1. Cross border regions Gateways to TEN-T
Coen Mekers
European Week of Regions and Cities 2018

2. Position Gelderland and Arnhem Nijmegen in Europe
Land surface
1.019 km²
Inhabitants
inhabitants
Organization
19 municipalities on mobility
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3. Part of the TEN-T Network
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4. TEN-T Network is more than a number of Urban nodes
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5. TEN-T and the urban regions
Urban Regions as gateways to long distance network
Sustainability and innovation
Cross-border regions in corridors
Experiences and recommendations
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6. 1. Urban – Long Distance: example European Rail Freightlinesystem (ERFLS)
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7. 1. Urban Long Distance: Railterminal Gelderland
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8. 1. Urban – Long Distance
Increasing accessibility by integrating high-speed rail and regional systems
Multi-scale approach (nodes, regions, corridors)
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9. 1. Urban Long Distance: passenger transport faster, more frequent, more reliable
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10. 2. Sustainability & Innovation
Public transport:
All busses zero emmission in 2030
Several projects on E-mobility, Hydrogen and renewable energy (smart grid)
Freight:
Stimulating use of LNG
Infrastructure:
Green Deal in road building and maintenance sector
Charging network (Allego)
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11. 2. Sustainability & Innovation
Stimulates demand and supply of hydrogen vehicles.
Developing a hydrogen refuelling station network in Nethelrands and the Baltic states.
Busses and cars.
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12. 2. Sustainability & Innovation
VeloCity 2017: Cycling crucial in network and urban nodes approach
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13. 3. Missing transport links in border regions
Adopted 8th February 2017
Support of CoR, Parliament and Commission
Cross-border regions: high potential economic development
More funding needed in cross-border regions and comprehensive network (now 5 – 10 % CEF)
Harmonisation of rules and techniques
Use Interreg:
priority infrastructure and services
cooperation structure (governance)
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14. 3. Missing cross border transport links
Montferland
Zevenaar
Emmericht
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15. 4. TEN-T-CEF and Urban Areas
Very useful in stimulating projects and investments
Much attention to freight transport
Much attention to big / national projects
Good news: CEF-cross-border priority
Calls are overwritten, increasing need for funding
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16. 4. Recommendations
More focus on the network as a whole and not only the big urban nodes
More focus on cross-border regions as gateways to long distance network
Stimulate even more sustainability and innovation
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17. Questions?
Province of Gelderland: Coen Mekers Tel Arnhem Nijmegen City Region: Arnout Smit Tel:
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