TRACC TRansport ACCessibility at Regional/Local Scale

and Patterns in Europe

ESPON 2013 ProgrammeInternal Seminar

Evidence-based Cohesion Policy: Territorial Dimensions

29-30 November 2011Krakow, Poland

TPG

1. Spiekermann & Wegener, Urban and Regional Research (S&W), Dortmund, Germany (Lead Partner)

2. Charles University in Prague, Department of Social Geography and Regional Development, Prague, Czech Republic

3. RRG Spatial Planning and Geoinformation, Oldenburg, Germany

4. Mcrit, Barcelona, Spain

5. University of Oulu, Department of Geography, Oulu, Finland

6. TRT Trasporti e Territorio, Milan, Italy

7. S. Leszczycki Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation - Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Main objectives

• to take up and update the results of existing studies on accessibility at the European scale using most recent available network and socio-economic data,

• to extend the range of accessibility indicators by further indicators responding to new policy questions and further developing the quality and validity of the existing indicators,

• to extend the spatial resolution of accessibility indicators by calculating, besides European accessibility, also global and regional accessibility,

• to explore the likely impacts of available policies at the European and national scale to improve global, European and regional accessibility in the light of new challenges, such as globalisation, energy scarcity and climate change.

Key policy questions

• What are the differences between accessibility at three different levels (regional, European and global) considering the four modes road, rail, water and air?

• What is the link between accessibility at the different levels and for different modes of European regions and their economic development? How has this link changed over time? Does the strength of this link differ across the EU?

• What could be the territorial impact of rising energy prices on the future developments of road, rail, water and air transport?

• What could be the impact of various transport scenarios on climate change, access patterns and economic development?

TRACC set of accessibility indicators

Spatial Context

Basic characteristics

Generic type of accessibility indicator

Travel cost Cumulated opportunities

Potential

Global Travel Access to global cities

Global travel connectivity

Global potential accessibility travel

Freight Access to global freight hubs

Global freight connectivity

Global potential accessibility freight

Europe Travel (traditional)

Access to top ten MEGAs

European daily accessibility travel

European potential accessibility travel

Travel (new)

Travel speed Urban connectivity European potential acc. intermodal travel

Freight Access to nearest maritime ports

European daily accessibility freight

European potential accessibility freight

Regional Travel (Europe-wide)

Access to high-level transport infrastructure

Availability of urban functions

National potential accessibility travell

Freight (Europe-wide)

Access to freight terminals

Availability of freight terminals

National potential accessibility freight

Travel (case studies, tradit.)

Access to regional centres

Daily accessibility of jobs

Regional potential accessibility

Travel (case studies, to SIG)

Access tohealth care facilities

Availability of secondary schools

Potential accessibility to basic health care

Global potential

accessibility intermodal

European potential

accessibility, rail freight,

unitised

Urban connectivity

road

National potential

accessibility travel, rail

Access to freight

terminalsroad

DRAFT

TRACCRegional

case studies

Accessibility potential to jobs

road

DRAFT

Access to health

care facilities

(road travel

time to nearest

hospital)

Accessibility scenarios

• What are the effects of the new proposal of the European Commission for Trans-European Transport Networks on accessibility?

• Effects on Europe-wide accessibility pattern

• Effects on regional accessibility pattern

Proposed core network

Accessibility scenarios

• What are the effects of the new proposal of the European Commission for Trans-European Transport Networks on accessibility?

• Effects on Europe-wide accessibility pattern

• Effects on regional accessibility pattern

Proposed TEN-T network rail

Impact analysis and scenarios

• Analysis of the relationship between accessibility and economic development and environmental indicators over time.

• Consistent set of long-term scenarios of European transport.

• Likely spatial impacts of European transport scenarios up to the year 2030 (regional accessibility, regional economic development, territorial cohesion, polycentricity, environmental impacts).

Planned policy scenarios

Scenario Policies

R Reference (BAU) Continuation of current policies

A Growth Infrastructure for central regions

B Cohesion Infrastructure for peripheral areas

C Sustainability Transport pricing

AB Growth and cohesion Infrastructure for all regions

AC Growth andsustainability

Infrastructure for central regions and transport pricing

BC Cohesion andsustainability

Infrastructure for peripheral regions and transport pricing

ABC Recommendation Balanced combination of infrastructure and transport pricing