NEWSLETTER13/21 March 2011
About national transport strategies The proposed investments in NECL II are planned to be entered in each of the national transport infrastructure planning programmes. But what is the current situation in different countries within national transport plans and strategies?
Sweden The Swedish Capacity Analysis (Kapacitetsutredningen 2012) for the transport system will analyse the need for increased capacity for the years 2012 - 2021, 2022 - 2025 and 2050. Starting points are national and regional plans and four-stage principle. Different stakeholders have been invited to income with their point of views to the Swedish capacity study which puts the heading for Swedish transport policy towards year 2050. NECL II has put together an aggregated report from the project´s point of view. The investigation will be finished by late April 2012 by Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration). The analysis and investigation forms arguments for the future infrastructure proposition by the Swedish government. More information on: www.trafikverket. s e / Fo r e t a g / P l a n e r a - o c h - u t r e d a / Samhallsplanering/Kapacitetsutredningfor-transportsystemet/
Finland The Finnish Transport Policy Report (Liikennepoliittinen selonteko) is under preparation and is scheduled to be submitted to the Parliament in April 2012. The needs and viewpoints of a range of groups must be taken into account in the development of the transport system. Efficient and smooth public transport services support the attainment of transport policy objectives. The report sets out transport policy guidelines and the associated action plan until the end of 2022 as well as a vision and desired state for transport policy for 2030.
Photo: Norden.org
Among other things, the report outlines principles for the funding of the transport sector and traffic management, issues specific to large and expanding urban areas and preparations for greater traffic volumes from Russia. More information on: www.lvm.fi/ liikennepoliittinenselonteko
Norway The Norwegian National Transport Plan (Nasjonal Transportplan 201423) was proposed and presented by Transportation agencies and Avinor in February 2012 and handed over to Transport Ministers. The proposal will be the basic material for the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs work with the White Paper on National Transport Plan. All investigations that have been made for the plan are important fundamental documents and describe the needs and possibilities for developing the base network within a 30-year perspective. More information on: www.ntp.dep.no
Russia Russia has adopted two national transport strategies in recent years. In May 2005,
Photo above: example of transport projects during 2012-15 in Finland (source Keskisuomalainen 24.3.2012)
the Russian Ministry of Transport adopted the Transport Strategy of the Russian Federation to 2020. Three years later, in November 2008, the Russian Government adopted a similar strategy which extends until 2030. The amendment of the original document became necessary mainly because of the rapid change in the global economic situation. For example , according to Strategy of the Railway Transport Development 2030 TransSiberia Railway TSR is a key chain in the development of the Russian railways system to insure Euro-Asian transport links. Russian part consider the possible volume of transit container transportation via TSR (“West-East” corridor) could be 250-450 000 TEUs. Unfortunately there are certain “bottlenecks” which hinder development of TSR transit - cross border issues for instance (source: TransBaltic -report 2010) Link to the official strategic Russian transport planning documents (but in RU language): http://www.mintrans.ru/ activity/detail.php?FOLDER_ID=439
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