1.b Mobility and Multimodality Rail, road and air transport 1st Steering Group meeting PA1b coordination Miodrag Poledica, PAC Serbia Franc

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1.b Mobility and MultimodalityRail, road and air
transport1st Steering Group meeting PA1b
coordination Miodrag Poledica, PAC Serbia Franc
Žepic, PAC Slovenia Ljubljana, 22 June 2011
European Union Strategy for the Danube Region
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Contents

• Governance Structure
• Funding
• Communication and Action Plan
• Targets
• Actions
• Projects
• Work Program
• Key Planned Activities
• Next Steps
• Tentative Timetable
• Conclusion and Contacts

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Governance Structure

• Policy Coordination
• Council Commission HLG / NCPs
• Joint platform for coordination (Transport
  ministers)
• Implementation
• PAC (Steering Group 2 PAC 12 members CION)
• - poss. WG, poss. Thematic
  Seminars
• Annual Forum
• - all stakeholders (transport)
• Interact Lab Group
• - Programmes

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Funding (Sources of financing)

• National Budgets
• EU (Cohesion Fund, Structural funds (European
  Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and European
  Social Fund (ESF)), TEN-T, INTERREG frameworks,
  Marco Polo II Programme, IPA, ENPI)
• The Banks (EIB, EBRD, WB)
• Alternative (e.g. PPP, bonds)
• Key task Mobilisation and aligning of existing
  funds.

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Communication and Action Plan

• Communication (COM(2010) 715 final)
• Pillar (1) To improve mobility and
  multimodality
• - major challenge mobility
• - examples of targets
• - stresses
• political support to current
  initiatives,
• consistency with EU
  legislation and policies,
• importance of the Region for
  EU neighbours.
• Action Plan (SEC(2010) 1489 final)
• - objective sustainable mobility,
• - describes actions and examples of projects
  

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Targets

• Targets as examples could be (COM(2010) 715
  final)
• PA1a
• Increase the cargo transport on the river by 20
  by 2020 compared to 2010
• Remove existing navigability bottlenecks on the
  river so as to accommodate type VIb vessels all
  year round by 2015
• PA1b
• Improved travel times for competitive railway
  passenger connections between major cities
• Implementation of the 4 Rail Freight Corridors
  crossing the Danube Region as planned within 3 or
  5 years
• Development of efficient multimodal terminals at
  Danube river ports to connect inland waterways
  with rail and road transport by 2020
• Achievement of national targets based on the
  Europe 2020 climate and energy targets

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Targets (PA1b SG proposal)

• Possible division
• Short term
• Stock taking (inventory of projects),
• Better cooperation - Common transport policy for
  the Region
• Removal of barriers for better mobility
  shortening travel time,
• Medium term
• Plan for or removal of major bottlenecks
• Study of high speed train network and missing
  motorway links
• Long term
• Removal of all bottlenecks (rail, road, airports)
• At least two airport hubs in Eastern part of the
  region

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Actions - Action Plan (SEC(2010) 1489 final)

• Action (1) - To bring to completion the TEN-T
  (rail and road) Priority Projects crossing the
  Danube Region, overcoming the difficulties and
  the bottlenecks including environmental, economic
  and political, particularly in the cross-border
  sections.
• Example of project To construct two new bridges
  over the Danube. The two bridges would be built
  on the stretch of the Danube between Romania and
  Bulgaria. One of the bridges would link Bechet
  (RO) with Oriahovo (BG) while the other one would
  connect Calarasi (RO) with Silistra (BG).
• (Lead Bulgaria and Romania Financing
  national budget, TEN-T, banks)

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Action Plan

• Action (2) - To implement the Rail Freight
  Corridors forming part of the European rail
  network for competitive freight (Reg. 913/2010).
  
• ___________________________________
• Article 8
• Governance of freight corridors
• 1. For each freight corridor, Member States
  concerned shall establish an executive board
  responsible for defining the general objectives
  of the freight corridor, supervising and taking
  the measures as expressly provided for in
  paragraph 7 of this Article, and in Articles 9
  and 11, Article 14(1) and Article 22. The
  executive board shall be composed of
  representatives of the authorities of the Member
  States concerned.
• 5. The management board shall take its decisions,
  including decisions regarding its legal status,
  the establishment of its organisational
  structure, resources and staffing, on the basis
  of mutual consent of the infrastructure managers
  concerned. The management board may be an
  independent legal entity. It may take the form of
  a European economic interest grouping within the
  meaning of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2137/85 of
  25 July 1985 on the European Economic Interest
  Grouping (EEIG) (1).

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Reg. 913/2010 List of initial freight corridors
- Member States Principal routes

• 1. Zeebrugge-Antwerp/Rotterdam-Duisburg-Basel-Mi
  lan- Genoa (By 10 November 2013) NL, BE, DE, IT
• 2. Rotterdam-Antwerp-Luxembourg-Metz-Dijon-Lyon/B
  asel (By 10 November 2013) NL, BE, LU, FR
• 3. Stockholm-Malmö-Copenhagen-Hamburg-Innsbruck-
  Verona Palermo (By 10 November 2015) SE, DK, DE,
  AT, IT CENTRAL NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR
• 4. Sines-Lisbon/Leixoes Madrid-Medina del
  Campo/ Bilbao/San Sebastian-Irun-
  Bordeaux-Paris/Le Havre/Metz Sines-Elvas/Algeciras
  By 10 November 2013 PT, ES, FR
• 5. Gdynia-Katowice-Ostrava/Žilina-Bratislava/Vienn
  a/ Klagenfurt-Udine-Venice/ Trieste/
  /Bologna/Ravenna/ Graz-Maribor-Ljubljana-
  Koper/Trieste By 10 November 2015 PL, CZ, SK,
  AT, IT, SI BALT-MED CORRIDOR
• 6. Almería-Valencia/Madrid-Zaragoza/Barcelona-Mars
  eille- Lyon-Turin-Milan-Verona-Padua/Venice-Triest
  e/Koper- Ljubljana-Budapest-Zahony
  (Hungarian-Ukrainian border) By 10 November 2013
  ES, FR, IT, SI, HU MEDITERRANEAN CORRIDOR
• 7. Prague-Vienna/Bratislava-Budapest/ -
  Bucharest-Constanta/ - Vidin-Sofia-Thessaloniki-At
  hens By 10 November 2013 CZ, AT, SK, HU, RO,
  BG, EL ORIENT CORRIDOR
• 8. Bremerhaven/Rotterdam/Antwerp-Aachen/Berlin-War
  saw- Terespol (Poland-Belarus border)/Kaunas By
  10 November 2015 DE, NL, BE, PL, LT
• 9. Prague-Horní Lidec-Žilina-Košice-Cierna nad
  Tisou (Slovak/ Ukrainian border) By 10 November
  2013 CZ, SK

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Action Plan

• Action (3) - To enhance cooperation between air
  traffic stakeholders in order to prepare a plan
  to implement shorter plane routes
• Example of project To implement SESAR, the
  technological part of the Single European Sky, in
  the Danube Region. Intelligent traffic systems
  in the air transport sector contribute to reduce
  airports' environmental footprint and to minimise
  nuisances like noise and air pollution.
  Technological tools can contribute to a more
  efficient management of flights both on the
  ground (airport management systems) and in the
  air (Functional Airspace Blocks).
• (Lead ? , Financing ?)
• FABs in the Region
• - FAB CE (Functional Airspace
• Block Central Europe)
• AT, BH, HR, CZ, HU, SK and SI
• - Danube FAB
• BG and RO
• - FAB EC (Functional Airspace Block Europe
  Central)
• DE, BE, FR, LU, NL and CH
• Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova and Ukraine
• are not YET included in FAB
  implementation!

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Action Plan

• Action (4) - To ensure sustainable metropolitan
  transport systems and mobility.
• Example of project To create river-bus and
  other connections between urban centres along the
  Danube (Danube Express Project).
• The project aims to create river-bus
  connections between the big metropolis along the
  Danube and their satellites. The river-bus should
  be a solution especially for the longitudinal
  travel needs and for the areas where there are no
  bridges across the Danube. That would improve the
  mobility of people and could also be used for
  tourism purposes. The project should help
  increase the intermodal passengers transport
  leading to an optimal and sustainable utilization
  of resources.
• (Lead ? , Financing ?)

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Action Plan

• Action (5) - To improve the regional/ local
  cross-border infrastructure and the access to
  rural areas.
• Example of project - To extend public transport
  lines.
• This is a programme to encourage the
  public transport companies of the Danube valley
  countries (bus and rail) to extend their existing
  lines, charging a local fare, to connect
  settlements on both sides of the border.
• (Lead ? , Financing ?)

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Action Plan

• Action (6) - To develop further nodal planning
  for multimodality. The overlap of different
  freight and person transport leads in many nodes
  to congestion and loss of productivity.
• Example of project -To implement the South North
  Axis (SoNorA) project
• The aim of this project is to develop
  accessibility between the Adriatic and Baltic
  seas by making the network real through support
  for the completion of transport infrastructure,
  by activating and improving multimodal freight
  logistics services, by developing transnational
  action plans for future realisations and by
  supporting new regional development opportunities
  arising from transport network improvements.
• (Lead Veneto Region (Italy), Financing
  ?)

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Action Plan

• Action (7)- To develop further Intelligent
  Traffic Systems by using environmental-friendly
  technologies, especially in urban regions.
• Example of project - To implement the European
  Digital Traffic Infrastructure Network for
  Intelligent Transport Systems (EDITS)
• Better information about the transport
  system allows a more efficient management of the
  existing transport infrastructure, reducing
  congestion and environmental damage. This is the
  overall objective of the project EDITS (e.g.
  traffic management, traffic planning and
  modelling, traffic information), using
  transnationally harmonised traffic geodata.
  Vienna Region" can serve as a good practice
  example. Also supporting transport planners to
  manage the existing transport infrastructure in a
  more efficient way. Local/ regional/ national
  administrations will be provided with technical
  guidance.
• (Lead Public Transport Association of
  the Vienna Region Financing ?)

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Projects

• Possible Division
• Geographical Scope
• Within The Danube Region
• Going beyond the Regions boundaries
• Time of execution
• Ongoing
• Planned
• Project Ideas

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Projects (2)

• Received 41 projects from 7 member countries
• AT (2), BG (6), HU (6), SK (3), SI (2), SRB (20),
  RO (2)
• Aviation 9,
• Rail 16
• Road 4
• Intermodal 8
• Passenger transport 2
• Research / transport policy 2
• Status
• Planned 17
• Ongoing 19
• Project Idea 5

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Projects (3) Neighbouring Countries Cooperation

• Examples of Ongoing Projects
• Scandria aims to link Scandinavia (Baltic Sea)
  with Northern Adriatic
• http//www.scandriaproject.eu/
• CETC (the Central European Transport Corridor)
  Route 65 aims to link Baltic Sea (Gdansk) with
  Northern Adriatic
• http//konferencja.cetc.pl/en/conference/
  filter/1
• BatCo aims to link Baltic Sea with Adriatic Sea
• Duration 36 months (March 2010 -
  February 2013)
• http//batco.datenkraft.info/en/batco/obj
  ectives-project-structure
• SoNorA aims to develop accessibility between the
  Adriatic and Baltic seas
• Duration 40 months (November 2008 -
  February 2012)
• http//www.sonoraproject.eu/

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Projects (4) Neighbouring Countries Cooperation

• SEETAC aims at solving the cross-border
  bottlenecks and the lack of harmonization and
  becoming an instrument to solve both the
  administrative problems, such as missing
  institutional and legal transnational framework
  at border crossings, and the operational ones,
  such as lack of common safety, security and
  environmental standards, lack of harmonisation of
  transport modes.
• http//www.seetac.eu/
• CREAM - Customer-driven Rail-freight services on
  a European mega-corridor (Rotterdam-
  Munich-Ljubljana-Istanbul) based on Advanced
  business and operating Models
• http//www.cream-project.eu/home/index.p
  hp
• FLAVIA aims to improve intermodal freight
  transport logistics between central and
  south-eastern Europe, while at the same time
  strengthening the environmentally friendly modes
  of transport rail and inland waterways.
• http//www.flavia-online.de/
• TRANSITECS focus of the project lies on making
  rail more attractive and accessible for the
  logistic market
• http//www.transitects.org/

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Work Program 2011

• Key planned activities 2011
• Draft Work programme
• Taking stock of ongoing projects and studies
  (inventory)
• Review of targets
• Re-examination of actions
• Meetings (including conferences, seminars)
• - PA1b SG
• - Stakeholders conference (transport)
• - Active participation on invited events

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Next Steps

• Tentative Time Table 2011
• Kick-off meeting of the PA1b Steering Group
  (2PACs, 12 members and the Commission) in
  Slovenia (22 June 2011)
• Second meeting of PA1b SG in Serbia (October)
• (poss.) Meeting four PACs (SRB, SI, RO, AT)
  (poss. Vienna, before end 2011) overview of
  activities of PA 1a and 1b
• (poss.) Stakeholders conference - transport
  (2011/2012)

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Conclusion
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CONTACTS PAC 1b

• Mr. Miodrag Poledica
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy,
  Serbia
• poledica_at_mi.gov.rs
• Tel [phone]
• Mr. Franc Žepic
• Ministry of Transport, Slovenia
• franc.zepic_at_gov.si
• Tel [phone]
• Thank you!