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EUROTRANS 2013International Transport Exhibition

September 11th to 14thPrague, Czech

www.bvv.cz/eurotrans

Rail and Metro:Russia and CIS 2013

April 23th to 25thMoscow, Russia

www-rail-metro-russia.com

Signalling and Train Control 2013March 19 th to 21st

Vienna, Austriadiscount-code: STC13PERMVIPwww.signalling-train-control.com

eurasia rail 2013March 7th to 9th

Istanbul, Turkey

www.eurasiarail.eu

UITP - Connecting the world

of public transport

May 26th to 30thGeneva, Switzerland

www.uitp.org

ZEL-RAIL

Organizers of EUROTRANS fairagreed on cooperation

Organizers of EUROTRANS fairagreed on cooperation with organi-

zers of the Slovak ZEL-RAIL ex-hibition. As a result, they will work

together on the next years edition

of EUROTRANS, when ZEL-RAILmoves to the Brno Exhibition Cen-

tre.

ZEL-RAIL, an information & con-tracting exhibition of products and

services for railways and transport,

is a traditional Slovak exhibition

title with a history of more than ten

editions over the past 17 years. ZEL-RAIL is the founder and organizer

of the rst exhibition focused on railtransport in the Slovak Republic andCentral Europe. The edition in 2011was attended by nearly 80 exhibitors.A part of the exhibition is also a pro-

fessional conference.

Following discussions between BVVTrade Fairs Brno and the organizersof ZEL-RAIL, it was agreed that

both parties would join their forces

to develop a trade fair project dedi-

cated to rail transport. In 2013, thistraditional and successful product

will be set into the framework of

the EUROTRANS fair project asRAIL-TEC/ZEL-RAIL. The projectfollows on and refers to the previous

editions of ZEL-RAIL in the SlovakRepublic. The agreement laid a verysolid foundation for the rolling stock

industry branch at EUROTRANSfair and re-afrmed the Czech-Slo-vak character of the entire project.

Both parties declare their interest in

a long-term cooperation.

A professional conference on thetheme of rail transport also moves to

Brno. The Brno Exhibition Centre is

an ideal venue for the presentation of

rolling stock and railway topics in ge-

neral, because in addition to a propri-

etary railway siding and a marshalling

yard, it also provides plentiful top-

quality indoor and outdoor exhibition

space and good conference facilities.

Based on discussions within the Ex-

hibition Committee, the schedule

of EUROTRANS was nally set toWednesday 11 to Saturday 14 Sep-tember. The opening on Saturday

deadline will facilitate visit to EU-

ROTRANS for small entrepreneursand also the general public, which

is convenient for exhibitors who are

directly involved in rail passenger

transport in the time of competition

entering the Czech railways.

The EUROTRANS InternationalTransport Fair is a new title at the

Brno Exhibition Center, for the rsttime to take place on 11 to 14 Sep -tember 2013 and then in a two-yearcycle. Its key nomenclatures are

road and rail transport and logistics.

EUROTRANS includes the existingAUTOTEC and Transport & Logi-stics fairs, newly adding rail trans-

port under the brand RAIL-TEC/ZEL-RAIL.

BVV Trade Fairs Brno

Joint statement about EUROTRANStrade fair concept

BVV Trade Fairs Brno is currentlypreparing a new transport fair titled

EUROTRANS, which will takeplace for the rst time in Septem-ber 2013 under the patronage of theCzech Ministry of Transport and

the Confederation of Industry of the

Czech Republic. This trade fair con-cept is based on the traditional AU-

TOTEC and TRANSPORT ANDLOGISTICS shows, which will becomplemented by a railway trans-

port sector exhibition titled RAIL-TEC. The EUROTRANS fair willalso include a railway technology

exhibition titled EL-RAIL. Thisevent has a 17-year-long tradition inthe Slovakian town of Vrtky and itsintroduction in Brno demonstrates

the partner cooperation documenting

the Czech Slovak character of this

trade show.

Introducing domestic as well as in-

ternational manufacturers of utility

vehicles and buses, their groups and

parts and technological equipment for

servicing along with the presentation

of road and railway transport inclu-

ding related logistics and services are

based on the demand and analyses of

the current Czech and European ex-

hibition market. By joining all trans-

port and logistics related sectors in a

single trade fair, the fair can offer a

comprehensive view of the industry,

which is advantageous both for the

exhibitors as well as experts and

other visitors.

The below listed professional orga-

nisations and other entities involvedin the preparation committee of the

EUROTRANSfair consider thisnew project in the CR as unique andof priority interest in terms of the

participation. Therefore, they have

decided to provide a public support

to the EUROTRANS fair via thisStatement and recommend the par-

ticipation in this trade fair to their

members as well as all companies

and organisations that are engaged

in the sectors listed in the trade fair

nomenclature.

It is the view of all representatives

of the professional federations and

associations that the EURO-TRANS fair meets all conditionsfor offering efcient presentationto the exhibitors and for creating a

forum for professional exchange of

opinions and incentives for further

development of all transport-related

sectors, automotive industry, logi-

stic processes and related services.The EUROTRANS fair is the right

place for introducing innovations

and for addressing current sector

related issues including the support

of technical disciplines and techni-

cal education as one of the principal

pillars driving domestic economy.

Federations and associations in the automotive industry, trans-

port and logistics that support the EUROTRANS fair:

Automotive Industry Association (AutoSAP)

Car Importers Association (SDA)

Association of Importers and Manufactures of Car Parts and Servicing Equipment (SISA)

ESMAD BohemiaCzech Association for Motor Trades and Repairs (SAR)Water Ways Headquarters of the CRCzech Logistic Association

Association of Forwarding and Logistics of the Czech Republic (SSL)Czech and Moravian Electrical and Electronic Association (ELA)

Transport Union of the Czech Republic (SD R)Czech Association of Petroleum Industry and Trade (APPO)

Intermodes 2013February 6th

Brussels, Belgium

www.intermodes.com

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Railistics appoints Professor Lademann to its Advisory Board

Professor Dr.-Ing. Frank Lademann,railway expert at the Technical Uni-

versity of Central Hessen (THM)

was appointed to the Board of Railis-tics GmbH of Wiesbaden and Dessauon October 1st 2012. With his expe-rience from previous planning and

advisory activities, his wide ranging

business activities and long-standing

involvement in the Association of

German Railway Engineers (VDEI)he will support the future develop-

ment of Railistics GmbH. For THMhe will intensify the integration of

theory and practice.

Frank Lademann is responsible forthe rail systems and trafc enginee-

ring department within the Civil En-

gineering Department of THM. THM

with locations in Giessen, Friedbergand Wetzlar is currently one of thelargest universities in Germany with

nearly 14,000 students.Frank Lademann studied civil engi-neering with the specialization rail,

road and trafc engineering at theTechnical University of Darmstadt.

He then worked for a large enginee-

ring rm in Frankfurt, before retur-ning as a research assistant to TH

Darmstadt and completing his doc-

torate. His dissertation dealt with the

topic Evaluation of intersections on

single-track S- Bahn lines. After

another 5 years in an engineering of-ce, he moved to the University ofApplied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg(today THM) in 2004.With ofces in Dessau; Wiesbadenand Berlin, together with internati-

onal ofces in Budapest (Hungary),Bucharest (Romania) and Ankara(Turkey), Railistics provides profes-sional and independent consultancy

services in the areas of logistics, in-

frastructure, rail operations, rolling

stock and strategic issues. The com-

bination of technical, economic and

market knowledge to knowledge

system is the basis for the success

of Railistics.

CER urges Member States to support growth and jobs

The Community of European Rail-way and Infrastructure Companies

(CER) urges EU Member States andthe European Parliament to safeguard

the 32 billion EUR budget for trans-port infrastructure in the 2014-2020EU budget. Member States should

resist the temptation to protect tra-

ditional redistributive policies at the

expense of budget areas that generate

growth and jobs.

Meeting in Brussels on 22-23 No-vember, EU Heads of State will con-

tinue their intense negotiations on

the new on the Multiannual FinancialFramework (MFF) which will denethe EUs budget for the years 2014

to 2020. Overall, the railway sectorsupports the European Commissions

proposal on the Multiannual Fi-nancial Framework (MFF), whichemphasises policies with a high

European added value, such as the

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF),which is to nance infrastructure

projects in transport, energy and ICT.

In such programmes, investments at

the European level are particularly

useful due to their synergy effects.

Bottlenecks and missing links in the

transport system can be more effec-

tively addressed if investments are

coordinated at EU level.

The budget of EUR 32 billion (or

about 3% of the overall MFF) propo-sed by the Commission for transport

under CEF is realistic and necessaryin order to reach the targets the EU

has set itself in the area of transport.

As a minimum, the compromise pro-

posal presented by Council President

Herman van Rompuy, which securesEUR 29.660 billion for transport,should be supported.

CER Executive Director Libor Loch-man said: Achieving a sustainable,integrated and multi-modal transport

network, covering and interconnec-

ting all Member States and regions

must be seen as an essential invest-

ment in growth and jobs.

The 2nd edition has once again pro-ved that the congress is distinguis-

hed as the market leading logistics

and supply chain management event

for a reason. On 28th-29th Novem-ber, more than 500 senior decision-makers from 21 different Europeancountries gathered in Budapest to

exchange ideas and nd solutions forthe major challenges in logistics and

supply chain management.

The ve-star event took place in theequally prestigious Corinthia Grand

Hotel Royal, where delegates had thechance to meet Europes leading so-lution providers, offering a wide ran-

ge of solutions from transportation

to printing. Nearly 1500 one-to-one

business meetings were conductedduring the two days, all of which

were pre-scheduled on the online

TEG platform, the Meeting Schedu-

ler. The website has been one of the

most popular and useful features of

the event. As David Cuenca, the Ge-

neral Manager of CHEP commented

on it: The Meeting Scheduler wasone of the key factors for us to de-

cide to come here. Its very useful tooptimise your time, its brilliant.The conference programme has been

exceptionally well-received by the

knowledgeable audience. Among the

numerous acclaimed presentations,

one of the most popular was Pro-

fessor Sebastian Kummers (ViennaUniversity of Business and Econo-

mics), highlighting the importance of

supply chain exibility in the dyna-mic, uncertain and volatile business

environment of today. Delegates re-

ceived practical advice from Miguel

Suarez (former Supply Chain Direc-

tor of Kotnyi, currently the GlobalSupply Chain Director, Center of

Business Excellence at Swarovski),

who compared forecasting challen-

ges and solutions he implemented

at Kotnyi and Swarovski. All other

speakers, such as Rogier van Zon

Rsum

Translog Connect 2012

TRANSLOG will be taking place

again in November, 2013 in Bu-dapest. For further information,please visit the website at www.

translogconnect.eu or contact the

organiser at [email protected]

(Director of Global Warehousing andDistribution at TP Vision), or PascalMnnche, (Senior Vice President forGlobal Logistics at Deutz) provided

delegates with exclusive informati-

on, who in addition had the chance to

receive valuable impressions during

the Audi and Coca-Cola plant excur-

sions as well. The chairman of the

rst event day, Prof. Kummer sum-marised it as follows: The formatis very professional, the audience

and the speakers were excellent, the

mixture of presentations was perfect.

So weve received a lot of new ideaswhich we can bring back home.

The cocktail reception on the rstday was opened by Jos Marinus,

President of the European LogisticsAssociation together with WolfgangKubesch, General Manager of BVLAustria, who praised the strong regi-

onal focus, the quality of the venue

as well as the diversity of the dele-

gates at the congress, emphasizing

that these factors make TRANSLOGConnect a truly unique event among

European congresses. As Iris Rav-nihar, Purchasing Logistics Director

of Hella Saturnus Slovenia so accu-

rately expressed the main values of

the event: It opens your windowsto new opportunities. Meetings with

suppliers, networking and getting to

know the practice of other companies

broaden your horizon and make you

see your situation from a whole new

perspective.

A lot of effective business meetings,

hundreds of decision-makers from all

countries of the region and countless

exchange of ideas made the second

edition of TRANSLOG Connect anoutstanding success.

OECD/International Transport Forum

Apply now for YoungResearcher AwardA prize of 5 000 Euros and an invita-tion to the Annual Summit of trans-

port ministers in Leipzig, Germany

on May 22th to-24th 2013 awaits thewinner of the 2013 Young Researcherof the Year Award for the best paperanalysing interlinkages between -nancial needs and specic projects inthe transport sector.

The Young Researcher of the YearAward aims to encourage and reward

creative reection and analysis byyoung academics under 35 years ofage who are investigating the major

contribution of transport to the well-

being of our societies and their pro-

per functioning.The Award is being offered by the

International Transport Forum at theOECD, an intergovernmental orga-nisation that acts as a think tank for

the transport sector and organises an

annual meeting of transport ministers

from its 54 member countries andbeyond. The theme of the 2013 Sum-mit is Funding Transport.Submitted papers will be examined

by an international panel of experts

from the transport and transport eco-

nomics research sectors under the

aegis of the International Transport

Forum. The winner will be honouredat an ofcial award ceremony, atten-ded by ministers of transport, on 23May 2013 in Leipzig. Additional me-rit awards may also be presented.

The deadline for submissions is

Friday, February 15th, 2013.

For more information, including theapplication form, visit the Interna-

tional Transport Forum website atwww.internationaltransportforum.

org/2013, or contact Michel Violland([email protected]).

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UITP - Connecting the world

of public transport

May 26th to 30thGeneva, Switzerland

www.uitp.org

eurasia rail 2013March 7th to 9th

Istanbul, Turkey

www.eurasiarail.eu

Intermodes 2013February 6th

Brussels, Belgium

www.intermodes.com

UITP

Welcome to GenevaTwo years after a highly successful Congress in Dubai, the international public

transport community will meet again in Geneva for the 60th UITP World Con-

gress and Mobility and City Transport Exhibition.

The choice of the Swiss city as host

city for the next World Congress putsboth Geneva and Switzerlands pu-blic transport network rmly in thelimelight. Switzerland can boast both

a long and impressive history of pu-

blic transport; indeed, in June 2012,the country celebrated the 150th an-niversary of what is Europes lon-gest-serving tramway in Geneva.

Its railways are of world renown

thanks to their reputation for punctu-

ality, synchronised timetables, high

quality of service and innovation. In

2017, the Gotthard tunnel, a 57km-

long passage through the Alps (boredfrom 1998-2011) and ofcially theworlds longest railway tunnel, willofcially open. Its dense and diver-sied network of post buses, funicu-lars, cable cars, boats and integrated

urban and suburban public transport

systems means that Switzerland is

the ideal location to play host to the

worlds public transport and sustai-nable mobility community in 2013.

Transforming urban mobility

Based on well-documented econo-

mic and technological development

projections and a partnership with the

International Energy Agency (IEA),

UITP has developed urban mobility

scenarios for 2025 which highlightthe urgent need for more and better

quality public transport. By 2025,60% of the worlds population willlive in urban environments, leading

to a 50% increase in urban journeyscompared to 2005 levels.The public transport sector therefore

set itself the objective at the 2009UITP World Congress in Vienna ofdoubling its market share worldwide

by 2025, entailing a tripling of thenumber of journeys made by public

transport and a stabilisation of the

use of private cars. This would mean

the controlling of greenhouse gas

emissions; stabilising urban trans-

port energy consumption; healthier

lifestyles; the saving of human lives

by safer roads and the creation of se-

ven million new green jobs at public

transport operating companies.

One of the main focal points at Gene-va will be the i-move 2.0 concept;in other words, the radical change

required in the sectors business mo-del to meet the ambition of doubling

the market share of public transport

by 2025. Transforming urban mobi-

lity is becoming an urgent necessity:cities with unchallenged car depen-

dency will nd themselves losing outin competitiveness, failing to attract

people and businesses. Sustainable

transport can be delivered by the

green alliance of public transport,cycling and walking but a radical

overhaul is required in order to offer

services that are not only convenient,

but also t with peoples lifestyle va-lues.

The development of a healthier busi-

ness model for the sector - less reliant

on scarce public funding - needs to

be based on sound nancing with allof public transports beneciaries, di-rect or indirect, contributing towards

it. Regulatory aspects of this revolu-tion also need careful consideration

too. For example, do all i-move 2.0services need to be ruled by public

service obligations? While the busi-ness model for i-move 2.0 has yetto be forged, Geneva will serve as a

platform for innovative and collec-

tive thinking to help the sector move

forwards.

Geneva: the place to be in 2013

It is within this ambitious framework

of transforming urban mobility that

the Congress and Exhibition will take

place, its purpose being to share ideas

and offer a platform for idea-sharing

and debate. Keynote speeches at the

Opening Ceremony will be given byDr. Joan Clos, Executive Director of

the United Nations Human Settle-

ments Programme (UN-HABITAT)and Bertrand Piccard, the scientist-

adventurer, known for completing

the rst-ever non-stop balloon ightaround the world.

More than 150 speakers from over 30different countries set to take part of

some of the worlds most renownedpublic transport operators and autho-

rities. On the agenda is an unrivalledprogramme of three days of 44 ses-

sions.

Some of the topics include: futurebusiness models for integrated urban

mobility; combined mobility; the va-

lue of marketing and social media;

sourcing capital investment; perfor-

mance evaluation; delivering me-

gaprojects; achieving excellence in

public transport HR, knowledge ses-sions from different regions around

the world and much more.

Running alongside this will be theMobility and City Transport Exhibi-

tion. The Geneva Congress will fea-

ture some 300 exhibitors providingpublic transport stakeholders with

an insight into the latest innovative

mobility solutions, products and ser-

vices. The Exhibition continues to

attract the key political, operational,

technical and commercial decision-

makers over the last 34 years, who

come from around the world to net-

work, place orders and discuss the

issues affecting the sector. The UITP

stand will be an opportunity to catch

up on all the latest news from the As-

sociation.

The expected 10,000 public trans-port professionals making the trip

to Geneva for the Exhibition will

also benet from access to the ExpoForums. The Forums provide twodedicated venues where, in seminar

sessions, exhibitors will present the

most advanced technologies and sha-

re their expertise and technological

innovations with the Congress dele-

gates and professional visitors.

The nal days proceedings will begiven over to technical visits and

offer delegates the opportunity to

witness some of the host countrysrecent and ongoing innovations

in the sustainable mobility eld. Par-ticipants will be offered the chance

to see the CEVA (Geneva cross-bor-der commuter railway) construction

site, the Ltschberg base tunnel (a

mountain summit tunnel concept),

Switzerlands largest rail hub in Zu-rich and more. To help delegates get

around in Switzerland, VV-UTPand Swiss Travel Systems will of-

fer delegates (and an accompanying

person) a seven-day Swiss pass, en-

abling free use of the Swiss public

transport network.

In challenging economic times and

with the sustainable mobility sector

needing fresh impetus, the 60th UITPWorld Congress and Mobility andCity Transport Exhibition, will be the

ideal opportunity for the entire sector

to come together.

UIC

Brazilian Presidenthonours UICDilma Rousseff, President of the Re -

public of Brazil, was Guest of Ho-

nour at the opening of the 81st Gene-ral Assembly of UIC, the worldwide

railway association which celebrated

its 90th anniversary last year. ThePresident of Brazil was welcomed

at UIC Headquarters in Paris with

addresses by Satoshi Seino, Chair-

man of UIC, Jean-Pierre Loubinoux,

UIC Director General and Guilherme

Quintella, Chairman of the UIC La-

tin-American Region.Whilst addressing the heads of theworlds railways gathered at UIC,President Dilma Rousseff congratu-

lated participants on the 90-year an-niversary of the railway institution.

Brazil has an unbalanced transporta-

tion matrix. A continental country

like Brazil cannot be fundamentally

connected by highways. There should

be a way of being able to articulate

different modes: highways, water-ways and railways. Since 2007, im-

portant steps were the launch of an

Investment Plan for Railways whichwas the PAC (Growth Acceleration

Program) with 5,000 km and in 2012the launch of EPL Enterprise Plan-

ning and Logistics responsible for

thinking and planning a modal inte-

gration of the Brazilian port system.

10,000 km of railways.are possibly-too little for Brazil. Brazil is still in

the rst stage which basically con-sists of freight and for passengers. To

modernize and expand the infrastruc-

ture, a bidding process was released

for the choice of the high-speed train

technology and operator. Additionaly

there is also a real need for light rail

systems.

About UICs role, President DilmaRousseff stressed: I believe that agreat dialogue is to be established

with Brazil, which will support its

members opportunities, will ena-ble stability and security for invest-

ments, and will ensure the conditions

necessary to Brazil not only to struc-

ture its transportation system capable

of tting its challenges for the 21thcentury, but rather more to allow its

people to have more efcient trans-portation, either for companies with

regard to freight where Brazil is

a major producer of food, minerals,

energy (oil) and manufacturing, and

with regard to passengers. And in

conclusion I believe that this part-

nership between Brazil and UIC has

everything to yield strong results

and I am sure that due to the size

and importance of UIC, our interests

coincide and converge towards a fu-

ture of opportunities.

The assembly was also attended by

Guest of Honour Mr Jozef Szabo,

Administrator of the Federal RailroadAdministration (FRA) at the US Go-vernment Department of Transporta-

tion, who was present the previous

day at the UIC High-Level RoundTable marking the UIC anniversary.

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Rsum: Intermodal Europe 2012

Smart container talk

The Intermodal Europe 2012 con-ference session took place on Day

Two of the three day event, on 28November, at the Amsterdam RAI.Don Miller look at the tracking and

monitoring of all container assets

globally and providing ROI (returnon Investment) for carriers through

daily operations.

Also on the agenda during this con-

ference session were Smart Contai-

ner Technology, Green Lane Ship-

ping and Global Data Exchange for

Shippers, Agents and Logistics com-

panies.We are facing a time when OceanCarrier prots are being squeezedand container overcapacity is dri-

ving the industry towards improved

operational efciencies said DonMiller. More efcient utilisationof container assets is important and

streamlining global operations also

results in a greener footprint.

Using monitoring systems and tech-

nology such as Smart Containers,companies can track containers,

helping them to gain a better under-

standing of the shipping movements

across the supply chain and more ea-

sily monitor their assets.

Assignment of liability, with bill-

back accountability is one of the

greatest returns on container tracking

and monitoring according to Don

Miller who adds that reefers and high

value cargo are the early adopters of

real-time monitoring and tracking, as

offered by Smart Containers.A Smart Container is any shippingcontainer equipped with sensors and

systems to track and report data. Forexample, containers equipped with a

GT 801 Communications Unit fromGlobe Tracker are able to determine

what, when and how to communi-

cate, using GPS, GSM, Wi-Fi or RFcommunications.

GT Smart Containers provide dataregarding location and the conditi-

on of the container, and its contents.

Monitoring can include temperature,

motion, G-Force impact damageevents and electronic seal breaches,

as well as other conditions of the car-

go such as CO2, humidity, light andeven an imbedded or covert cargo

tracker.

Globe Tracker securely connects

Smart Containers to each other and

to the appropriate customer databa-

ses, resulting in visibility throughout

the supply chain. Shippers are able

to track and monitor individual pro-

ducts, pallets and crates in real time,

enabling new services and revenue

models by sharing this data with their

customers.

Another monitoring and tracking

tool offered by Globe Tracker is a

shipping concept called Green Lane,

which Don had also discussed at In-

termodal Europe. A trusted shipper

loads a container and seals it with a

real time eSeal. Every 60 secondsthroughout the journey, the contai-

ner receives a report from the eSeal

including container locked/unlockedstatus and remaining battery life. At

the port of arrival, Customs can viewthe audit trail of that eSeal and, see-

ing no access to the container from

point of origin to the port, is able to

clear that container faster.

Intermodal Europe is one of the core

events in the ocean freight industry,

bringing together a large number of

key executive decision makers repre-

senting ocean carrier container assets

and equipment said Don Miller.

Never before have container assetutilisation and cargo visibility taken

such an important role in the ship-

ping industry, and Intermodal Euro-

pe provides a platform to help com-

panies looking for new technologies

and ways to increase protability, todiscover these solutions.

Don Miller, Director of Globe Trackers

A technology case study about the impact that Smart Containers can have on

global shipping was presented at Intermodal Europe 2012 by Don Miller, theDirector of Globe Tracker.

Presented at INTERMODES:

The Canton of Geneva MultimodalMobility StrategyIt was a duty for INTERMODES to organize a workshop in Geneva, particular-

ly to discover the work of the future Franco-Valdo-Genevois regional express

train, called CEVA Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse: an exemplary project of

cross-border intermodal integration.

In 2017, the new rail link Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA)will unlock the Franco-Valdo-Gene-vois basin, an area of nearly a mil-

lion people showing a rapid growth.

This project was rewarded in 2010by the INTERMODES price. Thisinfrastructure is the backbone of a

regional express train that will be or-

ganized between the centers of An-

nemasse and Geneva within a 60 km

radius. This regional cross-borderproject (230 km of lines and 40 trainstations), mobilizes two Swiss can-

tons, one French region, two coun-tries, three railway companies, three

traction currents around a cross-bor-

der conurbation that the express train

will help shape and develop.

The direct result of commissioning

the CEVA rail link will be the threefold increase of public transport use

which is expected to rise from 15 000to 50 000 passengers daily.

An Unprecedented Growth

Geneva is now facing a crisis of unpre-

cedented growth. The canton should

count more than one million inhabi-

tants in 2030. Its economic competi-tiveness and its high level of quality

of life are at the origin of considerable

job creation and population growth.

Population projections for 2030predict an increase of employment

with 70 000 jobs, which will lead toan increase in demand for mobility

throughout the city. It considers that

each person makes an average of 3.5trips per day. Thus, 100 000 additio-nal inhabitants in 2030 mean 350000displacements more to manage every

day.

To Provide A Comprehensive

And Integrated Mobility

Christened Mobility 2030 themultimodal travel plan deployed by

Geneva in 2030 represents a compre-hensive and integrated mobility.

Comprehensive because it involves

all transport modes and all types of

journeys. Integrated, as it aims to co-

ordinate policies that appeared so far

as largely sectoral.

This policy is based on a vision ofmobility in which the user is placed

at the heart of the mobility planning,

New forms of mobility must not ne-cessarily based on the ownership of

vehicles.

To Optimize And Develop The

Existing Asset

Both involved infrastructures allow-

ing the build-up of structuring net-

works at the regional level and have

considerable potential. However, in-

dependently developed and discon-

nected, it is now time to have them

modernized and adapted in order to

make them work in complementary

across national borders. To do this,

they must master the major impact of

the border effect (differences in po-

litical and administrative structures),

which make the implementation of

projects difcult. In this sense, theimplementation of the agglomeration

project is representative of a collec-

tive will to overcome the border ef-

fect.The cross-border nature is thus

both a constraint and an opportunity.

A constraint, since Geneva cannot

consider responding to the challen-

ges of mobility in 2030 remainingwithin the cantonal borders. An op-

portunity, because the territory of the

cross-border conurbation has a po-

tential in terms of infrastructure that

is essential to highlight.

To Promote The Transport

Modes Complementarity

Mobility 2030 is designed to test anddevelop the concepts introduced by

the cantonal Draft Master Plan and

the agglomeration Project.

Thus, one of the objectives of the

Geneva cantonal Blueprint 2030provides for the setting up of a mul-

timodal travel conception at the ag-

glomeration level. To meet the travel

demand of the population, the cantonsets up with its metropolitan partners

a multimodal mobility conception

based on four pillars: eco-friendlymobility, public transport, individual

motorized transport and parking. The

transport system is planned accor-

ding to a global vision integrating all

transport modes, with adequate ar-

ticulation on road which capacity is

limited. The mobility policy aims to

improve multimodal offer, with more

attractive public transport, especially

in terms of commercial speed, deve-

loped eco-friendly mobility networks

and quicker individual motorized

transport journeys thanks to a signi-cant decrease in trafc and the reali-zation of missing road connections.

Competition or confrontation bet-

ween the different transport modes

has marked the Genevan politics in

recent decades and has led to an im-

passe. It is necessary to break this

logic and consider that everyone is

in turn, depending on the time and

activity, according to the age, moto-

rist, pedestrian, public transport user

or biker. It is a question of develo-

ping multimodal practices, encoura-

ging complementary travel modes,

encouraging the most effective ways

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complementary travel modes, encou-

raging the most effective ways func-

tion of the context and the type of

movement: the regional express trainfor relatively long distances between

home and work, walking for short

distances in the city center, for exa-

mple. It also means to stop trying to

do everything everywhere, resulting

in a segmentation of the public space,

where all travel modes somehowshare a road with limited capacity,

causing general dissatisfaction. In-

stead, it is necessary to nd a balancebetween the different modes, which

allows each of them to be optimally

used by the travellers.

Clear And Assumed Tradeoffs

From this point of view, the modalcomplementarity operates arbitra-

tions by giving priority to certain

transport modes in certain parts of

the territory, rather than trying in

vain to organize the movement of

all modes on all parts of the coun-

try. The limited dimensions of road

spaces through which all transportmodes pass leads to neat trade-offs.

The most efcient methods in termsof passenger volumes and the most

efcient according the ratio time / di-stance / energy should be preferred.In the heart of the city, it is a question

of favouring the mean that will allow

the highest number of persons to pass

through in the same place and at the

same time.

An Offer Tailored To The Users

Needs

In order to encourage the change of

behavior of everyone, to opt for pu-

blic transport, it is essential that the

network structure and its operations

are primarily organized to suit theuser needs. This user oriented offer

must answer a few fundamental prin-

ciples: Most of the users must reach theirdestination faster and without con-

nection;

Each district must have a directconnection to the center of the city,

for the journeys continuing to ano-

ther neighborhood, there must be

only one line interchange ; for this

purpose, each line of the backbone

network (with the exception of the

tangential and the regional express

train feeder lines) must pass through

two of the four main interfaces of the

center; Each branch of the backbone net -work (bus or tram) has a direct con-

nection to an interregional level train

station;

The system must be built on agood legibility and efciency duringlow peak hours ; as needed, additio-

nal routes can be added during peak

hours;

At Lancy-Pont-Rouge and Eaux-Vives Cornavin departure stations,the urban network must have suf-cient capacities towards the center

(heart of the city) to carry a ow ofcustomers boarding or unboarding

the train;

The urban network and the regio-nal express train must be well inter-connected with feeder lines schedules

coordinated with rail lines;

Urban lines schedules must be ea-sily identiable, with paced frequen-cies (all 10, 7 or 5 min. Example)standardized for better readability;

The operating system must mini-mize the number of lines per axis.

The Main Stages Of The Struc-

turing Public Transport Net-

work Development

The development of the metropolis

structuring public transport network

in 2030 is planned as follows: The commissioning of CEVA in

2017 ; A major change in the quality ofthe transport offer by 2022, ve yearsafter the commissioning of CEVA; The second major stage of deplo-yment of the rail network in 2030with the completion of the regional

express lines.

SENER has been recognised in thePotencia awards 2012, deliveredeach year by TPI Group, in the Tun-

nels category.

In the 6th Edition of the PotenciaAwards 2012, SENER competedin the Tunnels section, against the

companies Dragados in temporary

joint ventures Zartamo and Tolosa,

for the false tunnels project in the

Basque Y high speed stretch of theMadrid-Basque Country high speed

line (north of Spain); and, on the

other hand against Joca Ingeniera y

Construcciones and Intervas del Le-

vante y Sarco, for the rainwater inter-

ceptors of the Northern and Westerndistricts of Cartagena (Murcia, south

of Spain).

In this occasion, SENER has won thenal prize thanks to real-time riskmonitoring and controlling of the

tunneling boring machine (TMB) in

the Sants-Sagrera high speed tunnel

in the city of Barcelona.

This project has represented a huge

challenge for the engineering compa-

ny due to the tunnel passing close to

the heritage sites of La Pedrera and

the Sagrada Familia and the workshave been totally supervised by UN-ESCO.SENER, through the real-time su-

pervising of the boring machine ope-

ration together with the excavation

parameters measuring, managed to

reduce to minimum the surface set-

ling and achieved to develop the pro-

ject without any relevant incident.

On the occassion of the project worksexecution of the Madrid-Barcelo-

naFrench Border high speed line,Adif (Administrador de Infraestruc-

turas Ferroviarias, Spanish railwayinfrastructure manager) awarded

SENER the contract to carry out therisk management consultancy in the

tunneling boring machines (TMB-

EPB) operations in the Sants-Sagre-

ra, Montcada and Gerona tunnels.

In concrete, the Sants-Sagrega stretch

awarded in this edition, fully runs in

the municipality of Barcelona and

passes by Provena street, Avenida

Diagonal and Mallorca street. The

executed tunnel total lenght is 5,100meters, of which 4,849 m are carried

out through a tunneling boring ma-

chine (TMB-EPB).

SENER wins Potencia award

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