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CENTRAL EUROPE Annual event 23./24.11.2010,
PragueInput to the cross-fertilisation workshop
Jan Roga / Lukasz GórzynskiMunicipality of
Wroclaw, Wroclaw Development Office
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General information

• Via Regia Plus Sustainable Mobility and
  Regional Cooperation along the Pan-European
  Transport Corridor III (www.viaregiaplus.eu)
• Cooperation of 14 cities and regions from Poland,
  Germany, Slovakia and the Ukraine along the
  Pan-European Transport Corridor III Central
  axis
• Project duration 2008-2011, budget 3,2 mln EUR
• Objectives
• Improvement of accessibility
• Strengthening of node citiesand metropolitan
  areas
• Activation of potentialsfor tourism
• Lead Partner Municipality of Wroclaw

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Input to the cross-fertilisation workshop

• Effects of infrastructure improvements on travel
  times along the PETC III Central axis
  (Accessibility study)
• Integration of rail transport in the
  German-Polish-Czech border region (Timetable
  study)
• Economic migration as joint challenge
  Comparative analysis of Wroclaw, Dresden and Lviv
  (Migration study)
• Promotion of the Via Regia as tourist route (Via
  Mobil, Via Regia brochures)
• Outputs with important milestones during the next
  reporting periods (Next steps)
• Joint map of local action / Joint calendar of
  events

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Accessibility study Effects of infrastructure
improvements on travel times along the PETC III
Central axis

• Methodical steps
• Identification of node cities (delimitation of
  the reference network)
• Definition of 3 scenarios of infrastructure
  investments
• Calculation of resulting travel times
• Objective Evaluation of spatial effects
  (accessibility effects) of infrastructure
  investments
• Scenarios
• Scenario 1 Base development scenario
• Scenario 2 Possible further developments
• Scenario 3 Development of transnational
  high-speed schemes
• Draft of results available, final report in
  preparation

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Node cities (delimitation of reference network)
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Scenario 1 Base development scenario
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Scenario 2 Further developments
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Scenario 3 Development of transnational
high-speed schemes
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Comparison of all scenarios (European node
cities)
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Examples for the visualisation of accessibility
effects
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Accessibility study Results conclusions

• The base development scenario leads to
  significant improvements of national relations
• The further developments proposed by partners
  would extend these effects to cross-border
  relations, too
• High-speed lines in PL / CZ effect the Via Regia
  corridor, since selected relations (e.g.
  Berlin-Kraków) might be served faster by
  alternative routes
• General conclusions
• There is rather no use to discuss about
  high-speed investments along the Via Regia
  corridor, taking into account the relevance of
  the corridor for freight transport, too
• Improvement of cross-border connections should
  have high priority

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Accessibility study Next steps

• Evaluation of investments in terms of travel time
  available, but evaluation in terms of
  cost/benefit ratio yet missing
• Need to evaluate results from the point of view
  of costs and possible benefits
• Idea about investments available, but no idea
  about possible demand and possible travel offers
  (in terms of quality and quantity)
• Need to develop large-scale concept for travel
  offers, taking into account possible demand
• Complementary studies will investigate additional
  potentials of long-distance connections (e.g.
  Berlin-Vienna) as well as investment strategies
  for crucial sections (e.g. Cottbus-Görlitz)

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Timetable study Integration of rail transport
in the German-Polish-Czech border region

• Objective Development of a cross-borderintegrate
  d timetable concept
• Methodical steps
• Analysis of demand and infrastructure
• Development of cross-border integratedtimetable
  concept
• Definition of investment measures neededto
  realise the timetable concept
• Allocation of measures to priorities
• Currently, the concept is verified by the
  partners and it is checked, which measures might
  gain broad political support
• Quite ambitious approach with possibly high
  regional benefit for integrated development

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Migration study Economicmigration as joint
challenge

• Economic migration megatrendalong the Via
  Regia
• Methodical steps
• Comparative analysis of attitudestowards paid
  work migration inWroclaw, Dresden and
  Lviv(phone interviews)
• Analysis of framework conditions of labour
  markets (expert interviews)
• General results
• Germany is the second (after the UK) most popular
  destination of migration for Polish workers
• The Saxon labour market is less attractive than
  in the western federal states of Germany the
  Polish labour market is still unattractive for
  German workers

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Migration study Economicmigration as joint
challenge

• Regional results
• Rather low unemployment in Germany,but lack of
  skilled workers expected
• In Wroclaw the number of queries
  concerningPolish specialists made by Germans has
  doubled
• High quality technical universities are the
  source of well-educated personnel
• Additionally, job offers for specialists and
  social facilities are less competitive than those
  provided in Germany
• Further impulses for the integration of labour
  markets will result from the opening of the
  German market
• Significant effects on travel demand expected
  but will offers of public transport be
  competitive?

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Via Mobil Promotion of the Via Regiaas tourist
route

• In 2011, the Third Saxon State Exhibition will
  take place in Görlitz and Zgorzelec
• Theme Via Regia 800 Years of Movement and
  Mobility
• From June to October 2010 the Via Mobil travelled
  along the Via Regia from Santiago de Compostela
  to Kiev to promote this event
• From Eisenach to Lviv this activity was used to
  promote the cooperation and the objecives of Via
  Regia Plus, too
• Result Very highvisibility of theVia Regia
  theme

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Left Political visibility Right Visibility in
public space
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Via Regia brochures Exploring the project area
by rail and bus

• In 2008 the first edition of the Via Regia
  brochure was published (language DE)
• In 2009 and 2010 updated versions followed, 2010
  as extended version (languages DE / PL)
• Objectives
• Promotion of Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia
  as tourist destinations
• Information about timetables and possibilities to
  use public transport to explore these areas
• Very successful marketing activity, one of the
  most popular and visible outputs of the project
• Latest innovation Travel flyers for selected
  trains

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Next steps

• Currently preparation of final phase of project
  implementation, first steps to prepare final
  conference (probably in 09/2011)
• Step-by-step finalisation of local and regional
  studies
• Preparation of strategical studies in the fields
  of accessibility and cooperation of cities and
  metropolitan areas
• Elaboration and discussion of conclusions (core
  outputs), follow-up communication with
  stakeholders

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