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Sustainable Transport Management at Holiday Resorts

Project

D6 (NRP 41) - Sustainable Transport Management at Holiday Resorts


Funding origin:
Switzerland
Switzerland
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Network and traffic management systems
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Smart mobility and services
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1997,
End date: 01/01/2001

Status: Finished
Funding details:

Overview

Background & policy context:

The NRP 41 was launched by the Federal Council at the end of 1995 to improve the scientific basis which might solve Switzerland's traffic problems, while taking into account the growing interconnection with Europe, ecological limits, and economic and social needs. The NRP 41 aimed at becoming a think-tank for sustainable transport policy. Each of the 54 projects belongs to one of the following six modules:

  • A Mobility: Socio-institutional Aspects
  • B Mobility: Socio-economical Aspects
  • C Environment: Tools and Models for Impact Assessments
  • D Political and Economic Strategies and Prerequisites
  • E Traffic Management: Potentials and Impacts
  • F Technologies: Potentials and Impacts
  • M Materials
  • S Synthesis Projects

Objectives:

Holiday resorts can implement successful solutions to ever increasing transport problems by thorough planning of action and by seeking co-operation with the public. Many holiday resorts have been developing public transport concepts in order to prevent tourism being destroyed by individual motorised traffic. However, such measures will only have the desired effect if they are thoroughly planned and implemented in cooperation with all parties involved. A well-balanced combination of traffic calming and regulating measures is a prerequisite for successful implementation. More often than not, detailed concepts fail because of lacking acceptance. Widespread scepticism can only be overcome if the general public, as well as business, is involved right from the start. The case study of Gstaad demonstrates that all parties can ultimately view such measures as being beneficial. The research report illustrates this by means of eight case studies from the Alpine region. It analyses acceptance problems together with the effect of traffic direction systems at holiday resorts, and examines key actions for successful implementation of transport concepts, together with practical recommendations.

Methodology:

The research report illustrates nine case studies from the Alpine region: Arosa, Ascona, Davos, Engelberg, Gstaad, Leukerbad (all in Switzerland), Bad Hofgastein (Austria), Hochpustertal (Italy) and Oberstdorf (Germany). These findings were checked and supplemented with interviews with locals who were involved, making it possible to evaluate the impact of traffic measures on the environment, the implementation process flow and appraisal of the measures. A grid was used to assess the processes, with the key elements of the implementation process being subdivided into key prerequisites, key processes and key results. In two cases, the outcome of the interviews was amended by surveys conducted among inhabitants, local businesses and guests. An additional traffic study was conducted in Gstaad before and after commissioning of the bypass.

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