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Methodology Report European Commission Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft GD MOVE Federal Office of Transport (FOT) Observation and Analysis of Trans-Alpine Freight Traffic Flows Methodology Report Photo: Sigmaplan May 2013 Imprint Contracting Authority: European Commission, DG MOVE and Swiss Federal Office of Transport Authors: K. Dörnenburg, Thomas Haas, Lars Wenzel, Sigmaplan W. Fusseis J.-B. Thebaud, Interface Transport Version Date Author(s) 1.0 14.09.12 kd/WF/JBT/LW/TH 2.0 28.09.12 kd/WF/JBT/LW/TH 3.0 07.12.12 kd/WF/JBT/LW/TH 4.0 30.05.13 kd/WF/JBT/LW/TH M:\G1020_1039\S1034\Doku\Eigene_Berichte\Methodenbericht\Meth_Report_May13.docx / TH Observation and Analysis of Trans- Alpine Freight Traffic Flows: Methodology Report Contents 1 Introduction ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Definition of the Observatory zone ............................................................. 1 2 Contacts with national services .................................................................. 4 2.1 Austria ............................................................................................................ 4 2.2 Switzerland .................................................................................................... 4 2.3 France ............................................................................................................ 4 3 Data sources ................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Trans-Alpine freight traffic and transport publications ............................ 6 3.2 Data sources in Austria ................................................................................ 9 3.3 Data sources in Switzerland ...................................................................... 11 3.4 Data sources in France .............................................................................. 13 4 Definitions ................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Road traffic .................................................................................................. 19 4.2 Rail transport ............................................................................................... 23 4.3 Cost factors ................................................................................................. 25 4.4 Environmental quality ................................................................................ 35 4.5 Quality of road traffic flow ......................................................................... 37 4.6 Quality of rail transport services ............................................................... 39 5 Web Application .......................................................................................... 40 5.1 Architecture ................................................................................................. 40 5.2 Functions of the web application .............................................................. 41 5.3 Data recording ............................................................................................. 41 5.4 Data export .................................................................................................. 42 5.5 Data migration ............................................................................................. 42 6 Quarterly and annual reports .................................................................... 43 6.1 Quarterly reports ......................................................................................... 43 6.2 Annual reports ............................................................................................ 43 7 Article 47 reports ........................................................................................ 44 8 Glossary ....................................................................................................... 46 8.1 Organisations .............................................................................................. 46 8.2 Technical terms ........................................................................................... 48 8.3 General ......................................................................................................... 49 9 References ................................................................................................... 50 Sigmaplan, Fusseis, Interface Transport, May 2013 Annex Annex 1: Cost model, Input table ........................................................................... I Annex 2: Cost model, French crossings .............................................................. II Annex 3: Cost model, Swiss crossings .............................................................. VII Annex 4: Cost model, Austrian crossings .......................................................... XII Sigmaplan, Fusseis, Interface Transport, May 2013 Observation and Analysis of Trans-Alpine Freight Traffic Flows: Methodology Report 1 1 Introduction The "Observation and Analysis of Trans-Alpine Freight Traffic Flows" consists of permanent freight transport and traffic flow monitoring in the Alpine region as spec- ified by the Land Transport Agreement (LTA) between Switzerland and the Euro- pean Union. The "Alpifret" consortium executed this task first: EGIS France (France), Infras (Switzerland) and Rosinak & Partner (Austria); then, in mid- March 2012, a new consortium consisting of Sigmaplan (Switzerland), Interface Transport (France) and Walter Fusseis (Austria) assumed responsibility. The project is now called "Observatory". The current report is an update of the December 2008 document drafted by the "Alpifret" consortium. The objectives of this report are: Listing of national data providers necessary for regular database feeding and allowing - if the need arises - direct contact with third parties (conveyers’ asso- ciation, operators, etc) Description of methods used when compiling existing raw data related to trans- Alpine freight traffic flows and transport volumes in Austria, France and Swit- zerland and transforming them into relevant indicators Defining indicators of road and rail transport costs Defining indicators in the three countries enabling an assessment of transport flows and environmental quality of the Alpine crossings under observation Defining indicators of serious traffic distortion, which can trigger unilateral or multilateral safeguard clauses envisioned in the LTA between Switzerland and the European Union Defining the structure and contents of quarterly and annual reports Defining the procedure to be followed when an Article 47 report is requested. 1.1 Definition of the Observatory zone The "Observation of Trans-Alpine freight traffic flows" covers the whole Alpine arc. This arc spans from the Alpes Maritimes on the Mediterranean coast in the south- west to the Alpine foothills at the border triangle between the Austrian regions of Styria, Lower Austria and Burgenland in the East, following first the Franco-Italian border and the Italo-Swiss border in the south Valais, then crossing the massifs of Gotthard and Rheinwaldhorn in Switzerland, before following the Ötztal and Zillertal Alps (along the Austro–Italian border) and descending from the High Tau- ern via the mountains separating the Austrian regions of Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria on one side from Styria on the other side all the way to Burgenland. The Observatory covers all important Alpine crossings between Ventimiglia on the Franco-Italian border and Wechsel in Austria, corresponding to arc C in Alpinfo publications1 of the Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication. 1 http://www.bav.admin.ch/themen/verkehrspolitik/00501/01414/index.html Sigmaplan, Fusseis, Interface Transport, May 2013 2 Observation and Analysis of Trans-Alpine Freight Traffic Flows: Methodology Report The following table shows the points of crossing studied. Country Crossing Road Rail Arc A France Ventimiglia X X Montgenèvre X Fréjus X X Mont Cenis X X Mont Blanc X X Switzerland Grand St-Bernard X X Simplon X X X Gotthard X X X San Bernardino X X Austria Reschen X X Brenner X X X Tauern X X Felbertauern X Schoberpass X X Semmering X X Wechsel X X Table 1: Relevant Alpine crossings of arc C In a supplement, traffic and transport data will be analysed on a reduced Alpine arc, referred to as Arc A, as in Alpinfo publications. Traffic in this part of the Alps shares common characteristics - geographical origins and destinations (north-west towards south-east of Europe) - and the crossings of Arc A are partial alternatives to each other. Arc A consists of 9 Alpine crossings, from Fréjus / Mount Cenis in the southwest to Brenner in the east (see figure overleaf). Sigmaplan, Fusseis, Interface Transport, May 2013 Observation and Analysis of Trans-Alpine Freight Traffic Flows: Methodology Report 3 Figure 1: Alpine Arcs C and A Data for Tarvisio on the Austro-Italian border, which belongs neither to arc A nor to arc C, will be added for information purposes only. Sigmaplan, Fusseis, Interface Transport, May 2013 4 Observation and Analysis of Trans-Alpine Freight Traffic Flows: Methodology Report 2 Contacts with national services In each of the three countries Austria, Switzerland and France, contacts have been established between the partners of the Sigmaplan consortium and authorities in charge of monitoring trans-Alpine freight transport flows. These contact persons are experts regarding
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