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Overview of LINK Project and
outcomes
31 March 2010
Project funded by the European Commission, DG MOVE
- no acronym
but a symbol
- to be taken literally
Project LINK
Funded by DG MOVE (formerly TREN)
2007-2010
Consortium: 17 partners in 13 countries
(research, consultants, operators, NGO)
Objectives:
● Fostering “intermodality” as user oriented
principle for policy, planning, operating
● Creating a European Forum on intermodal
passenger transport
Focus & relevance
combined use of different modes of transport on
long-distance trips (>100 km), partially crossborder travelling, including first & last mile
few trips , but accounting for many person-km
Few people travelling long distances
(10% population – 50% trips)
Considerable differences across EU
Competing first against car, second aviation
Barriers on European Level
No (powerful) lobbies /
fragmented stakeholder interests
Lack of awareness of policy makers
Little institutionalisation
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EU objectives
Low carbon transport
More environmentally sustainable transport
Safe, secure and high quality transport (user focus)
Multimodal and fully integrated networks
Innovative transport services and technologies
Developing the human capital
Smart prices
Liberalisation of markets (transport)
Technological progress/ information society
Related to EU policies
Action Plan Urban Transport (Sep 2009)
Action Plan ITS (Dec 2008)
Action Plan Airport Capacity (Jan 2007)
White Paper Future of Transport (expected end 2010)
Green Paper Revision of TEN-T
Research: FP7
...
LINK’s research
screening of existing research
results
Virtual library
~350 intermodal research works
Good practice database (70 cases)
Needs for further Research e.g.
● How shall we make the best use of new IT solutions?
● Willingness to pay for additional services, e.g. information
● How shall we overcome cross-border discrepancies?
See according Report 23a and Report 23b [click directly on link]
Exchange
● 3 Europe-wide Conferences
● Numerous events on national level
The Working Groups
Aims:
● Bringing together a wide range of European stakeholders :
administrations, operators, researchers, lobby groups
● Elaboration of strategic recommendations on means to
enhance Passenger Intermodality in Europe
5 thematic areas
● Door-to-door information and ticketing
● Intermodal networks and interchanges
● Integration of long-distance transport and the “last urban
mile”
● Planning and implementation
● Context conditions
4 meetings - more than 100 stakeholders directly involved
First time of such a broad discussion on Passenger
Intermodality in Europe
The “LINK Community”
Ownership of the forum
Meeting people and informal exchange
Output
19 recommendations along 6 fields of intervention
Policy and funding
Directives and regulation
Standardisation and technology
Assessment and planning
Innovative products and services
Training and education
Assessment: Feasibility, cost, impact, timing, other factors
Description of concrete actions: Who, what, when, where?
Most relevant document
Full document
“Recommendations and
Strategies for Passenger
Intermodality in Europe”
Summary document
“at a glance”
available next to many
other documents on
www.LINKforum.eu
Key messages
Broad agreement among experts:
Urgent need for further integration of transport modes to
● increase the efficiency of the overall transport system,
● tackle environmental challenges and
● improve the service quality for the long-distance
traveller.
Feasible ways to address the challenges do exist
EC with core role to initiate discussion and co-operation
among relevant stakeholders and to set right framework
( new Transport White Paper)
Selected Recommendations:
European intermodal door-to-door journey planner
White Paper for a European journey planner & ticketing /
part of wider themed White Paper
Study/ Roadmap how to technically roll out a journey planner
Directive: transport operators to provide minimum content
and quality of travel data to journey planners
TAP-TSI standard for basic tariff and timetable information
provided to transp.authorities
TAP-TSI on long distance rail ticket distributors providing
joined up information on door to door ticketing (later: coach)
TAP-TSI standard for long distance electronic ticketing
compatible with local fare management
Selected Recommendations
- EU Funding for intermodality
Marco Polo II (freight)
2007-2010
2007-2013
(EUR 450 Mio.)
Passenger intermodality funding phasing-in
Preparatory actions and first demos
EU Intermodal Transport Funding Programme for Freight & Passenger Sector
2014 - 2021
Administrative handling by EACI
Monitoring and evaluation
Marco Polo III
(freight)
Vasco da Gama I
(passengers)
Selected Recommendations
- Passenger rights
Awareness, information and knowledge are fundamental
prerequisites for pass.rights
Improving quality and transparency of pass.rights info
● by each operator
● by European platform:
• all relevant information about pass.rights
• covering intermodal and international trips
• set of (minimum) information about different
modes, countries or contact details
cooperation of institutions:
● National enforcement bodies
● Conciliation bodies
Sound EU intermodal passenger rights strategy
LINK plus
continuation after funding
LINK project has produced valuable outputs and network
Desire to continue a stakeholder forum with a wide range of
coordination and technical activities
● Workshops, conferences, networking
● Good practice documentation
● Creating EU policy position papers
● Preparing and developing pilot projects
● Supporting development of the European research agenda
Little interest from stakeholders in substantially financing such a
broad reaching European activity
Problem to find organisation willing to drive continuation of LINK
without funding or sufficent policy motivation
Most realistic option - pursuit of external (EU) funding
● short / medium-term opportunities : STEER, INTERREG, FP7
● conditions of funding dictate what can be funded
● none of them covers full range of proposed LINK agenda
Contact
Patrick Hoenninger (co-ordinator)
ILS - Research Institute for Regional & Urban Development/
Institut für Landes- und Stadtentwicklungsforschung
Deutsche Straße 22-24, 44135 Dortmund, Germany
[email protected]
phone +49 (0)231 9051-121
www.LINKforum.eu