Brief description |
A cross-border traffic model to assist with the establishment of improved transport planning strategies for the Vienna – Bratislava region
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Region | Internal EU borders |
Countries | Austria (AT) – Slovakia (SK) |
Location | AT: Vienna-Lower Austria- Burgenland
SK: Bratislava-Trnava |
Type of project partners | Municipalities Regional government units |
Size (total budget including EU grants) | Over € 500,000 |
Main themes | Research, technological development, innovation and ICT Transport and public infrastructures |
Keywords (Types of Activities) | Research and studies |
Keywords (Aspects of Good Practice) | Genuine cross-border dimension Genuine cross-border impact Innovative Good sustainability |
Background and Objectives | With the fall of the Iron Curtain and Slovakia acceding to the EU, border controls with Austria were abolished and the liberalisation and mobility of the labour market followed. The ensuing economic integration of the new EU member states resulted in a big increase in traffic volumes particularly with regard to private use of car transport. The regions Vienna-Lower Austria-Burgenland and Bratislava-Trnava were especially affected. To handle this increase, steps had to be taken in establishing a common transport policy and improving infrastructure. An assessment of transport infrastructure investments on a sound basis had to be undertaken based on transport models. Before this project was introduced only stand-alone transport models existed on each side of the border and did not support the assessment and planning of transport infrastructure investments on a sound cross-border basis.
Objectives
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Main activities | The following activities were carried out:
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Main results | The project resulted in the creation of a cross-border model to support the infrastructure planning process in the cross-border area.
This model is intermodal, covering private car transport as well as public transport (bus, rail, underground), bike traffic and pedestrians. In addition the results of the study are accessible to all possible interesred parties such as public authorities and public transport agencies and associations. |
Aspects of good practice | This is a pure cross-border project which is also particlarly strong on innovation and with excellent sustainability potential.
It is an ambitious project ultimately aiming to build a cross-border transport model and infrastructure investment plans for the CENTROPE region (a multinational cross-border region encompassing regions and provinces of four Central European countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia). As such, a broader project is realised with support under three ETC programmes: SK-AT, AT-CZ and AT-HU. |
Start and completion dates: |
October 2009 – September 2012
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More information | http://www.ivv.tuwien.ac.at/forschung/projekte/international-projects/vkm-en.html
http://www.sk-at.eu/sk-at/projekte/detail/en/beschreibung.php |
Lead Partner | Technische Universität Wien
Institut für Verkehrswissenschaften (TU Wien) Forschungsbereich für Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrstechnik Gusshausstraße 30/230 1040 Wien Tel.: +43 (1) 588 01 23123 Fax: +43 (1) 588 01 23199 E-Mail: angelika.haller@tuwien.ac.at |
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