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Project Goal
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VOYAGER was a Thematic Network on Public Passenger Transport
in Europe, which was funded by the European Union's 5th Framework
Thematic Programme "Competitive and Sustainable Growth".
The VOYAGER project created a platform for exchange of experience,
widespread dissemination and consensus building in support of
a more efficient, sustainable, customer-oriented and safe public
transport throughout Europe.
To this end VOYAGER established, in consensus with all key actors
in the public transport sector in Europe, a comprehensive vision
of public passenger transport systems required in the future and
developed in the context of competitive markets and the changing
mobility needs of citizens.
The project started from a "today's" perspective,
analysing then current problems in the public transport sector
and existing solutions. It highlighted the potentials and limits
to their transferability in order to establish the current scope
of action for stakeholders. Furthermore, VOYAGER addressed the
key urban and regional transport challenges (including congestion,
pollution, accidents and economic inefficiency as well as changing
mobility patterns, increasing urbanisation and urban sprawl) and
developped recommendations for future research and policy agendas.
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Results |
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The purpose of VOYAGER was to create an open European Network
of key actors of local and regional public transport (PT) for
experience exchange, dissemination and consensus building. VOYAGER
established a platform where PT stakeholders (operators, suppliers,
authorities, researchers and users) aired their views, gave input
on current and planned actions and ultimately provided recommendations
to improve PT environment. More particularly, VOYAGER aimed to:
- analyse the state of the art of local and regional PT
- select and develop "good practice" case studies
- identify key barriers and challenges for implementing competitive
and attractive public transport systems at local and regional
level
- develop specific guidelines and policy recommendations for
all public transport stakeholders on the needed actions to realise
efficient, safe and customer-orientated public transport systems
- widely disseminate the key outcomes of the project
After three years analysing future megatrends and the new challenges
the sector will have to face, the VOYAGER project consortium, led
by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP), provided
a coherent set of eight recommendations to be included into future
policy agendas and future management strategies of all European
operators.
These recommendations are supposed to help decision makers and
operators to develop strategic actions for the implementation
of attractive, clean, safe, accessible, effective, efficient and
financeable European local and regional public transport systems
for the year 2020.
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Role of Rupprecht Consult |
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- Implementation of all activities of the Thematic Network in
the thematic area of "seamless intermodal networks and
services": analysis of state-of-the-art, development of
good practice case studies, key challenges and policy recommendations.
- Co-ordinating role in the horizontal workpackage on "Consolidation
of results & identification of good practices".
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Project Duration |
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2001 - 2004
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Project co-ordinator |
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International Association of Public Transport (UITP),
Brussels
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Organisation |
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VOYAGER has been implemented by a consortium of organisations
that individually play a leading role in the development of public
transport throughout Europe. Besides the International Organisations
UITP and POLIS, the consortium consisted of various European consulting
companies that have been heavily involved in a large number of key
EU transport projects aimed at the development of public transport,
including the organisational, financial and socio-economic aspects.
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Further information |
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Siegfried Rupprecht
Tel. +49-221-6060 5511
Download
VOYAGER
Good Practice Case Studies
VOYAGER
State-of-the-Art Report
Future
Trends
Project Website
http://www.voyager-network.org
(no longer available)
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