Analysis of transportation links

The two dominant transport axes of Szigetszentmiklós' clustered settlement structure are the roughly north-south oriented Csepeli street - Vak Bottyán street, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky street, and Csépi street, which pass through the traditional town center and the József Attila settlement, and under the HÉV line, revealing the extensive Bucka district. Perpendicular to this is the other main axis, Szilágyi Lajos Street - Gyári Road, which comes from the north and breaks at the north-eastern corner of the planning area, leading towards the production site and the airport of Tököli. These two main axes meet at the roundabout on the northwest corner of the planning area, which is probably the most prominent urban node in Szigetszentmiklós. This position is reinforced by the fact that the Ráckeve HÉV line also passes nearby. The József Attila station and its surroundings can therefore be considered the structural and transport focal points of the city. This is also reinforced by the public road transport system (Gyári Street and Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street bus routes). These two routes play a key role in cycling, but no segregated cycle routes have been built along either of the main roads. The Urban Development Plan also calls for the construction of a cycle path along Gyári Street.

Investigating green network connections
From a green network point of view, the connected areas present a mixed picture. The neighbourhood unit K of the housing estate has a relatively high proportion of green space, with residential buildings "swimming in the green" and several relatively large parks and wooded squares (Illyés Gyula Park, József Attila Square, Váci Mihály Square). Institutions (kindergarten, primary school) also have a significant institutional green space. The public spaces of the housing estate have been carefully planted with trees, so that the area already contains a valuable stock of mature trees in the form of groves. The neighbourhood unit to the west of Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street is much less well wooded, with no significant parkland and most of the public spaces occupied by car parks.
The adjoining areas of detached houses are, despite their designation, very poor in terms of green space.

A general trend in recent decades has been a steady increase in paved areas within the plot. In these large areas with a large population of detached houses, there is little or almost no public green space or public parks. The Kéktó Leisure Centre, located close to the banks of the Danube in Ráckeve, provides a substantial green space supply for the planning area and its wider surroundings, but its service quality needs to be improved. There is also a lack of tree cover in the narrow streets of the detached houses. Only a few hundred metres from the planning area is the Danube of Ráckeve, which has considerable potential for blue and green infrastructure. However, the impact of this is hardly felt, due to the unfavourable urban structure of the HÉV line running along the embankment and the effect of the almost continuous development along the waterfront.

Assessment of accessible services
Given its central location in the city centre, the wider area is well served by institutional and infrastructural services. The two neighbourhoods of the housing estate are well served, with a nursery school, three kindergartens, two primary schools and a secondary school within walking distance. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street, the axis of the housing estate, is also home to several commercial units of city-wide importance (supermarkets, shopping centre). This is partly complemented by the spontaneous development of a 'commercial district' in the area of the garage row, which, despite its alarming appearance, implies a significant local demand.