It is generally accepted that the sections of the TERN present
significant bottlenecks within conurbations. The bottleneck
problem can only be solved or significantly reduced within a
cooperative working environment among the participating institutions.
Among the significant activity fields in this regard are: coordinated
application of traffic management measures, data and information
exchange, development and implementation of joint strategies,
cooperative establishment of information platforms, etc. Furthermore,
the task of establishing multi-modal services arises mainly
in conurbations.
Compared to other European regions the CENTRICO area is characterised
by numerous large cities and economic centres in close proximity
to one another. In earlier stages CENTRICO already dealt in
various projects with optimising the transport activities between
TERN and the large conurbations in the CENTRICO area. First
significant improvements regarding the handling of transport
activity have already been successfully tested and implemented.
The workshop promoted the exchange of experiences on an international
level, summarised the work to date and assisted towards developing
the strategic direction for the upcoming years, particularly
for the period after 2006.
The CENTRICO partners are aware that a key element towards improving
the capacities and safety levels of Europe’s roads is
to be found herein. Organisational, technical and planning tasks
of considerable scale must be tackled.
