Neue Rahmenbedingungen, Herausforderungen und Strategien für die großräumige Verkehrsentwicklung
Markus Hesse
The Academy for Spatial Research and Planning (ARL) addresses the changed economic, social and fiscal framework conditions for mobility and transport and their importance for spatial development and spatial planning with the topic “New Framework Conditions, Challenges and Strategies for Transport Development”. The “European North-South Corridor” is used as example. The problems of international transport as well as the difficulties of politics and planning in solving such problems are concentrated along this corridor, which connects the most important economic regions of the European continent and which has a catchment area with approx. 70 million inhabitants. The presentation of the conflicts and required actions along the North-South Corridor refers to the section between the regions Frankfurt-Rhine-Main and High-Rhine-Lake Constance in particular. This presentation is complemented by some basic articles regarding the larger area transport development. The development of an infrastructure policy across transport modes, regions and serving as integrated transport and spatial development policy is regarded as a prerequisite for problem solutions. However, until now corresponding approaches and considerations are very rare, in particular within the Federal Government of Germany. There is still a significant need for action.
