Parallel Workshop Session: Workshop 2.1

Accessibility Patterns, Transport Infrastructure

ESPON Internal Seminar 2012 “Territorial Development Opportunities in Europe and its

Neighbourhood to Foster Global Competitiveness”

Workshop 2.1 – key questions for ESPON projects

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1. What are the main territorial trends or observations from your project - for Europe, its regions and cities - in relation to “access to services and resources, ICT, accessibility patterns”?

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TRACC set of accessibility indicators

Spatial Context

Basic characteristics

Generic type of accessibility indicator

Travel cost Cumulated opportunities

Potential

Global Travel Access to global cities

Global travel connectivity

Global potential accessibility travel

Freight Access to global freight hubs

Global freight connectivity

Global potential accessibility freight

Europe Travel (traditional)

Access to top ten MEGAs

European daily accessibility travel

European potential accessibility travel

Travel (new)

Travel speed Urban connectivity European potential acc. intermodal travel

Freight Access to nearest maritime ports

European daily accessibility freight

European potential accessibility freight

Regional Travel (Europe-wide)

Access to high-level transport infrastructure

Availability of urban functions

National potential accessibility travell

Freight (Europe-wide)

Access to freight terminals

Availability of freight terminals

National potential accessibility freight

Travel (case studies, tradit.)

Access to regional centres

Daily accessibility of jobs

Regional potential accessibility

Travel (case studies, to SIG)

Access tohealth care facilities

Availability of secondary schools

Potential accessibility to basic health care

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• Reduction of travel costs, reduction of barriers and stronger economies in neighborhoods

• Shifts in accessibility pattern• Rising importance of peripheral regions in Europe and in

neighborhood countries• Rising importance of transport hubs (in particular maritime hubs) in

some European areas and in some neighborhood countries

Question 2: Influence on territorial development (TRACC)

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• Changing patterns of locational advantages in terms of accessibility• Opportunities:

• potentials for peripheral regions • potentials for intermodal hubs• new gateway cities and regions

• Challenges: • increased transport volumes• negative environmental effects • some focus on road transport • risk of economic “tunnel effects”

Question 3: opportunities and challenges (TRACC)

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