Enhancing COordination on multiMODAL freight transport in CE
COMODALCE tackles the challenges hampering the full-fledged development of multimodal freight transport in Central Europe, i.e. the weak coordination of stakeholders in the port-hinterland interface and uncoordinated measures and tools at transnational level, leading to increased road transport with negative consequences in terms of pollution, GHG emissions and noise.
Accordingly, COMODALCE aims to increase the cooperation and coordination among multimodal freight transport stakeholders in Central Europe through the use of innovative ICT systems by gathering some of the most relevant ports/rail road terminals/operators generating multimodal transport flows.
COMODALCE will do so by:
1) enhancing the transport planning competences by means of an in-depth transnational study analysing each territory in detail and the elaboration of detailed strategies, to be tested through pilot actions
2) testing innovative ICT solutions for enhancing coordination and interoperability among the most relevant ports / RRTs / logistic operators of the Programme Area and streamlining freight flows, aiming to increase the competitiveness and productivity of the multimodal transport sector
3) gathering multimodal transport stakeholders adopting coordinated short, medium and long-term development plans and adopting a common transnational toolbox
These outputs will be developed at transnational level, as common solutions to common problems. This approach will be applied throughout the duration of the project, by the active participation of all PPs in all WPs applying the elaborated transnational tools at local and transnational level, thereby combining transport and territorial development.
The constant involvement of operational stakeholders in Local Stakeholder Networks (LSNs) during the whole duration of the project will yield effective coordination among freight transport actors in CE and allow to efficiently achieve result-oriented outputs.