Projects
Transport Concept for Petrozavodsk (Russian Federation)
Scope of Business: Transport Planning / Transport Economics
Focus: Traffic Modelling, Traffic Concepts
Client: German Federal Ministry for the Environment, German Federal Environment Agency
Project Term: 2009 - 2010
Project Location: Petrozavodsk
Project Description
The VCDB was part of a consortium which received an order from the German Federal Environment Agency to develop a traffic plan for the city of Petrozavodsk. The investigations were carried out under the Assistance Program of the German Federal Environment Ministry for environmental protection in Central and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia. The project was carried out together with PTV AG Dresden, the engineering firm DREBERIS and the local leaders responsible.
An essential part of the project was the exchange between project participants and the capacity building of the local decision-makers in Petrozavodsk. In three workshops in Petrozavodsk and a study visit of a Russian delegation to Germany, their ability to make their own decisions with competence and confidence was improved.
The developed transport strategy for all transport modes includes recommendations for action with the aim to strengthen the importance of environmentally friendly mobility and can serve as a base document for future planning.
VCDB's Scope of Services
- Conducting workshops on issues of integrated transport planning and public transport
- Exchange of experience with German municipalities, transport com-panies and transport scientists
- Development of a traffic-planning concept with concrete recommen-dations for action with the involvement of the local participants and planners
- Development and classification of strategic measures for the sustainability of a more environmentally friendly operation of all modes of transport
- Visualisation of the public transport in the city of Petrozavodsk in an integrated transport model (using the programme VISUM)
- Training of employees of the city administration and the trolley bus company to use the VISUM software
