Actions to Narrow the Gap Between Transport Efficiency of the Danube Region Countries

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1 Actions to Narrow the Gap Between Transport Efficiency of the Danube Region Countries Miodrag Poledica, State Secretary and PAC Serbia Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure THE DANUBE REGION TRANSPORT DAYS st and 22 nd October 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia The Danube Region Transport Days 2014, October 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia

2 The Danube Macro-Region 14 States: Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Moldova, Ukraine Population: 115 mio (EU27: 502 mio) Area: 1, km2 (EU27: 4,324,782) 2

3 PA1b and Actions (Action Plan SEC(2010) 1489 final) Action (1) - To bring to completion the TEN-T (rail and road) Priority Projects crossing the Danube Region, overcoming the difficulties and the bottlenecks including environmental, economic and political, particularly in the crossborder sections. Action (2) - To implement the Rail Freight Corridors forming part of the European rail network for competitive freight. Action (3) - To enhance cooperation between air traffic stakeholders in order to prepare a plan to implement shorter plane routes. Action (4) - To ensure sustainable metropolitan transport systems and mobility. Action (5) - To improve the regional/ local cross-border infrastructure and the access to rural areas. Action (6) - To develop further nodal planning for multimodality. Action (7) - To develop further Intelligent Traffic Systems by using environmental friendly technologies, especially in urban regions. 3

4 Connecting the Actions and the Roadmaps to the Targets Targets for PA1b: Development of efficient multimodal terminals at Danube river ports and dry ports to connect inland waterways with rail and road transport by Improved travel times for competitive railway passenger connections between major cities. Implementation of the 4 Rail Freight Corridors crossing the Danube Region as planned within 3 or 5 years and possible inclusion of a new corridor with added value of linking together the EU and non-eu member states' railway systems. 4

5 Main Corridors in the Danube region Pan-European corridors (Crete 1994, Helsinki 1997) No. IV: Dresden/Nuremberg Prague Vienna/Bratislava Budapest Bucarest Constanta Sofia Thesalloniki/Plovdiv - Istanbul No. V: Venice Ljubljana Budapest L viv Branch A: Bratislava - Uzhhorod Branch B: Rijeka Zagreb - Budapest Branch C: Ploče Sarajevo -Budapest No. VI: Gdansk Katowice Žilina; branch Katowice - Brno No. VII: The Danube River No. VIII: Durres Tirana Skopje Sofia Plovdiv Burgas Varna Constanta No IX: Helsinki - St. Petersburg Kiev Chişinău Bucharest - Dimitrovgrad Alexandroupolis The corridors are road-rail corridors, with the exception of Corridor VII, which is represented by the Danube!! No. X: Salzburg Ljubljana Belgrade Skopje - Thessaloniki Branch A: Graz Maribor - Zagreb Branch B: Budapest Novi Sad - Beograd Branch C: Niš Sofia - Istanbul Branch D: Veles Bitola - Igumenitsa 5

6 Transport Infrastructure: Today Core Corridors TEN-T (Reg. 1315/2013 on TEN-T and Reg. 1316/2013 on CEF) EU Countries: 9 CORE TEN-T CORRIDORS ( /2030): 1. Scandinavian-Mediterranean 2. North Sea-Baltic 3. North Sea-Mediterranean 4. Baltic-Adriatic 5. Orient/East-Med 6. Rhine-Alpine 7. Atlantic 8. Rhine-Danube 9. Mediterranean Non-EU COUNTRIES: SEETO FLAG SHIP PROJECTS (under discussion): 1. Pan-European Corridor no. X 2. Corridor Vc (connectivity Port of Ploce and Sava river) 3. Corridor VIII + Route 7 () 4. Route 4 (connectivity Port of Bar, Corridor X, Danube and Corridor IV) 5. Danube river (already European corridor proposed by EC) Source: The EC, DG MOVE, TENtec Five corridors are part of the Danube region transport network i.e. No. 1, No.4, No.5, No.8 and No.9. 7

7 Motorway density per square km 7

8 Motor vehicles per 1000 inhabitants 8

9 Road fatalities in 2013 per inhabitants 9

10 Number of passengers carried on roads 10

11 Goods transported on road 11

12 Rail lines density per square km 12

13 Railways, passengers carried 13

14 Rail freight transport 14

15 Air passengers carried, include both domestic and international aircraft passengers of air carries registered in the country / per habitants 15

16 Europe and Asia Exports 16

17 Container volumes continuing to grow 4 5 per cent per year Triple E class three design principles: "Economy of scale, Energy efficient and Environmentally improved, 400 m long and 59 m wide. 17

18 Container port traffic - TEU 18

19 Remarks Low motorization of the population, high number of fatalities and seriously injured on the roads, High freight and passengers transport on the road, low freight and passengers transport on the railways, Extensive network of railways, small number of passengers and freight transport, High numbers of ports, low level of container transhipments, etc. 19

20 Develop common vision and strategies for transport in the Danube region Project examples (approved by the PACs and the SG): - Common Danube Transport Vision - Danube Region Intermodal Strategy (DRIS) - Danube Region Air Transport Network Strategy (DAirNet) - Study on inclusion of a new railway freight corridor connection EU and non-eu countries (WBC) - New Rail Corridor Black Sea - North Adriatic (RO-SRB-CRO-SI) 20

21 Concluding thoughts Only a well - developed and coordinated national and regional strategies can provide transport infrastructure and transport services with effective operational measures that meet the needs of the market and the people of the Danube region. 21

22 Thank you! Please visit: PAC Serbia Miodrag Poledica, State Secretary Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure PAC Slovenia Franc Žepič, Secretary Ministry of Infrastructure 22