EU: project to enhance intermodal transport
Inter-Connect was presented at the CEI in Trieste
30 November, 20:57Italy's members are the ENCE Executive Secretariat, the Institute for Transport and Logistics (ITL) and the Emilia-Romagna Region. The Fvg Region participates in the project as an associated partner and supports project actions being the authority responsible for local public transport policies. The duration of the project is 24 months (January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2019) and the budget amounts to 1.6m euros.
The project involves the construction of eight case studies (one in Trieste) and other training and cooperation initiatives. The Trieste-based case study aims to improve multimodal public transport connections, focusing on the connection between local public transport and maritime services, intermodal connections with transnational seasonal shipping lines, enhancing the accessibility of the Molo IV passenger terminal and planning a new maritime public transport service which will be ableto ensure the connection with Koper. The project was presented at the CEI headquarters in Trieste. The meeting was attended by the FVG Region, the Municipality of Trieste, Trieste Trasporti and the main stakeholders. Among the main topics of discussion was the integrated bus-train ticket, resulting from an agreement between Trieste Trasporti and Slovenske Zeleznice, regarding the Villa Opicina-Ljubljana railway connection, which will be operational from January to June 2019. (ANSA).