albania

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Table of Contents

• National Vision, Strategy, Masterplan
• Other national and sectoral documents
• Climate and energy policies
• Urban and regional development
• EU accession and cooperation
• Trade Facilitation
• Digitalisation
• Gender and Equality
• Urban mobility plans, strategies, and concepts; local transport plans, etc
• 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)
• Ligj Për Transportet Rrugore (Law on Road Transport (nr.8308/1998)) (https://www.infrastruktura.gov.al/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ligj-8308_1998-per-trasnportet-rrugore-i-perditesuar.pdf)

Other national and sectoral documents

• Road Transport:

  • Road Code, 2021 (Kodi Rrugor I Republikës Së Shqipërisë)
    • Regulation on the Implementation of the Road Code (Rregullores Së Zbatimit Të Kodit Rrugor Të Republikës Së Shqipërisë)
  • Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy in the Western Balkans (November 2023)
  • Technical Guidelines for Street Design and Implementation (Rregullave Teknike të Projektimit dhe Ndërtimit të Rrugëve)
  • Implementation of Smart Systems on Road Transport (2020) (Strategjisë Për Aplikimin E Sistemeve Inteligjente Në Transportin Rrugor)
  • Guidelines on Road Transport Ticketing Templates and Standards (nr. 3743, 2017) (Mbi Modelet Dhe Standartet E Biletave Të Transportit Rrugor Të Udhëtarëve)
  • Signage Guidelines:
    • Manual of Road Signage (Manuali i Sinjalizimit Rrugor)
    • Technical specifications of park, square, boulevard, and road nameplates and of building numbering signs (Specifikimeve Teknike Të Tabelave Të Emërtimeve Të Parqeve, Shesheve, Bulevardeve E Rrugëve Dhe Të Numërtimeve Të Ndërtesave)

• Rail:

  • Railway Code, 2016 (Kodi Hekurudhor I Republikës Së Shqipërisë)
  • Law on Establishment of Railway Safety Authority (nr. 88, 2021) (Ligj Për Krijimin E Autoritetit Të Sigurisë Hekurudhore)
  • Law on Separation of "Albanian Railways" Joint-stock Company (Ligj Për Ndarjen E Shoqërisë “Hekurudha Shqiptare” SHA)
  • Law on Licensing Railway Operators (Rregullore Mbi Pajisjen Me Leje Veprimtarie Të Transportuesve Hekurudhorë)
  • Law on Rules of Railway Transport of Passengers and Goods (Udhëzim Mbi Rregullat Në Transportin Hekurudhor Të Udhëtarëve Dhe Të Bagazheve)

• Aerial:

  • Aerial Code (Kodi Ajror I Republikës Së Shqipërisë)

• General:

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)

Urban and regional development

• General National Plan 2015 – 2030: First National Document on Territorial Planning (Plani I Përgjithshëm Kombëtar 2015 - 2030: Dokumenti I Parë Kombëtar Për Planifikimin E Territorit)
• Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the Tirana-Durrës Area (Plani I Integruar Ndërsektorial Për Zonën Tiranë-Durrës)
• Cross-sectoral Integrated Plan for the Coastal Area (Plani I Integruar Ndërsektorial Për Brezin Bregdetar)

EU accession and cooperation

• 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)
• • Sofia Declaration on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans: https://www.rcc.int/download/docs/Leaders%20Declaration%20on%20the%20Green%20Agenda%20for%20the%20WB.pdf/196c92cf0534f629d43c460079809b20.pdf
• Action Plan for the Implementation of the Sofia Declaration on the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans 2021-2030: https://www.rcc.int/docs/596/action-plan-for-the-implementation-of-the-sofia-declaration-on-the-green-agenda-for-the-western-balkans-2021-2030
• Transport Community - studies and reports: https://www.transport-community.org/studies-and-reports/

Trade Facilitation

Digitalisation

Gender and Equality

• • Sustainable urban mobility through a gender lens in Tirana (2023)
  • World Bank: Country Gender Assessment Albania

Urban mobility plans, strategies, and concepts; local transport plans, etc

• Tirana SUMP 2020:
  • Status analysis
  • Plan
  • Annexes
• Tirana, Green City Action Plan, EBRD, 2018
  • English
  • Albanian
• Walking Tirana Policy // https://www.tirana.al/en/uploads/2024/4/20240417140710_walking-tirana-policy-compressed.pdf
• 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

• 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)

Overview/Table of Content: https://github.com/giz-t-hub/Overview

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For more information about our work, please refer to:

• Changing Transport: https://changing-transport.org/
• Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI): https://transformative-mobility.org/
• MobiliseYourCity: https://www.mobiliseyourcity.net/

Contributors:

• Tuan Do
• Ana Zhibaj: [email protected]

Compiled by / Contact:

• Armin Wagner: [email protected]
• (as of May 2024)