DART - Development of the Accessibility to the Railway Traffic

The project partners has set the following vision for the DART theme: In the future fast and well-scheduled railway connections with high service capacity connect the city centres and serve effectively the communities at the Via Baltica Nordica corridor. The use of private cars is not necessary as the railway traffic is faster, cheaper and more comfortable. Public traffic serves the connections to the railway stations and the reasonable use of car is also possible. Land use planning supports living in walking and biking distances from the railway stations. On-line information on railway traffic services and timetables are easily available for the passengers and all inhabitants.

To achieve this vision the DART project partners investigate, plan and develop solutions for improving the possibilities to use the railway traffic at the Via Baltica Nordica corridor. In this work e.g. land use, logistic chains, traffic services, information systems and railway network are important keywords.

In the DART theme there are three main strategies:
• Railway station areas will be planned so, that the land use and connections will support the possibilities to use railway traffic. On-line information systems will be planned and implemented at the stations and logistic centres.
• Regions with well serving commuting train system will be developed so, that the railway traffic could be the main connection between the cities and the most central part of the traffic system.
• Logistical centres will be developed. The main objective is to develop organisation and service structures and information systems, which utilize the possibilities of the public transport and especially the railway traffic, using the new information technology and taking into account the needs and possibilities of the market economy structures.

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