HITRANS - Development of Principles and Strategies for Introducing High Quality Public Transport in Medium Size Cities and Urban Regions
Overview
Background & policy context:
Six cities in the EU-North Sea Region planning to implement various forms of high quality public transport in their regions (in most cases light rail/tram-train) formed the HiTrans partnership in order to obtain necessary knowledge. Medium size cities that are looking for alternatives to normal bus services rarely have the resources to adequately research the advantages and disadvantages of emerging technologies and concepts of high quality public transport, particularly as these would apply in their circumstances. HiTrans is a cooperative research effort to obtain this knowledge; to find suitable and cost effective solutions for such cities, and to learn from the best examples of relevant cities throughout the world.
Objectives:
To support the introduction of high quality public transport in medium cities. High quality public transport refers to cost-effective solutions like tram-train, light rail, quality bus etc. A key criterion is the ability to compete with the private car for everyday travel.
Methodology:
The process will go through three stages:
- Stage 1: Different concepts of public transport will be discussed and the partnership will choose the most relevant ones for further analysis.
- Stage 2: There will be five parallel strands in which the partners may choose to participate. These strands are:
- Land use planning as a means of increasing patronage
- Public transport as a network
- Urban Design when introducing new infrastructure
- Methods and tools for assessing public transport schemes and technical solutions
- Qualities required by the Citizens
- Stage 3: The five strands will be summarised and final documents produced.
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