Fourth framework programme

Directorate-General For Mobility And Transport European Commission

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Urban transport: HSR-COMET: Intermodal connection of HSR terminals in metropolitan areas
Transport policy
Research policy and organisation

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PROGRAMME ^
URBAN TRANSPORT
EUROPEAN
COMMISSION
ermodal connection of HSR terminals
in metroDolitan areas TRANSPORT RESEARCH
FOURTH FRAMEWORK
PROGRAMME
URBAN TRANSPORT
VII — 54
Intermodal connection of HSR terminals
in metropolitan areas
HSR-COMET The information contained in this publication does not necessarily reflect either the position or
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Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1998
ISBN 92-828-3024-1
© European Communities, 1998
Printed in Italy CONTENTS
PREFACE i
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY iii
THE PARTNERSHIP xii
1. INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background
1.2 Overview of the project
2. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS 6
2.1 Analysis of HSR demand (objective A)
2.2 Identification of suitable modal options for interconnecting HSR
terminals (objective B) 7
2.3 Priority analysis of the feasible and competitive options of modal
interconnection at HSR terminals (objective C) 8
2.4 Definition of the basic guidelines of a suitable policy (objective D) 8
3. MAIN FINDINGS 10
3.1 HSR demand analysis .' 1
3.2 Modal options for HSR terminal connections 14
3.3 Competitive options of modal interconnection: priority analysis 3
4. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 45
4.1 Structural interventions 46
4.2 Soft options
BIBLIOGRAPHY8
ANNEXES after page 54
HSR-COMET PREFACE
Purpose of the project
The HSR-COMET project, Intermodal Connection of HSR terminals in
METropolitan areas, focuses on high-speed railway (HSR) station interconnections
with other transport modes and it has been developed within the. European
Community IV Framework Programme by a consortium of national companies in
Italy (TAV, FS and ITALFERR), France (SYSTRA) and Germany (DE-Consult).
The functional concept of the HSR system implies high-capacity transport between
origin-destination poles, which are usually large metropolitan centres of great
economic and social importance on both national and international levels. The
efficiency of such a system, which produces massive arrivals of users at fixed
intervals, depends on its ability to offer passengers a complementary system, no less
efficient than HSR itself, making possible the integration and interconnection with
the other transport modes needed to reach the final destination.
The Project has carried out an exhaustive analysis of HRS demand, extended to the
present time and to medium- and long-term forecast scenarios, aimed particularly at
identifying the specific features of the users' demand for modal interconnection at
HSR terminals. As the first such investigation in Europe, it provides a strategically
and scientifically valuable original information base for future research on HSR
development.
Contents of this report
The report begins with brief descriptions of the consortium partners in relation to the
role of each in the project, and an Executive Summary of the project's principal
goals, findings and recommendations.
The body of the report contains:
1. An overview of the problem and the research approach
2. Statement of the project's four principal objectives and, briefly, the methods used
to achieve them
3. Themain findings of the research
3.1 HSR demand analysis
3.2 Modal options for HSR terminal connections
HSR-COMET 3.3 Priority analysis of modal interconnection options
4. Conclusions and recommendations
Bibliography
Two annexes detail the scientific and technical description of the project:
A. Analysis of the demand
B. Priority and multicriteria analyses
HSR-COMET Ü EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Purpose of the project
The HSR-COMET project, Intermodal Connection of HSR terminals in
METropolitan areas, focuses on high-speed railway (HSR) station interconnections
with other transport modes and it has been developed within the European
Community IV Framework Programme by a consortium of national companies in
Italy (TAV, FS and ITALFERR), France (SYSTRA) and Germany (DE-Consult).
The functional concept of the HSR system implies high-capacity transport between
origin-destination poles, which are usually large metropolitan centres of great
economic and social importance on both national and international levels. The
efficiency of such a system, which produces massive arrivals of users at fixed
intervals, depends on its ability to offer passengers a complementary system, no less
efficient than HSR itself, making possible the integration and interconnection with
the other transport modes needed to reach the final destination.
The Project has carried out an exhaustive analysis of HRS demand, extended to the
present time and to medium- and long-term forecast scenarios, aimed particularly at
identifying the specific features of the users' demand for modal interconnection at
HSR terminals. As the first such investigation in Europe, it provides a strategically
and scientifically valuable original information base for future research on HSR
development.
Objectives and methods
The project was organised around four specific objectives, or successive steps:
A. A comprehensive analysis of HSR demand was made. HSR users and the
relevant specific demand features were identified and described, with particular
attention to users'd for modal interconnection at HSR terminals in
metropolitan areas. This was done through direct surveys and investigations,
the results of which constituted the basic reference framework for subsequent
project activities.
Analysis of HSR demand was carried out on national level, local level and the level
of the terminal neighbourhood for three test cases, in Italy, France and Germany. For
each level, the analysis pinpointed the socio-economic situation as a demand-
generating factor, the structure of consolidated transport demand (modal split) and
the composition (segmentation) of the transport market.
HSR-COMET iii Information and data collected for the HSR-demand analysis represented the basis for
better understanding of the relationships between supplied services and customer
types, customers' actual requirements, and the differences between them and
standard railway line travellers and/or different modes of transport.
The following were analysed in particular:
• distribution by profession;
• trip purpose;
• age distribution;
• trip frequency;
• trip distance;
• preferences for a specific intermodal connection means at HSR terminals.
B. The most suitable transport modes for interconnection with HSR stations in
metropolitan centres were identified as a function of the structural
characteristics of the specific HSR transport demand.
The following tasks were carried out:
• structural analysis of the feasible intermodal connection options within traditional
public transport systems;
• identification of potential weaknesses related to intermodal connection, with
reference to infrastructural, organisational, functional and environmental aspects
as well as to information systems requirements;
• cost-benefit analysis of the identified solutions and basic aspects of investment
and financing policy .
C. The priorities in terms of development and encouraging policy, as a function of
general economic and environmental benefits associated with the different
interconnection alternatives, were defined.
This objective was achieved through the development, testing and calibration of a
model based on cost-benefit multicriteria analysis. A demand simulation model,
created with the software Systerminal, was also used.
D. The basic guidelines of a general policy for development and encouragement of
the interconnection options subjected to the priority ordering of step C, with
analysis of the specific problems connected with their development and
suggestions for overcoming obstacles. Research has focused mainly on problems
of economics and financing, tariffs, legal-institutional matters and commercial
policy, as well as the identification of the optimum characteristics for services
and functions related to modal interconnection. A general analysis of further
problems related to the location policy and infrastructural needs of HSR
terminals was also made.
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