Presentation at the Green Corridors Stakeholders Forum, Tallinn, 14 October 2010 Transnational cooperation to boost the Green Corridors in the Baltic Sea Region

Green Corridor Agreement Signed in November 2009 Input from regional level to the GC concept Harmonisation of work and mutual responsibilities till late 2012 Several joint seminars and workshops Cooperation open to other corridor initiatives

GC streamlining process by the projects Inventory of GC best practices, barriers for sustainable transport Set of key performance indicators for testing Corridor investigations – feasibility of GC concept across the BSR Input from other corridor projects? Impact of the green scenario Green corridor manual and information broker system GC model for the Baltic Sea Region Scandria Green Corridor Strategy 2030

Green Corridor Development

EWTC Green Corridor Manual EWTC Association Consortium or Strategic Alliance Management system on a tactical level and follow up system ITS – Information Broker Railway concepts Hub development …… Components evaluated using KPI´s Intelligent truck parking Dynamic speed control Components from Scandria... MANUAL

Scandria Green Corridor - characteristics 6 | Scandria Shortest connection from Scandinavia to Adriatic via Rostock and Berlin Connecting innovative and economically well developing Capital / Metropolitan Regions to each other Cost efficient – e.g. „white goods“ from Northern Italy to Scandinavia -> savings up to 20 % Fast – e.g. car parts from Bavaria to Southern Sweden < 30 h Evironmental friendly – e.g. paper transport Scandinavia – Austria: minus 40% CO2 reduction

Scandria Green Corridor - activities 7 | Scandria Scandria Green Corridor Strategy 2030 Workshop 16 November 2010 in Copenhagen Elements: Optimised connection of intermodal nodes Better interoperability of train systems Developing of ITS solutions Alternative fuels in heavy goods transport Block trains Efficient and green ferry links

Green Corridor model for the BSR? Well spread network across the Region All TEN-T core links + Motorways of the Sea = green corridors Public administration to supervise and repair system failures Steering mechanisms adjusted to specific natural and socio-economic conditions Investments, harmonisation and stimulation of business models as desired measures Balance achieved between competitiveness and cohesion

Thank you for your attention! Wiktor Szydarowski, TransBaltic, Mathias Roos, EWTC II, Horst Sauer, Scandria,