1. The problem of seasonal transport demand in the Balaton region, Hungary Final Dissemination Conference of the DELTA Project 4th and 5th of October, 2010. Athens Botond Aba, Passenger Transport Director, KTI Hungary botond.aba@kti.hu

2. Delta project

4. Content Positioning of Lake Balaton Natural barriers Transport infrastructure Transport challenges Weeknesses

5. Positioning of Lake Balaton AreaPopulationShore / border Europe10 180 000 sqkm731 million Hungary93 030 sqkm10 million2 888 km Budapest525 sqkm1,73 million Balaton594 sqkm~0,6 - 0,27 million195 km 35 km reed and swampland (17%)

6. Settlements by the Lake Balaton Natural barriers

7. Transport infrastructure I. (road) 77 km 14 km Ferry

8. Transport infrastructure II. (rail) Tina Adria ? ? ? Grafika: Balla László

9. Transport challenges I. What’s the problem? One region or more? Accessibility and/or transit? Local transit traffic or long distance connection? Seasonal weather dependency, what to do on rainy days? Events and entertainment service?

10. Transport challenges II. PT and/or IT  strong cooperation Free PT? Integrated PT in time and/or operative IT control? Restricted areas? Off-season capacity surplus  utilization

11. Weeknesses Alternative amusement options Unbalanced asset utilization Bottle necks, occasional peaks and lack of connections in the network Long term and short term seasonality Legal and institutional imperfection Lack of PR and ITS Modal cooperation

12. Botond Aba +361 371 591 0 aba.botond@kti.hu www.kti.hu

13. Average daily traffic at Lake Balaton I.

14. Average daily traffic at Lake Balaton II.

15. Annual average daily traffic High accident location -1000 -2000 -4000 -8000 -20000 20000-no low medium high