Intermodality Promotion and Rail Renaissance in Adriatic - Ionian Region
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Intermodality Promotion and Rail Renaissance in Adriatic - Ionian Region FINAL PUBLICATION Index DISCLAIMER 2 Foreword Neither the Managing Authority of the Interreg Adrion 4 The Inter-Connect partners’ team Programme, nor the project partners, nor any of their officers, employees, agents, contractors shall be respon- sible or liable in negligence or otherwise howsoever in 6 Who we are respect of any inaccuracy or omission herein. Without 8 GREECE - Municipality of Igoumenitsa derogating from the generality of the information of this 9 ITALY - Emilia-Romagna Region document, the Managing Authority, the project partners, their officers, employees, agents and contractors shall not 10 SLOVENIA - Ljubljana Urban Region be liable for any direct or indirect or consequential loss 11 ITALY - Trieste or damage caused by or arising from any information or 12 CROATIA - Zagreb inaccuracy or omission herein and shall be not liable for any use of the information contained in this document. 13 MONTENEGRO - Port of Bar The Managing Authority of the programme is not liable for 14 ALBANIA - Durrës any use of the information contained in this publication. 15 SERBIA - Belgrade 16 Scientific partners 16 Centre for Research & Technology Hellas 17 Institute for Transport and Logistics 18 CASE STUDIES SOLUTIONS 18 GREECE - Igoumenitsa 20 ITALY - Emilia-Romagna Region (CASE STUDY A) 22 ITALY - Emilia-Romagna Region (CASE STUDY B) 24 SLOVENIA - Ljubljana Urban Region 26 ITALY - Trieste 28 CROATIA - Zagreb and Adriatic coasts 30 MONTENEGRO - Port of Bar 32 ALBANIA - Durrës-Tirana Authors: 34 SERBIA - Belgrade urban area Denis Grasso, Giuseppe Luppino, Telis Karapiperis, Maria Morfoulaki, Glykeria Myrovali, Paolo Dileno, 36 Infographic Alice Pappas, Irene Sabbadini et al. 38 Inter-Connect tools Publisher: Institute for Transport and Logistics – ITL 40 Final Words Co-publisher: Inter-Connect project Publication date: July 2020 41 Project partners © 2020 Inter-Connect project 43 Acknowledgements ISBN 9788890671029 44 Contacts Foreword Lagging behind Central & Northern Eu- The Inter-Connect project built on the port Ltd. For Croatia, the Port of Bar enhancing intermodality in the area rope in terms of growth and econom- knowledge from previous projects and for Montenegro, the Ministry of Infra- and the respective authorities train- ic development, ADRION’s countries sought new solutions tailored on ADRI- structure and Energy of Albania and ing on how to implement and finance should stimulate the take up of inno- ON’s specificities for the promotion the Chamber of Commerce and Indus- measures able to add on ADRION vative strategies and smart solutions of intermodal transport, guiding the try of Serbia - Chamber of Commerce sustainability (Inter-Connect Strate- so as to reach sustainability goals. respective actors on how to turn con- and Industry of Belgrade. gy-Roadmap with measures in a hier- Improving Region’s accessibility as in- nectivity plans into reality. Main aim archical order). dicated in EUSAIR strategy can be a of the project was to improve the in- Together, the Inter-Connect partners decisive drive towards this objective. tegrated transport capacity, mobility, aimed at boosting the intermodal With the target of helping organiza- What is mainly missing, as proven by and multimodal services in the ADRI- public urban transport (rail-sea con- tions to plan intermodal passenger the failure past stories, is the capaci- Ioannis Lolos ON Region. The project’s approach nections in particular) through the Telis Karapiperis transport, the project realized the Mayor of Igoumenitsa Inter-Connect lead partner ty of key players & different decision consisted of hubs clustering, the iden- following activities: open online platform “Inter-Connect making levels (local, national, transna- tification of current and future trip Toolkit”, which helps understanding tional) to establish strong cooperation schemes able generating poles, users’ surveys for understanding 1 The identification of key players in mobility intermodality by providing access to EU, national, to enable the desired growth in a territory consist- mobility needs and expectations, the mapping of planning and the creation of a cooperation en- regional and local policies and strategies related ing of countries presenting great differentiations. drivers, the establishment of cooperation schemes, vironment (Inter-Connect Transnational coop- to sustainable passenger mobility. Moreover, the Based on the principles of smart specialization, that the application of soft mobility measures (e.g. in- eration network) where experience and knowl- toolkit gives information on potential funding tools/ is built on regional strengths, competitive advan- tegrated ticketing, harmonized timetables and pro- edge exchange will take place. sources for mobility solutions, and provides insights tages and cooperation, and following a well-defined cedures) and the examination of funding opportuni- 2 The development of common understanding on cooperation schemes for showing the most effec- forward-looking agenda towards passengers’ inter- ties as well as roadmap formulation. of area’s needs, challenges, opportunities and tive interfaces for stakeholders to define intermodal modality promotion and rail revitalization, transpor- The project brought together ten partners from the treats and the reaching of an agreement among transport policies and measures. Concrete solutions tation negative effects can be handled and environ- ADRION Region countries: the Municipality of Igou- stakeholders for the direction towards which of new public transport services for residents and mental performance in the Region can be improved. menitsa (lead partner) and the Centre for Research mobility planning should focus (Action Plan on for tourists were also tested in eight case studies ADRION should invest on passengers’ intermodality and Technology Hellas for Greece, the Institute for ADRION intermodality arising from real needs realized in each country involved in the project. to revitalise itself; the unrelenting strong compe- transport and Logistics, the Emilia-Romagna Region understanding and flows analysis, Detailed Ac- Thanks to Inter-Connect and the active cooperation tition from the road sector should be balanced by and the Central European Initiative for Italy, the tion Plan based on Inter-Connect cases exami- of the ten partners, public transport services saw the respective promotion of combined sea - rail Regional Development Agency of the Ljubljana Ur- nation outputs). a significant improvement and will soon enhance alternatives. ban Region for Slovenia, the HZ Passenger Trans- 3 The formulation of a strategic framework for international connectivity in the ADRION Region. 2 3 The Inter-Connect partners’ team MUNICIPALITY OF IGOUMENITSA REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE LJUBLJANA URBAN REGION PORT OF BAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF SERBIA Telis Karapiperis Klemen Gostič Alenka Vrečko Špela Kranjc Rade Stanišić Isadora Bulatović Milica Dubljević Nebojša Jevtić Inter-Connect lead partner Project manager Legal officer Financial and communication Project manager Project officer Project Manager Project coordinator officer EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION HZ PASSENGER TRANSPORT LTD. MINISTRY OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENERGY ALBANIA Andrea Normanno Cesare Sgarzi Mr. Renato Humić Mrs. Helena Luketić Majlinda Lila Elda Cenkaj Eneida Elezi Project manager Project manager Project and financial manager Communication manager Financial and communication Technical staff Technical staff manager CENTRAL EUROPEAN INITIATIVE INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS FOUNDATION CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS (CERTH) Alice Pappas Ana Aligrudic Paolo Dileno Riccardo Maratini Denis Grasso Giuseppe Luppino Glykeria Myrovali Maria Morfoulaki Communication officer Project officer Project manager External expert Project manager Project coordinator Project manager Project coordinator 4 5 Who we are 7 countries (Italy, Greece, Albania, Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro, Sebia) ITALY ITALY SLOVENIA CROATIA Start-end date Emilia-Romagna Trieste Ljubljana Zagreb Total budget 1.6 million euros 01.01.2018 2 Scientific partners 31.12.2020 SERBIA MONTENEGRO ALBANIA GREECE Belgrade Port of Bar Durrës Igoumenitsa 10 Project partners 5 associated partners 8 Case studies 6 7 GREECE ITALY Municipality of Igoumenitsa Emilia-Romagna Region “Building a successful partnership is one of the key features of a good transnational cooperation project” Mr. Pantelis Karapiperis Project Manager of European Programmes and Project at the Municipality of Igoumenitsa Municipality of Igoumenitsa presents a long expe- modal port connectivity to the hinterland). Those Emilia Romagna is one of the 20 Italian regions. sibility to contribute and learn from the several rience in transport related projects (national and schemes are estimated to lay strong foundations in It is characterized by a consistent touristic flow technical studies and tools developed throughout transnational). Serving Igoumenitsa’s vision of be- the development of reliable intermodal transport through all the year, reaching peaks in the sum- the project. It was also very helpful seeing how coming a modern, operational, citizens’ friendly networks for passengers in Igoumenitsa and in the mer time mainly in the coastal area. The main the other pilots addressed the promotion of in- hub in Greece, able to fruitfully cooperate with whole ADRION area. challenges addressed in the two pilots developed termodality at national and