The subject of the article is the availability of technical infrastructure equipment in rural areas. Analysed were both the availability of technical infra-structure facilities and the tendencies of development in this area. Spatial analysis covered rural areas in Poland per provinces in the years 2003-2010. The studies comprised the following elements of infrastructure: water-pipe network, sewerage network, gas grid and road network, as well as individual and collective sewage treatment plants. For the sake of the article, which aims at the assessment of the level of technical infrastructure development in rural areas of Poland in spatial and time arrangement, the author applied methods of statistical multidimensional analysis using a construction of synthetic measure.The results of analysis obtained in the work greatly confirm commonly known situation of rural areas in Poland. However, it is worth noticing, that despite the intense investment activities undertaken by local self-governments and noticeable improvement in the technical infrastructure facilities availability, interregional differences are diminishing only slightly. On the basis of the joint assessment, in 2010 the highest level of the technical infrastructure facilities availability in rural areas was noted in the Małopolskie and the lowest in the Lubuskie province. ...
The aim of this study is to analyse the intensity of traffic in the village of Bysina taking into account, that local municipality is planning to build ring road of Bysina nearby. Conducted traffic measurements confirmed that existing transit route - the county roadNo.K1935is characterized by allow transit traffic with a relative stabilization of its level in the various periods of the year. In addition, there is no increased arduousness at night and during all the days off from work. The discussion was also subjected to an assessment of the accuracy of the report on environmental impact of one particular road investment. Basing on authors research, there was found that the report should not be used as the ultimate document judging the road usefulness. ...
