Transport in Balisca

Artesanos, a carfree barrio within the Coruxón borough of the Castejón Metropolis

Coruxón's grid, which has been replicated in other Baliscan cities

Balisca is both a very densely populated and a highly developed country in which transport is a key factor of the economy. Correspondingly it has a very dense and modern infrastructure, facilitating transport with road, rail, air and water networks. In its Global Competitiveness Report for 2014-2015, the World Economic Forum ranked the Baliscan transport infrastructure sixth in the world.

With a total road network of 203,374 km (126,371 mi) including 8,530 km (5,300 mi) of expressways, Balisca has one of the densest road networks in the world; much denser than Argentina and Brazil, though not nearly as dense as the United States. Balisca also has an advanced railway network, that connects nearly all major mainland towns and cities, as well as a comprehensive dedicated cycling infrastructure, featuring some 75,000 km (47,000 mi) of paths completely independent from motorized traffic. As a result of longstanding urban design and planning policies, cyclability and walkability is prioritized in urban areas, and city centers throughout the country are prohibited to all non-pedestrian traffic, with the exception of public transit and emergency vehicles. The definition of "pedestrian" in Balisca has been broadened to include anyone on any human powered vehicle that is not a bicycle, as well as people operating self-propelled wheelchairs by reason of physical disability.

The port of Alessandria and the port of Concepción are two of the world's largest seaports outside East Asia, with the former being largest port of Latin America. Alessandria maintains trade connections that cross the Atlantic Ocean (westward), while Concepción typically handles incoming trade that crosses the Pacific Ocean.

Multimodal mobility in Balisca is substantial. On the roads it has grown continuously since the 1950s and now exceeds 400 billion km travelled per year, half of which are done by car. Around 25% of all trips in the Balisca are made by car, 25% by bicycle, 20% walking, and 30% by public transport. Additionally, Baliscan airports handled at least # million passengers in 2016. Excluding air travel, Baliscans journey more than 30 km a day on average, which takes them just over an hour.

In 2010, 4.42 billion tons of goods traffic was registered, less than 10% of which moved by sea and inland shipping, and around 10% by road transport. The remainder was mostly by rail, constituting over 2/3's of all freight movements through Balisca.

Modal share

Main article: Modal share

An underground bicycle parking station in Alessandria's Municipio IX borough.

A modal share (also called mode split, mode-share, or modal split) is the percentage of travelers using a particular type of transportation or number of trips using said type. In freight transportation, this may be measured in kilometre-tonnes (kmt). Modal share is an important component in Balisca's drive to develop sustainable transport within numerous cities and regions. In recent years, many cities have set modal share targets for balanced and sustainable transport modes, particularly 30% of active (cycling and walking) and 50% of public transport. These goals reflect a desire for a modal shift, or a change between modes, and usually encompasses an increase in the proportion of trips made using sustainable modes.

By metropolitan city

City	walking	cycling	public transport	private motor vehicle	year	Survey Area
Alessandria	11%	21%	54%	14%	2021	UA
Alhambra	51%	29%	14%	6%	2021	UA
Banyalbufar	44%	39%	17%	3%	2021	UA
Axarquía	11%	21%	54%	14%	2021	UA
Trinacria	20%	6%	69%	5%	2021	Borough
Uxiu	28%	22%	37%	13%	2021	UA
Carabassa	18%	2%	57%	23%	2021	UA
Coruxón	33%	32%	30%	5%	2021	Borough
Concepción	13%	23%	47%	17%	2021	UA
Aigües	33%	39%	20%	8%	2021	UA
Macaio	18%	23%	39%	20%	2021	UA
Merced	23%	14%	41%	22%	2021	UA
Navassa	33%	44%	23%	0%	2021	UA
Jatiel	21%	17%	40%	22%	2021	UA
Castejón	27%	21%	34%	18%	2021	UA
Valparaíso	25%	28%	40%	12%	2021	UA
Yerba Buena	28%	34%	24%	16%	2021	UA