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photo: DB AG/Axel Hartmann photo: DB 7. Newsletter | November 2012 Connecting regional and metropolitan transport policies: governance, financing and CATCH-MR (Cooperative implementation - 7th Workshop in Ljubljana, approaches to transport challenges Slovenia in Metropolitan Regions) is an INTERREG IVC project running from The last seventh workshop within the project CATCH-MR was held in January 2010 until December 2012 Ljubljana, Slovenia at the end of May 2012 and was dedicated to overarching with a total budget of approximately aspects of governance, financing and implementation of joint approaches Euro 2 million. to transport challenges. The aim of the workshop was to summarize the approaches to joint implementation of new solutions for sustainable Workshop from 23rd to 25th of transport at the regional and local level, such as diverse public transport May 2012 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. solutions and improved conditions for cycling and walking. Connecting regional and metropolitan transport policies: The workshop was hosted by 2 project partners: Anton Melik Geographical governance, financing and Institute of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of implementation. Sciences and Arts and Regional Development Agency of Ljubljana Urban Region. Contact dr. Janez Nared Anton Melik Geographical Institute of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Phone: + 386 1 200 27 16 Email: [email protected] Katja Butina Regional Development Agency of Ljubljana Urban Region Phone: + 386 1 306 19 14 Email: [email protected] Participants at the Ljubljana workshop in May 2012 7. Newsletter | November 2012 Contents What is CATCH-MR? Page CATCH-MR, Cooperative approaches to transport challenges in Metropolitan Regions, is an 2 What is CATCH-MR INTERREG IVC project running from January 2010 untill December 2012 with a total budget of Euro 2 million. The aim of this european project is to 3 Connecting regional and metropolitan explore and adapt sustainable transport solutions transport policies: governance, for metropolises and their surrounding regions. financing and implementation - 7 th workshop in Ljubljana 12 partners take part in the project, representing 7 Metropolitan Regions (MR): 6 Connecting Metropolis and the ● Capital Region Berlin-Brandenburg (DE) Region ● Central Hungary (HU) 9 A plan to direct future regional progress ● Göteborg Region Association of Local Authorities (SE) 10 Concrete challenges are the ● Ljubljana Urban Region (SI) strongest measures - Interwiev with Mrs Šimonovič ● Metropolitan Region Vienna (A) 13 Urban bicycle Bicike(LJ) ● Oslo/Akershus (NO) 13 Urbana ● Province of Rome (IT) 14 European Mobility Week 2012 The project follows an integrated approach encompassing three themes: 15 The development of P+R multimodal ● Reducing the need to travel within the regions interchange points in the Ljubljana through coordinating transport and land use Urban Region ● Increasing the share of public transport 19 RAILHUC project: focus on enhancing rail transport in Central ● Increasing the use of renewable energy in transport Europe The partners pursue these objectives by identifying and promoting good practise. In the end of the project, the partners will present a Guide on efficient mobility and sustainable growth in Metropolitan Regions. Thereby, they will contribute with a joint approach applicable to Metropolitan Regions in general. For more information visit www.catch-mr.eu 2 | Catch-MR 7. Newsletter | November 2012 Connecting regional and appropriate solutions for each of the challenges within a given governance framework. Within this metropolitan transport context, the site visit focused on the concrete situa- policies: governance, tions within the Ljubljana Urban Region and testing financing and implementation the usefulness of existing sustainable transport so- lutions in the region, such as new public transport 7th Workshop in Ljubljana lines and city bikes. The last of the workshops within Catch-MR was Day 1 dedicated to overarching aspects of governance, financing and implementation of joint approaches to The opening statements to the workshop were given transport challenges. It took place in Ljubljana from by Miran Gajšek, Head of the Department for Spati- 23rd to 25th of May 2012. The aim of the workshop was al Management of the City of Ljubljana, Lilijana Ma- to summarize the approaches to joint implementation djar, director of the Regional Development Agency of new solutions for sustainable transport at the of the Ljubljana Urban Region and Oto Luthar, di- regional and local level, such as diverse public rector of the Scientific Research Centre of the Slo- transport solutions and improved conditions for cycling venian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Mr. Gajšek and walking. The need for joint implementation carries emphasized that despite the fact that the munici- with it multiple challenges, in particular in terms of pality is responsible for the preparation of planning governance and financing. While the competences documents, cooperation with other municipalities in and finances for implementation of sustainable the region is necessary, especially when planning Day 1 – City Hall (City of Ljubljana) transport solutions are spread across different levels public transport. Mrs. Madjar briefly presented the of government, across different sectors and across Ljubljana Urban Region and stressed that sustaina- different territorial units, the solutions have to be ble mobility is one of the most important objectives common to be effective. Furthermore, very diverse of the Regional Development Programme, while Mr. funding sources have to be used for a common Luthar expressed satisfaction with the work done in purpose in order to achive satisfactory outputs. the Catch-MR project so far. The welcome session was concluded by the project coordinator Mr. Frank The objectives of the workshop were therefore to Segebade. identify key issues for cooperation and outline key tools for coordinating implementation of common Following were two presentations outlining the con- transport policies. The discussions within the work- text of the transport challenges and solutions in shop focused on concrete challenges and on finding the metropolitan region of Ljubljana. First was the Catch-MR | 3 7. Newsletter | November 2012 presentation of the Ljubljana Urban Region and its transportation challenges, by Matej Gojčič and Matej Gabrovec. Being the most important employ- ment, political, administrative and cultural centre in Slovenia, the City of Ljubljana is characterised by a large number of daily commuters. In the last few years their number had been constantly incre- asing. The second presentation was about the pro- ject called Integrated public transport system in the Republic of Slovenia, presented by Polona Demšar Mitrovič, Ministry for Infrastructure and Spatial Pl- anning of the Republic of Slovenia. The project is expected to have a positive impact on an increased use of public transport, which will result in reduced Meeting with the Mayor of Brezovica noise, CO2 and air pollutants emissions reduction, as well as less traffic jams and stress in transport. two decades. Low prices of building plots and com- munal expenses, motorisation and good accessibi- The afternoon session was opened with the presen- lity led to the growth of new single houses, which tation by Janez Nared on the topic of connecting were situated not only along the main road, but also regional and local transport policies, which was also in new neighbourhoods, often inadequately situated the topic of Chapter B4 of the Guide. The presen- on occasionally flooded areas. The consequence tation was followed by a discussion on the possible of urban sprawl is an intensified use of cars so the overlaps with other chapters, mainly with B1. The extensions of bus lines were warmly accepted by session was closed with the presentation of regi- the commuters. The site visit was carried out in co- onal energy partnership, presented on the case of operation with Ljubljana public transport company Vienna by Gregory Telepak. by one of the regular bus service lines, which was extended from the city of Ljubljana into the neigh- Site visit to Ljubljansko barje bouring municipality of Brezovica. At the end sta- tion of the bus line the participants met the mayor The highlight of the first day was the site visit to of the municipality of Brezovica and were engaged the southern part of the Ljubljana Urban Region. with him in an intensive Q&A session. The way back The area is characterized by Ljubljansko barje, a made use of the river boat that took the participants moorland that was recently declared a landscape directly to the center of Ljubljana. park, a large part of which is a protected natural area as part of the Natura 2000 network. The area Day 2 is a subject of intense suburbanization in the last The second day of the workshop started with the presentations of the related projects. Didier Van- cutsem presented the URBACT LUMASEC pro- ject, dealing with land use in metropolitan areas, and Peter Austin presented the EUROCITIES pro- ject on cooperation within Metropolitan areas. Mr. Austin emphasized that the mismatch between for- mal boundaries and urban realities are increasing. Functional areas are advocated as an appropriate spatial level for effective integrated approaches to sustainable development, where cooperation builds on the relative strengths and inherent value of its different constituent parts.