Short before the conclusion of the ChemMultimodal project's pilot phase the partnership met on 12 & 13 September 2018 in Linz (AT) to assess the preliminary results: 59 businesses have participated in the pilot phase. Together with the project partners, 45 transport routes have been identified where a potential of multimodal transport is... read more
Topic: Transport, Urban and rural development
In the course of the SubNodes project meeting in Poznan from 22-23 August 2018 the partners and experts visited the City of Wagrowiec (25.000 inhabitants). This town was selected as location for the pilot action in the region Great Poland. Mayor Krzysztof Poszwa guided the participants through the newly reconstructed railway station, which shall... read more
Topic: Transport
The pilot phase of the ChemMultimodal project has sparked first successes: In more than half of the regions addressed by the project, tests to transport chemical goods, that until now were delivered only by road, have been accomplished using multimodal solutions including rail. The efficiency of the found new transport solutions are going to be... read more
Topic: Transport
A meeting among work package leaders of the RUMOBIL project on 14 June 2018 in Genoa addressed the methodology to assess the different pilot measures of the partner regions. Experimenting with innovative ICT eight different approaches to improve the accessibility of rural areas are tested by the partnership. Compared to the previous year,... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
On 29 May 2018 the third workshop took place within the pilot phase of the ChemMultimodal project in Leuna (DE). During the pilot phase project partners collaborate with chemical companies and logistics service providers to increase the modal split of the rail transport of chemical goods and products. Speakers included representatives of DB Netz... read more
Topic: Transport
A delegation made up by the Italian and Hungarian partners of RUMOBIL and their stakeholders visited Osterburg (Saxony-Anhalt) on 30 May 2018 to learn more about the citizen bus that is in operation there since three months. The delegation was welcomed by Osterburg's mayor Nico Schulze. The guests first learned more about the pilot project's... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
On 15-17 May 2018 a first thematic International Stakeholder Seminar within the project VirtualArch took place in Zadar Project partners and stakeholders from the fields of archaeology, tourism and creative industries met to discuss topics concerning the tourism as chance and challenge for the protection of archaeological heritage, 3D... read more
Topic: Cultural heritage, Tourism
Saxony-Anhalt’s second citizen bus is inaugurated on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Möser by the Minister for Regional Development and Transport of Saxony-Anhalt, Thomas Webel. On May 3, 2018, it will go into regular service on seven routes within the rural municipality. The bus is conducted by voluntary drivers to improve the accessibility of... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport
Partners of ChemMultimodal and the Joint Secretariat of the Interreg Central Europe programme met on 7 & 8 March 2018 in Bratislava for the project’s mid-term review. In all participating regions, members of the consortium together with chemical industry and their logistics service providers succeeded to identify real opportunities for more... read more
Topic: TransportA citizen bus conducted by voluntary drivers will link remote parts of Osterburg town in Saxony-Anhalt to the public transport grid. The bus was presented to the public last week, leading to high media attention (including the regional TV; see link). This week, the bus is presented at several locations across town before starting scheduled... read more
Topic: Demographic change, Transport