TRACC TRansport ACCessibility at Regional/Local Scale and Patterns in Europe ESPON 2013 Programme - Open Seminar European Territorial Evidence-for EU Cohesion Policy and Programming June 2012 Aalborg, Denmark
TPG 1.Spiekermann & Wegener, Urban and Regional Research (S&W), Dortmund, Germany (Lead Partner) 2.Charles University in Prague, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Prague, Czech Republic 3.RRG Spatial Planning and Geoinformation, Oldenburg, Germany 4.Mcrit, Barcelona, Spain 5.University of Oulu, Department of Geography, Oulu, Finland 6.TRT Trasporti e Territorio, Milan, Italy 7.S. Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation - Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Main objectives to take up and update the results of existing studies on accessibility at the European scale using most recent available network and socio-economic data, to extend the range of accessibility indicators by further indicators responding to new policy questions and further developing the quality and validity of the existing indicators, to extend the spatial resolution of accessibility indicators by calculating, besides European accessibility, also global and regional accessibility, to explore the likely impacts of available policies at the European and national scale to improve global, European and regional accessibility in the light of new challenges, such as globalisation, energy scarcity and climate change.
TRACC and CSF Objective 7 key actions Core TEN-T infrastructure covering road, rail and sea transport, as well as multimodal and interoperable modes Core TEN-T railway infrastructure, secondary connectivity, upgrading of dense railway networks, improve interoperability Innovative road pricing Integrated, sustainable and accessible urban mobility concepts TRACC Accessibility indicators TRACC Regional case studies TRACC impacts of policy scenarios
TRACC set of accessibility indicators Spatial Context Basic characteristics Generic type of accessibility indicator Travel costCumulated opportunities Potential GlobalTravel Access to global cities Global travel connectivity Global potential accessibility travel Freight Access to global freight hubs Global freight connectivity Global potential accessibility freight EuropeTravel (traditional) Access to top ten MEGAs European daily accessibility travel European potential accessibility travel Travel (new) Travel speedUrban connectivityEuropean potential acc. intermodal travel Freight Access to nearest maritime ports European daily accessibility freight European potential accessibility freight RegionalTravel (Europe-wide) Access to high-level transport infrastructure Availability of urban functions National potential accessibility travell Freight (Europe-wide) Access to freight terminals Availability of freight terminals National potential accessibility freight Travel (case studies, tradit.) Access to regional centres Daily accessibility of jobs Regional potential accessibility Travel (case studies, to SIG) Access to health care facilities Availability of secondary schools Potential accessibility to basic health care
Travel time to New York intermodal DRAFT
Generalised freight costs to Shanghai, intermodal, maritime DRAFT
European potential accessibiity intermodal DRAFT
Minimum intermodal costs to nearest maritime port (> 4 mio. t handled) DRAFT
European daily accessibility, GDP reachable within allowed lorry driving time DRAFT
Urban connectivity road
TRACC Regional case studies
Potential accessibility by car (Poland case study) DRAFT
Jobs available within 60 minutes car travel time (Czech case study) DRAFT
Jobs available within 60 minutes public transport travel time (Czech case study) DRAFT
Accessibility potential to medical doctors (Finland case study) DRAFT
Car travel time to nearest hospital (EURAM case study)
Accessibility scenarios What are the effects of the new proposal of the European Commission for Trans-European Transport Networks on accessibility? Effects on Europe- wide accessibility pattern Effects on regional accessibility pattern Proposed core network
Impact analysis and scenarios Analysis of the relationship between accessibility and economic development and environmental indicators over time. Consistent set of long-term scenarios of European transport. Likely spatial impacts of European transport scenarios up to the year 2030 (regional accessibility, regional economic development, territorial cohesion, polycentricity, environmental impacts).
Relative GDP effects (%)Absolute GDP effects () Outlook on possible TEN-T impacts