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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 | 5 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