1. German Guidelines for Integrated Network Planning (RIN 08)
Working Group 2 Meeting, COST Action TU 1002
Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice in Europe
Edinburgh, 13-14th October 2011
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Gerlach

2. The Hierarchy of roads
Basis: Road Levels based on „Buchanan Report“

3. Network Hierarchy in Germany
Basis: Land Use - Levels of centrality:
Agglomerations (A) with an international or very large area of influence;
Upper-level centres (UC), which are administrative, service, cultural and business centres and which provide more specialised services;
Mid-level centres (MC), which cover increased or less specialised demand and which are focal points for business, industry and services;
Basic centres (BC), which provide basic services for everyday needs to people within their own local area; including lower and small centres that have to be specified in the spatial planning on the state level and on the regional level

4. Spatial structure and Agglomerations (A left side); upper-level UC and mid-level MC centres (right side)

5. Max. Travel/Journey Time [min]
Central Location
Max. Travel/Journey Time [min]
Car
Public Transport
Basic centres (BC) 20
Mid-level centres (MC) 30 45
Upper-level centres (UC) Agglomeration (A) 60 90
Target values for the accessibility of central locations from residential areas/locations

6. Max. Travel/Journey Time to nearest neighbour [min]
Central Location
Max. Travel/Journey Time to nearest neighbour [min]
Car
Public Transport
Basic centres (BC) 25 40
Mid-level centres (MC) 45 65
Upper-level centres (UC)
120
150
Agglomerations (A)
180
Target values for the accessibility of central locations from the neighbouring central locations of the same level of centrality

7. Accessibility of
central locations by car.
Source: BBR, 2005

9. Level of Connector Functions in the RIN

10. / small village / few houses

11. Connection matrix showing the assignment of road categories

12. Road categories for motor vehicle traffic and target values for median car speed

13. Road Network in Germany
Red = AS 0, Motorways
Blue = LS I, Express Roads

14. Categories
for Public
Transport
and target
travel speed

15. Categories for bicycle infrastructure and target values for travel speed for daily traffic

16. Service quality level for point-to-point speed for a comparative assessment of motorised individual transport and Public Transport

17. Data Basis for the Level of Service Quality

18. Example: Service quality level
Motorised
Individual
Transport in
the Region
Stuttgart

19. Thanks for your attention!
Prof. Dr. Juergen Gerlach