Matthias Gather (ed.) Attila Lüttmerding (ed.) Jörn Berding (ed.) Zum Einfügen des Bildes auf diese Textbox klicken (Achtung, Textbox wird NICHT aktiv) Einfügen Grafik Grafik in die gewünschten Dimensionen ziehen EURUFU Scientific Conference: EURUFU st Transport and Mobility in Rural Areas 1 the Proceedings of Berichte des Instituts Verkehr und Raum ISSN 1868-8586 Band 14 (2013) Proceedings of the 1sh EURUFU Scientific Conference, 14th of May 2013 Transport and Mobility in Rural Areas in the context of demographic change Proceedings of the 1st EURUFU Scientific Conference (Fehérvárcsurgó, Hungary) The EURUFU project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE programme co-financed by the ERDF Editors: Matthias Gather Attila Lüttmerding Jörn Berding 14th of May 2013 Transport and Spatial Planning Institute (Institut Verkehr und Raum) University of Applied Sciences Erfurt (Fachhochschule Erfurt) Altonaer Straße 25 99085 Erfurt, Germany phone: +49 / 361 / 6700 396 fax: +49 / 361 / 6700 757 email: [email protected], [email protected] internet: www.verkehr-und-raum.de ISSN 1868-8586 Proceedings of the 1sh EURUFU Scientific Conference, 14th of May 2013 Proceedings of the 1sh EURUFU Scientific Conference, 14th of May 2013 Contents INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................... 1 WHICH CLUES FOR MORE SUSTAINABLE AND LESS CAR-DEPENDENT MOBILITIES IN RURAL AREAS? (Marie Huyghe) ........................................................................................... 3 COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS – A WORKSHOP REPORT (Georg Hauger, Monika Wanjek, Tamara Vlk) ...................................................................... 15 BÜRGERBUS - THE (POTENTIAL) ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SECURING MOBILITY FOR LOW-DENSITY AREAS (Martin Schiefelbusch) ........................................................... 23 YOUNG COMMUTERS IN THE PERI-URBAN ENVIRONMENT: ARE THEY SPECIFIC USERS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? (Catherine Didier-Fèvre) ................................... 35 RETHINKING THE DEATH OF THE RAILWAY IN THE PORTUGUESE COUNTRYSIDE (Paulo Rui Anciães) .............................................................................................................. 45 ECONOMIC RATIONALIZATION OF REGIONAL RAILWAYS (Márk Háry, Tibor Princz-Jakovics) ....................................................................................... 59 TOWARDS THE PRESERVATION OF A REGIONAL RAILWAY IN A PERIPHERAL AREA – THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS IN THE CASE OF THE NEUSTRELITZ - MIROW RAILWAY SERVICE, GERMANY (Axel Stein) ..................................................................... 69 INFOMOBILITY AS SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS OF MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT IN RURAL AREAS (Wiktor Żuchowski, Bartosz Guszczak) ....................................................... 81 SOCIAL SPATIAL CHANGES AND CHANGES IN URBAN DESIGN BECAUSE OF NEW TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE (Maik Hömke) ............................................................... 89 PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE PILSEN REGION (Vlastimil Melichar, Jindřich Šedivý) .................................................................................... 95 TRAFFIC FLOWS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORT OFFER IN THE VYSOČINA REGION (Vilmos Oszter) .................................................................................................................. 105 LIST OF AUTHORS ........................................................................................................... 117 Proceedings of the 1sh EURUFU Scientific Conference, 14th of May 2013 Proceedings of the 1sh EURUFU Scientific Conference, 14th of May 2013 INTRODUCTION In May 2011 the EU-funded transnational cooperation project called EURUFU (European Rural Futures) started in different regions of Central Europe. EURUFU analyses the challenges of demographic change for municipalities and towns in rural areas as well as the possibilities of maintaining the level of public services and infrastructure. New strategies for health and social care, education, local economy and job opportunities, and mobility and transport are developed in order to support local and regional competitiveness. Several pilot actions in these four topics have been developed, which are practically implemented and tested now and will be evaluated to assess their effects. The consequences of demographic change require a fundamental review and adjustment of the public services in many places as well as a new definition of standards. It has been identified that demographic change is one of the new global issues that several countries and regions are now facing. Regions need a sufficient framework to be able to share experiences and information and to adapt to the relevant changes in order to react on the demographic changes. The overall goal of EURUFU is to promote actions for the provision of innovative solutions to restructure services and infrastructure in shrinking regions and thus support the sustainable development of rural regions by developing and adapting integrated measures and strategies for regional problems at a transnational level. A range of regional balanced services and economic and cultural opportunities should be implemented to hold and attract inhabitants, entrepreneurs and investors.1 “The specific objectives of the project are the sensitization of stakeholders by creating transparency about the coming challenges of demographic changes and highlighting the possibilities and opportunities for active action, active framing of demographic change in close cooperation between the different partners and stakeholders (administration, politics, business, schools, associations ...) in the regions, mitigation of population decline and a long-term trend reversal, adaptation of infrastructure to the negative consequences of the changing population structure, initiation of pilot projects to frame and adapt to demographic change, transfer of knowledge at European level and initiate a long-term intensive and continuous dialogue between actors of regional development.”1 The partnership consists of 11 different entities from 7 European countries (AT, CZ, DE, HU, IT, PL, SI), which fulfil specific functions within the project and represent regional and local authorities, regional development agencies and educational organizations. International cooperation is vital for the achievement of the expected results due to the 1 Application Form. European Territorial Cooperation Objective. CENTRAL EUROPE Programme. European Rural Futures (2011) 1 Proceedings of the 1sh EURUFU Scientific Conference, 14th of May 2013 complexity and transnational dimension of demographic change in Central Europe. One focus is the sensitization of regional stakeholders to the current situation and future of demographic change in their area. By the development of a benchmarking system including relevant possibilities and opportunities for active adaptation a common strategy has been elaborated. Related to that common strategy, 10 regional pilot actions has been initiated and implemented to find crosscutting solutions to deal for sustainable public service provision. Subsequently their potential for transferability and exchangeability between the regions will be evaluated and they will become part of a transnational action plan.2 Within EURUFU, the Transport and Spatial Planning Institute of the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt is mainly responsible for the part “mobility and transport” with a focus on sustainable concepts. This includes the analysis of the current transport and mobility situation in the project regions3 as well as the implementation of the pilot action “voluntary mobility consultants” and an extensive survey on mobility behaviour in rural areas. A further task of the Transport and Spatial Planning Institute is the planning and organisation of three EURUFU Scientific Conferences which give an input from researchers to the project partners and its pilot actions. Furthermore the conferences should improve the cooperation and knowledge exchange between scientists dealing with different topics related to rural areas. The first conference was held on the 14th of May 2013 in Fehérvárcsurgó, western Hungary and dealt with “Transport and Mobility in Rural Areas in the context of demographic change”. The following table gives an overview of all planned EURUFU Scientific Conferences: No Month Place Topic 1 May 2013 Fehérvárcsurgó, HU Transport and Mobility in Rural Areas 2 Oct 2013 Asti, IT Education and Job Opportunities in Rural Areas 3 Apr 2014 Sondershausen, DE Social Issues and Health Care in Rural Areas These are the proceedings of the 1st EURUFU Scientific Conference, thus it represents the collection of papers which were presented by the authors as well as further papers which could not be presented due to time constraints. The papers are dealing with various aspects of transport and mobility in rural areas. Examples of rural transportation systems based on local communities and volunteers are presented, as well as the specific role of young people using transport systems in peri-urban areas. A further important subject dealt with in different papers is the closure of railway lines in rural areas throughout Europe, and the analysis and limitation of its negative consequences. Several papers are presenting results of studies on rural transport in exemplary rural and peripheral regions of Central Europe. A special remark should be put on the paper about