TRANSDANUBE Sustainable Mobility and Tourism along the Danube Agnes Kurzweil Environment Agency Austria THE DANUBE REGION TRANSPORT DAYS 2014 21 st and 22 nd October 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia The Danube Region Transport Days 2014, 21 22 October 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia
The Objectives & Common Vision The development of Sustainable Mobility along the Danube including train, bus, bike and shipping transport to facilitate the concept of sustainable tourism in the whole Danube region. Generate added value for the regions 2
The project Oct. 2012 Oct. 2014 2,4 Mio. Euro budget 15 partners from 8 countries From transport, tourism, regional development Co-funded ETC-South- East-Europe (85%) 3
Output: State-of-the Art & Good practices 4
Regional action plans Burgenland - Seewinkel Bratislava/Trnava, Nitra Caras-Severin-County Danube-Delta and Macin Mountains Vesprem, Fejer and Komarom-Estergom c. Beograd+surrounding r. Ruse district Györ-Moson-Sopron & Pest +Budapest county Eastern Serbia Vidin Region 5
Combining long distance travelling with regional and local services for the last mile in the region and municipality Burgenland: Feasibility study for a micro-public transport system in project area Bratislava region: Pre-investment study of river bus service from Hamuliakovo to Bratislava & Feasibility study of new alternative water transport connections on the Small Danube river Eastern Serbia: Feasibility study Belgrade - Iron Gate: Connecting the municipalities along the Danube with hovercrafts (incl. connections to existing offers) Manual for the development of micro-public transport services 6
Improving access for cyclists and pedestrians Györ Moson Sopron & Burgenland: Feasibility&pre-investment study for cycle route along the border with extension to Euro Velo 6 Bakony Balaton: Feasibility for cycle route connecting Györ and Bakony- Balaton Belgrade: Cycling routes for recreational and family cycling tourism around Belgrade Danube Delta: Feasibility ship bike connection in the Danube Delta Biosphere + Pre-feasibility bike route connecting Tulcea with Hura Portitei (final section of Eurovelo 6) Manual for development of new bicycle routes 7
Promoting alternative vehicles and technologies (e.g. e-mobility) Danube delta: Pre-feasibility study for ecological transport in Danube Delta (cycling, canoeing, electric boats, etc.) as a part of the overall transport strategy of the Danube Delta focus on E-boat and cycling 8
Improving access by railways and public transport Danube Delta: Pre-feasibility study for a multimodal node in Tulcea (air, train, bus, bike, ship) 9
Raising awareness for environmentally friendly tourism and mobility Danube Office: Transport/tourism information system 10
Creating high quality packages of soft mobility and tourism offers More than 20 tourist packages including sustainable mobility offers Manual for the development of tourist packages including sust. mobility offers 11
to be continued Danube European Model Region for Sustainable Mobility and Tourism Multifunctional regional mobility centers Sustainable mobility&tourism offers and packages Common standards / certification / brands Funding schemes consultancy 12
FIND ALL INFORMATION www.transdanube.eu Contact: Environment Agency Austria Agnes Kurzweil agnes.kurzweil@umweltbundesamt.at Tel: 0043-1-313,4-5554 13