RandstadRail EMTA meeting Jan Termorshuizen May 16, 2014
The Hague Region
Surface 402 km 2 Municipalities9 Inhabitants Residences Employment % of Dutch GNP8 Netherlands Surface km 2 Inhabitants Provinces12 City Regions7 Municipalities415
Cooperation Five policy areas Mobility and transportation Spatial planning / urban and rural development Housing Economic Affairs / acquisition Environment
Physical planning Physical planning, a definition: ‘A form of urban land use planning which attempts to achieve an optimal spatial coordination of different human activities for the enhancement of the quality of life’
Physical planning Urban planning City planning Land use planning Spatial planning Traffic planning Environmental planning Industrial area planning Housing planning Physical planning Integrated planning
Stedenbaan
Transport planning Traffic is caused by the geographical separation of functions. Large flows of traffic are generated by concentrations of functions and high densities. Public transport needs large flows to be operated economically.
Traffic policy This is what we wish to achieve: - Decrease the growth in traffic - The greatest part of the growth in traffic replaced by public transport - Reduce the environmental issues caused by traffic - Shield the City Center from unwanted pressure from traffic - Build a coherent pedestrian and bicycle road system - Reduce the number of traffic accidents
Integrated planning Planning agreements between municipalities Location policy o Offices only at railway stations o Concentration of housing at public transport stops o Bicycle routes to schools Park&Ride Bicycle parking at railway stations and public transport stops Traffic safety in residential areas Upgrading of tram system to light rail Categorisation of roads
Growth of cities Built-up area 1950
Growth of cities Built-up area 1970
Growth of cities Built-up area 1990
Growth of cities Built-up area 2010
RandstadRail Planning started in 1987 Agreement with Ministry 2001 Start of construction 2002 Ready 2006/7 Main problems: difference tram – metro Financing the project Main lesson: TOD works
RandstadRail 1908
RandstadRail Station Scheveningen Kurhaus
RandstadRail 1977
RandstadRail Trains
RandstadRail Saarbrücken
RandstadRail Manchester
RandstadRail 1990
RandstadRail 1996
RandstadRail 2006
RandstadRail Light rail since 2007
RandstadRail Pijnacker
2020 Regionalisation of public transport 2000 train tram
RandstadRail
Stedenbaan Correlation Planning and Public Transport Schedule Use opportunities at stations and along PT lines Improve accessibility Improve quality of location Cooperation region - municipalities Integrated planning – New developments along existing railway or HQPT lines bring about new passengers – This leads to higher frequencies and higher value of the area around the stations
Stedenbaan Regions: Leiden The Hague Rotterdam Dordrecht Gouda Province NS
New tramline Rotterdam Amsterdam Schiphol airport Leiden The Hague Sprinters on main railway lines Metro and light rail in agglomerations Delft Zoetermeer Stedenbaan
After seven years Number of passengers: larger than expected Extension: city trams upgraded to RandstadRail quality, project ‘Netwerk RandstadRail’ Old city trams need replacement Budget cutting also affects operation of RandstadRail
Network RandstadRail
New city trams from 2014 Siemens Avenio
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