RandstadRail EMTA meeting

RandstadRailEMTA meeting

Jan TermorshuizenMay 16, 2014

The Hague Region

The Hague Region

The Hague RegionSurface 402 km2

Municipalities 9Inhabitants 1.039.000Residences 478.000Employment 506.000% of Dutch GNP 8

NetherlandsSurface 41.000 km2

Inhabitants 16.740.000Provinces 12City Regions 7Municipalities 415

Cooperation

Five policy areas

•Mobility and transportation•Spatial planning / urban and rural development•Housing •Economic Affairs / acquisition•Environment

Physical planning

•Physical planning, a definition: ‘A form of urban land use planning which attempts to achieve an

optimal spatial coordination of different

human activities for the enhancement of the quality of life’

Physical planning

Urban planningCity planningLand use planning Spatial planningTraffic planning

Environmental planningIndustrial area planningHousing planningPhysical planningIntegrated planning

Stedenbaan

Transport planning

• Traffic is caused by the geographical separation of functions.

• Large flows of traffic are generated by concentrations of functions and high densities.

• Public transport needs large flows to be operated economically.

Traffic policy

This is what we wish to achieve: - Decrease the growth in traffic- The greatest part of the growth in traffic replaced by public transport- Reduce the environmental issues caused by traffic- Shield the City Center from unwanted pressure from traffic- Build a coherent pedestrian and bicycle road system- Reduce the number of traffic accidents

Integrated planning

Planning agreements between municipalities

• Location policyo Offices only at railway stationso Concentration of housing at public transport

stopso Bicycle routes to schools

• Park&Ride • Bicycle parking at railway stations and public

transport stops• Traffic safety in residential areas• Upgrading of tram system to light rail• Categorisation of roads

Growth of cities

Built-up area 1950

Growth of cities

Built-up area 1970

Growth of cities

Built-up area 1990

Growth of cities

Built-up area 2010

RandstadRail

Planning started in 1987

Agreement with Ministry 2001

Start of construction 2002

Ready 2006/7

Main problems: difference tram – metro

Financing the project

Main lesson: TOD works

RandstadRail

Schipluiden

's-Gravenzande Naaldwijk

De Lier

MonsterWateringen

Den Haag

Rijswijk

Delft

Pijnacker

Leidschendam

Voorburg

Wassenaar

Nootdorp

Zoetermeer

Rotterdam

Schipluiden

's-Gravenzande Naaldwijk

De Lier

MonsterWateringen

Den Haag

Rijswijk

Delft

Pijnacker

Leidschendam

Voorburg

Wassenaar

Nootdorp

Zoetermeer

Rotterdam

Schipluiden

's-Gravenzande Naaldwijk

De Lier

MonsterWateringen

Den Haag

Rijswijk

Delft

Pijnacker

Leidschendam

Voorburg

Wassenaar

Nootdorp

Zoetermeer

Rotterdam

Schipluiden

's-Gravenzande Naaldwijk

De Lier

MonsterWateringen

Den Haag

Rijswijk

Delft

Pijnacker

Leidschendam

Voorburg

Wassenaar

Nootdorp

Zoetermeer

Rotterdam

1908

RandstadRail

Station Scheveningen Kurhaus

RandstadRail

Schipluiden

's-Gravenzande Naaldwijk

De Lier

MonsterWateringen

Den Haag

Rijswijk

Delft

Pijnacker

Leidschendam

Voorburg

Wassenaar

Nootdorp

Zoetermeer

Rotterdam

Schipluiden

's-Gravenzande Naaldwijk

De Lier

MonsterWateringen

Den Haag

Rijswijk

Delft

Pijnacker

Leidschendam

Voorburg

Wassenaar

Nootdorp

Zoetermeer

Rotterdam

1977

RandstadRail

Trains 1977 - 2006

RandstadRail

Saarbrücken

RandstadRail

Manchester

RandstadRail

1990

RandstadRail

1996

RandstadRail

2006

RandstadRail

Light rail since 2007

RandstadRail

Pijnacker

2020

Regionalisation of public transport

2000

train

tram

RandstadRail

RandstadRail

Stedenbaan

Correlation Planning and Public Transport

ScheduleUse opportunities at stations and along PT lines• Improve accessibility• Improve quality of location• Cooperation region - municipalities• Integrated planning

– New developments along existing railway or HQPT lines bring about new passengers

– This leads to higher frequencies and higher value of the area around the stations

Stedenbaan

Regions:LeidenThe Hague Rotterdam DordrechtGouda

ProvinceNS

New tramline

Rotterdam

AmsterdamSchiphol airport

Leiden

The Hague

Sprinters on main railway lines

Metro and light rail in agglomerations

Delft

Zoetermeer

Stedenbaan

After seven years

Number of passengers: larger than expected

Extension: city trams upgraded to RandstadRail quality, project ‘Netwerk RandstadRail’

Old city trams need replacement

Budget cutting also affects operation of RandstadRail

Network RandstadRail

Network RandstadRail

New city trams from 2014Siemens Avenio

Information

Questions?

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