The LivingRAIL Railmap
Savez za željeznicu was a full partner in LivingRAIL project, which ended in May this year, together with 7 institutes and organisations from 5 European countries. Final document with the measures for fulfilling LivingRAIL and also European (White book) transport development goals is now available.
The LivingRAIL railmap is composed of 62 single measures, which partly describe larger activities and strategies, and partly refer to more detailed interventions. This suite of measures gives an indication which areas needs to be looked in case the EC White Paper targets are taken seriously by rail companies and policy institutions. As the goal of 50% market share of rail and PT is extremely ambitious, most of the measures need to be started in the short or at least in the medium run.
Foto: Ante KleÄinaÂ
The rank of the measures, reflecting effectiveness and efficiency, clearly points on network extension and upgrading measures to be fostered with most urgency, this is relevant to enable the rail system to cater the three to five fold demand increase expected by 2050. Second, however, come railway and policy reforms, integrated planning and services. Most relevant services are considerably higher train frequencies in all regions, door-to-door offers, guidance and information in passenger and freight, and Europe-wide logistics brokerage platforms.
Urban policies and mobility management together are targeted to impact peoples’ and companies’ perception of mobility. Funding options play a major role for getting the investment measures on track. What is needed are flexible instruments in the short to medium run, while in the long run the railways’ income from passengers and freight customers will pay back all investments. The remaining measures stations, rolling stock and regulation full important gaps in the policy and service landscape, but are not alone capable to alter mode shift decisions in passenger and freight transport considerably.
You can download the full document here: LivingRAIL – railmap
LivingRAIL