Workshop 2 - Data, Methods
and Modelling: Exploration of Technical Requirements and Capabilities
March 11th -
13th 2002, Innsbruck, Austria
Data
availability and quality is crucial for research and decision making.
In recent years, several national and international initiatives have
contributed to improving the data situation in the Alpine areas.
Nonetheless, data on trans-Alpine freight and passenger transport and
its impact on the environment is still incomplete and inconsistent
across countries and different data sources.
ALP-NET
is undertaking the ambitious task of initiating a process which should
eventually lead to the establishment of an Alpine observatory for
transport and transport related impacts. Such an observatory will only
be created through close co-operation of all Alpine countries and the
European Commission. The observatory should tie in with the
requirements of the Alpine Convention, the requirements of the land
transport agreement between Switzerland and the EU, the efforts for
establishing a European Transport Information System (ETIS) and the
numerous national and international surveys on trans-Alpine transport,
most notably the French-Swiss-Austrian CAFT survey.
Several
intermediate steps will be necessary for successfully establishing an
observatory (see also figure 1). In a first step, the current data
situation and existing sources have to be carefully
assessed. A large number of studies and surveys are currently being
carried out and existing data sources are not always fully used.
In
a second step, the user needs have to be defined. The users for
"raw" transport data are generally transport researchers and
government experts working on modelling, statistics, etc. Policy
makers and stakeholders will usually be more interested in ready to
use indicators and the results of the modelling exercises. Thus the
user needs will be defined according to the specific demand for
certain indicators and the input requirements for transport modelling.
Third,
common guidelines for data collection have to be established.
The methods of data collection will be adjusted to the new needs and
harmonised across countries to ensure consistency. Differences in
existing institutional frameworks and questions of financing will be
crucial.
Fourth,
the technical requirements for transport and environment models
have to be determined. The technical requirements will depend on the
user needs for long term modelling exercises to be carried out in the
framework of the observatory.
Finally,
the institutional framework for an observatory has to be
determined. It could be connected to an existing public institution at
the European level or a separate, possibly private, institution could
be established. What would be the responsibilities? How would it be
financed? etc.
Monday,
March 11th, 2002
Session 1
Data on Trans
Alpine Transport
Chair: Anna Panagopoulou - European
Commission
| 09:00 -
09:15: |
Introduction
– Data, Methods, Models for trans-Alpine Transport
Michael Schmidt - ICCR
|
| 09:15 -
09:30: |
Trans-Alpine Transport –
The Perspective of the Tyrol Region
Ludwig Schmutzhard - Tyrol
Regional Government |
| 09:30 -
10:00: |
Indicators for Trans-Alpine
Passenger and Freight Transport
Philippe Tardieu - NEA |
| 10:00 -
10:30: |
Discussion |
| 10:30 -
11:00: |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 -
11:30: |
Policy Makers’
Expectations from Modelling Trans-Alpine Transport
Jean-Claude Méteyer - French
Ministry of Transport |
| 11:30 -
12:00: |
Input Requirements for
Alpine Transport Models
Claus Doll - IWW Karlsruhe |
| 12:00 -
12:30: |
General Discussion |
| 12:30 -
14:00: |
Lunch |
Session 2
Models and their
Input Requirements
Chair: Ronald J. Pohoryles - ICCR
| 14:00 -
14:30: |
Data Availability, Quality and Consistency across Countries
Philippe Tardieu - NEA |
| 14:30 -
15:00: |
Input
Requirements for Transport Models – Freight and Passenger
Transport
Neil Raha - ME&P |
| 15:00 -
15:30: |
Discussion |
| 15:30 -
16:00: |
Coffee
Break |
| 16:30 -
17:00: |
Freight
Transport Models for Trans-Alpine Transport
Michel Beuthe - FUCAM |
| 17:00 -
17:30: |
Input
Requirements for Alpine Transport Models
Max Herry - Planungsbüre Dr. Max
Herry |
Tuesday,
March 12th, 2002
Session 3
Harmonisation of Data and Indicators
Chair: Philippe Tardieu - NEA
| 09:30 -
09:30: |
Proposed
Minimum Required Data Set and List of Indicators
Thomas Spiegel - Austrian
Ministry of Transport
|
| 09:30 -
10:30: |
Reactions on Data Set Proposal
(15 minutes each)
Michel Houée - French Ministry
of Transport
Walter Züst - Swiss Federal
Office of Spatial Development
Andreas Küchel - German
Ministry of Transport
Italian Ministry of Transport (invited) |
| 10:30 -
10:45: |
General discussion |
| 10:45 -
11:00: |
Coffee
break |
| 11:00 -
12:00: |
Working Groups on Data Set
Proposal |
| 12:00 -
12:30: |
Plenary Session – Presentation
of Working Groups’ Results |
| 12:30 -
14:00: |
Lunch |
Session 4
Monitoring the
Alps
Chair: Liana Giorgi - ICCR
| 14:00 -
14:30: |
The Swiss Observatory for
Transport
Rolf Zimmermann - Swiss Federal
Office for Transport |
| 14:30 -
15:00: |
A French Observatory for the Alpine
Regions
Noël Lebel, Mission des Alpes, French Ministry of Transport |
| 15:00 -
15:30: |
Discussion |
| 15:30 -
16:00: |
Coffee Break |
| 16:00 -
16:30: |
Establishing an Observatory
for the Pyrenees
Pedro Tena - Spanish Ministry of
Transport and
Maurice Ruban - French Ministry
of Transport |
| 16:30
- 17:00: |
A Common Framework for Data
Collection
Michel Houée - French Ministry
of Transport |
| 17:00 -
17:30: |
Discussion |
Wednesday,
March 14th, 2002
Session 5
Environmental
Monitoring
| 09:00 -
09:15: |
Introduction
– Environmental Issues in ALP-NET
Michael Schmidt - ICCR
|
| 09:15 -
09:45: |
Environmental Protection in
Alpine Areas: The Goals of the Alpine Convention
Thilo Mages-Dellé - Umweltbundesamt
Berlin |
| 09:45 -
10:05: |
Noise Emissions in Alpine
Areas
Raffaele Pisani - Studio Pisani (invited) |
| 10:05 -
10:25: |
Atmospheric Emissions in
Alpine Areas
Franziska Siegrist - Oekoscience
Lufthygiene AG (invited) |
| 10:25 -
11:00: |
Discussion |
| 11:00 -
11:30: |
Coffee Break |
| 11:30 -
12:00: |
Defining Environmentally
Sensitive Areas
Herbert Scheiring - University of
Innsbruck |
| 12:00 -
12:30: |
Monitoring the Environmental
Impacts of Transport in the Alpine Regions
Michel Revaz - CIPRA |
| 12:30 -
13:00: |
General Discussion |
| 13:00: |
End of Workshop |
Venue:
Hotel Europa Tyrol
Südtiroler Platz 2
A-6020 Innsbruck
