PolyMETREXplus Towards European urban balance Relevant extracts from the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the ESPON projects that reached their conclusion in 2004. For consideration at WK5 in Barcelona from Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 February 2005 Discussion Note 5 METREX Nye Bevan House, 20 India Street, GLASGOW, G2 4PF T. +44 (0) 1292 317074 F. +44 (0) 1292 317074 secretariat@eurometrex.org http://www.eurometrex.org 1
Discussion Note 5 PolyMETREXplus Towards European urban balance Extracts from relevant ESPON projects 2004 PolyMETREXplus Workshop 5 in Barcelona Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 February 2005 CONTENTS 1 Purpose of this discussion note 2 Relevant ESPON projects that reached their conclusion, an interim stage, or were started, in autumn 2005 3 1.2.1 Transport trends (Summary and Final Report) 4 1.2.1 Transport trends (Policy recommendations for the Atlantic Arc, Mediterranean Sea area, Nordic area, Central area, Eastern Europe) Diagrams 1 Fourteen relevant diagrams extracted from ESPON project 1.2.1 2 Eight relevant macro region diagrams from ESPON project 1.2.1 3 One diagram from ESPON project 3.2 RR/15/2/2005 2
Discussion Note 5 PolyMETREXplus Towards European urban balance Extracts from relevant ESPON projects 2004 PolyMETREXplus Workshop 5 in Barcelona Wednesday 23 to Friday 25 February 2005 1 Purpose of this discussion note ESPON initiated an extensive programme of research into spatial planning and development issues over the period 2002-2004. Many projects reached their conclusion in autumn 2004 and some are directly relevant to the PolyMETREXplus project. However, they comprise a very large amount of documentation (see www.espon.lu). In addition, a further round of research has also been commissioned to conclude in 2006 and 2007. Some of these projects have only just started or reached interim conclusions. The purpose of this Discussion Note is to identify those ESPON reports that have direct relevance to PolyMETREXplus and to extract some of the key findings, conclusions, recommendations and maps/diagrams to inform the partner discussions at WK5 2 Relevant ESPON reports Thematic projects Polycentricism (Summary and Final Report) Enlargement and polycentrism (Third Interim Report) Demographic trends (Summary and Third Interim Report) 1.2.1 Transport trends (Summary and Final Report) (European context summary and policy recommendations for macro regions, including the Atlantic Arc area, Mediterranean Sea area, Nordic area, Central area and Eastern Europe) 1.3.3 Cultural heritage and identity (First Interim Report) (May eventually provide the missing indicators on cultural assets discussed in WK4 in Athens) Policy impact projects 2.1.1 Transport policy impact (Final Report) (some maps of interest) 2.3.1 ESDP impact (started) 2.3.2 Governance (Interim Report) Coordinating cross-thematic projects 3.2 Scenarios (Interim Report) (Contains a relevant European territorial Cohesion Index) 3.3 Lisbon strategy (Interim report) (Identifies key issues, relevant indicators and data sources) 3.4.1 Europe in the World (started) 3
3 1.2.1 Transport trends (Summary and Final Report) Context (see the following maps taken from ESPON project 1.2.1). The motorway network is more extensive in Western Europe. There has been a shift to road transport, a reduction in the rail network and the development of high-speed train (HST) lines. The rail network is more extensive in Eastern Europe and the motorway network much less developed. There are more international and regional airports in Western Europe. Eastern Europe has mainly international Airports associated with capital cities. Air connectivity is greater in the west. As a result of the above situation the emphasis is on motorway construction in the east and continued HST line development in the west. There is scope to improve the connectivity of the east with air connections. There is scope in the east and west to develop inter-modal transfer points. There is specific scope for dedicated European rail freight lines and coastal feedering shipping services. The intention is to discuss and explore the implications of these diagrams for the 18 inter regional tiles identified in Discussion Note 2/3a 4
4 1.2.1 Transport trends (Policy recommendations for the Atlantic Arc, Mediterranean Sea area, Nordic area, Central area, Eastern Europe) Diagrams taken from the policy recommendations for the five macro-regions The intention is to discuss and explore the implications of these diagrams for the 18 inter regional tiles identified in Discussion Note 2/3a 5
Map 7 Traffic on road links / purpose: business 277
Map 4.37 Road Transportation Flows in Regions and Corridors 2000 With the exception of some regional/local bypasses the road transportation owing to planned measures like in Germany (Kassel region) or in Sydsverige 225
Map 4.39 Change of Transportation Flows 2000-2020 228
Map 6 Main railway network 162
Map 1 Travel times of one hour or less by air or rail between 71 MEGAs in 2003 217
Map 5 Hierarchy of the European road network 157
Map 21 Freight flows by trucks between MEGAs 315
Map 22 Minimum paths by trucks between MEGAs 317
Map 8 Minimal paths for trucks 280
Map 16 Ferry line potential 298
Map 18 container traffic 2002 and maritime roads 300
Map 8 Inland waterway network 166
Map 19 Potential freight corridors from European maritime gateways 311
4 1.2.1 Transport trends (Policy recommendations for the Atlantic Arc, Mediterranean Sea area, Nordic area, Central area, Eastern Europe) Diagrams taken from the policy recommendations for the 5 macro-regions 5
Map 10 Freight traffic for intra Atlantic arc area exchanges 403
Figure 7 Policy recommendations for Atlantic arc area 409
Map 11 Freight traffic for intra Mediterranean sea regions exchanges 412
Figure 8 Main connections between the main cities in the Mediterranean area Figure 9 Scheme of the proposed transport network of the Mediterranean area Figure 10 Main transport nodes in the Mediterranean area 416
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Figure 11 Policy recommendations for the Nordic space 421
Figure 12 Basic transport policy recommendations for the central area. 426
Figure 13 Policy recommendations for the Eastern areas 430
Diagram taken from ESPON project 3.2 for Discussion at PolyMETREXplus WK5 Barcelona ESPON 3.2 First Interim Report SPATIAL SCENARIOS AND ORIENTATIONS IN RELATION TO THE ESDP AND COHESION POLICY 70