Enter hub newsletter n4

April/May 2014

Lugano, 20th-21st February 2014. Thematic Workshop on Smart Cities and New Technologies

URBACT II is a European exchange and learning programme promoting sustainable urban development, part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund, under the framework of the European Cohesion Policy.

URBACT helps cities to develop pragmatic solutions that are new and sustainable, and that integrate economic, social and environmental dimensions, and enables cities to share good practices.

ENTER.HUB promotes the role of railway hubs and multimodal interfaces in medium-sized cities as engines for integrated urban development and economic, social and cultural regeneration. Fitting into TENT-T corridors, ENTER.HUB network partners redefine their territorial systems around these hubs.

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EDITORIAL As the Enter Hub project reaches its midterm point, it is time for a renewed newsletter presenting progress and some results. Four thematic meetings have taken place: Ulm in April 2013 was the occasion to agree methods, tools and agenda; Örebro region in October 2013 gave us the opportunity to work on Urban Planning issues; Creil Agglomeration in November 2013 has allowed us to deepen topics linked to Governance and Participation; Lugano in February 2014 was a moment of exchange on questions related to Smart City concepts. Four other meetings are in preparation: the first in Rostock in May will focus on Urban economy; the second in Girona in July will return to Urban Planning, Łódź in October will give us the chance to integrate in a single workshop all the themes previously tackled, as well as to review partners’ Local Action Plans. Finally Reggio Emilia in February 2015 will be the final event where the project results will be presented.

The meeting in Girona will have a special dimension: Managing authorities and mayors / senior political representative of the cities and regions of our network have been invited to participate.

During this meeting, a video

produced by the Visual Culture Laboratory of SUPSI (University School of Italian Switzerland, Lugano) with the collaboration of their students, describing the ENTER.HUB project, will be shown to our partners and to their guests.

Our site web is regularly updated. After each meeting, the thematic report published by our experts are uploaded as well as our catalogue of good practices under preparation.

Jean-Jacques Terrin, Lead Expert ENTER.HUB David Zilioli, Reggio Emilia, Lead Partner ENTER.HUB

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FOCUS ON E N T E R .H U B

T h e m a t i c

W o r k s h o p

Methodology

Thematic meetings and regular workshops are the focus points of ENTER.HUB Methodology. The outline of these meetings is as follows: •

Before meetings, Lead Partner and Lead Expert (LE) organize the meeting with the host partner while the LE and Thematic Expert

Expert leading thematic . . . . . . conference. Workshop in Örebro, October 2013, LE J.J. Terrin presentation

(TE) prepare the thematic workshop. The TE addresses questions to partners to be discussed by their Local Support Groups.

The current program of our meetings is following: •

The TE leads a thematic conference;

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A number of partners present good practices;

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Host partner focuses on their practices and projects also through site visits;

• A partner presenting its practice. .

Workshop in Örebro, October 2013, Gdynia presentation

All partners and experts participate in a common workshop.

In groups chaired by a coordinator, they exchange on the TE’s questions; brainstorm the Host City’s situation; synthesize debates on Concept maps.

In the plenary, they present their groups results and brainstorm together before final results are presented.

After meetings, each group coordinator sends a note of the work of their group to the TE; partners and host city refine the good practice they have presented; and each thematic expert writes his own report including recommendations, gathering both lessons learnt by and from partners

Site visit. Workshop in Ulm. . . . . .

April 2013

during the workshop, and exchanging good practices through study cases.

. . . . Use of Concept Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Partners working on Concept Maps.

Workshop in Creil, Nov. 2013

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R e c o m m a n d a t i o n s

10 o n U R B A N P L A N N I N G

AND MOBILITY..............

Lead Expert Jean-Jacques Terrin Workshop in Örebro, October 2013

Producing Multi-Polar Networks

. . . R1. Combine fast and slow mobility, and augment fluidity Reggio Emilia: “The Mediopadano Hub will be an interchange and an intermodal node whose core is the Mediopadana station.

It is a node because it should be able to easily connect HS line with local railways (interchange) and freeway (intermodal)”. . . . R2. Reduce distances and time dedicated to mobility Creil Agglomeration: “A reorganisation of the public transport supply to reduce travel time and optimize routes. . . . R3. Consider HST railway station as a link between national, metropolitan and local networks Ulm: “One should connect the public and the station with the urban transport system and use the station as hub for all modes of transportation. . . . R4. Take advantage of international corridors and of existing metropolitan paths

. . . Mälardalsrådet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Commuting network and hierarchies in Eastern Middle Sweden.

Introducing a Creative Approach

Ulm: “The city is part of the high-speed railway line, a global connection through TEN-T, and the axis/corridor "Magistrale" Paris-Stuttgart-Ulm-München-Salzburg-Wien-Budapest”

. . . R5. Think about public space as a possible universal walking area Gdynia: “The hub area will receive additional value by transforming the square on Dworcowa-Starowiejska intersection into pedestrian friendly zone and construction of new shopping centre- extension of trade and culinary offer.”

Preston: “Preston has routes into public realm which include parks (Winckley Square, Avenham& Miller) and retail offers (Fishergate Central).”

. . . Preston, Fishergate Central. . . . . . . . .

Pedestrian link between railway station and city centre

Łódź: “The priority of the New Centre of Łódź program is to create attractive and properly maintained city spaces. New points will appear on the map: the market, the EC1 square,

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pedestrian lines in main area’s axes both in north-to-south and east-to-west directions, and many others.” . . . R6. Consider Public Space as a logistically accessible world

. . . The New Centre of Łódź. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Area of 100 ha in the heart of the city

All partners: “Major issue is to improve the quality of life and the accessibility of the hub and design a mostly accessible public space around it, with green areas, pedestrian areas, linked with nature.” . . . R7. Develop facilities inside and outside the Hub to serve an Economic strategy Creil Agglomeration: “Our project aims at building a compact centre of the agglomeration around the station, and providing amenities and services (housing, offices, shops, etc.) accessible to a large territory.”

Encouraging Changes of Behaviour

. . . R8. Consider Time Management as well as Space Design Porto: “Let’s set up a national card that permits travel across the whole country, or even the Peninsula in SpanishPortuguese case”. . . . R9. Set up a bike plan; Facilitate car sharing Creil Agglomeration: “An online platform, which provides information on multimodal routes at the scale of the department, ensures interface between supply and demand of car-sharing.”

. . . Gdynia, Station Square . . . . . . . . . . . .

Station square as common and meeting place, for cultural and social activities.

Preston: “The city has developed a cycling route – the Guild Wheel – around the city which facilitates access to the city centre by bike.” . . . R10. Set up partnerships and coordinate complementarity between all stakeholders Örebro: “Citizens were from the very first beginning involved in the planning process for a new travel centre. Around 1000 people travelling to or living in the region were interviewed before the first sketch was drawn.”

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on GOVERNANCE AND PARTICIPATION........

Thematic Expert Philip Stein Workshop in Creil Agglomeration, November 2013

Governance

. . . R1. Make a comprehensive mapping of stakeholder interest and identify key players – each Hub project will have its own context and specificities in this respect. . . . R2. Use all means at your disposal to bring essential delivery partners into the core group – convincing of mutual benefit, identifying win-wins, negotiation, political leverage, regulation, legislation... . . . R3. Public authorities and agencies can take an exemplary lead in developing high performance cooperative working i.e. between region and city, between neighbouring municipalities, between railway and bus companies...

. . .Working Groups in Creil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Governance models raised during the ENTER.HUB workshop in Creil Agglomeration

. . . R4. Set realistic targets in terms of development and timing – scale appropriate to catchment and throughput, some development processes need to be recognised as long term and also need to be communicated as such. . . . R5. Establish an effective leadership structure It can be a plural form of leadership or single agency driven but ultimately informed decisions need to be taken and put into operation. “One has to be sitting in the driver`s seat but plenty of others have to be in the car and say where they would like to go”.

. . . The Governance structure in Leuven . . . . . . .

Good practice

. . . R6. Exploit the opportunity of fixing non-negotiable deadlines Complex projects like Olympic facilities are usually delivered on time because of the strong multi-level commitment, all faces pointing in the same direction - although it must be conceded not always on budget.

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Participation

. . . R7. Build a strong communication strategy making full use of existing and new (social) media opportunities. . . . R8. If participation is genuinely intended to inform, input and co-produce then it should be incorporated at the outset and with a perspective of continuity (not necessarily at all times and on all issues). If participation is only introduced at a later stage or when difficulties arise there is a risk of obstruction, dely or even conflict which is then in contradiction with the principle of governance. . . . R9. Clearly set out what is possible and what is not.

The challenge is to explain what is possible and what the limits of the planning and participation process are.

. . . Working Groups in Creil . . . . .

Picture from Preston presentation

. . . R10. Develop a system of participative monitoring to ensure that development and service provision continues to respond to citizen needs and expectations – the primary role of a Hub facility is still to serve both travellers and the wider population.

Defining HST Hubs in middle–sized cities . . . An HST HUB is an Urban and Architectural Icon

. . . the HS station in Reggio Emilia . . . . . . . . .

Project by Calatrava, particular of the entrance roof

In saying an HST HUB should be an Urban as well as an Architectural Icon, we want to point out a huge differentiation between two concepts: an icon confirms and announces good integrated regeneration or city development practice, while a monument provides an image but with no roots or role in enhancing the wider urban experience, fabric, societal relevance.

. . . An HST HUB is an Urban Backbone Designing an HST HUB is also a process of reconfiguration of an accessible shared public space connecting the hub with the city centre and giving priority to walking activities.

. . . the new Fabryczna Station in Łódź . . . . . . .

A part of the New Centre of Łódź program, render

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. . . An HST HUB is a Network of Services Hosting new services inside and in the neighbourhood of HST Hubs, some being linked to mobility but most of them independent like business, retail, leisure, tourism… attracts people, focuses them towards these activities and brings added value to these services.

. . . An HST HUB is a Red Carpet . . . the station of Ulm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Initiative “City Station Ulm”

An HST HUB has an important function of good circulation of flows for all traffic modes. Still, the principle is to give priority to pedestrians and the feeling that a “red carpet” had been rolled out for them.

. . . An HST HUB is a City Lounge

. . . the new Station in Creil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Project “La Gare Coeur d’Agglo”, render. Credits : ANMA

... and some

The implanting of an HST HUB transforms the inner city into a “city lounge” inside and around the station, therefore becoming a high quality place for locals, residents, business travellers, etc. based on an attractive environment and better public space, including programmatic objectives as: smart economy, city centre living, culture and leisure or connected city.

general definitions

Definition of High Speed Trains and Lines (HST-HSL). European Union, DIRECTIVE 96/48/EC app. 1 1. Infrastructure a) The infrastructure of the trans-European High Speed system shall be that on the trans- European transport network identified in Article 129C of the Treaty: • those built specially for High Speed travel, • those specially upgraded for High Speed travel. They may include connecting lines, in particular junctions of new lines upgraded for High Speed with town centre stations located on them, on which speeds must take account of local conditions b) High Speed lines shall comprise: • Specially built High Speed lines equipped for speeds generally equal to or greater than 250 km/h, • Specially upgraded High Speed lines equipped for speeds of the order of 200 km/h,

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Specially upgraded High Speed lines which have special features as a result of topographical, relief or town-planning constraints, on which the speed must be adapted to each case.

Definition of Hub. Oxford Dictionnaire.

1. The central part of a wheel, rotating on or with the axle, and from which the spokes radiate.

2. The effective centre of an activity, region, or network 3. A central airport or other transport facility from which many services operate Origin: early 16th century (denoting a shelf at the side of a fireplace used for heating pans): of unknown origin

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C o n t a c t s

Reggio Emilia, Lead Partner . . . David Zilioli . . . . . . . . david.zilioli@municipio.re.it

Ulm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dorothea Hemminger . . d.hemminger@ulm.de

Örebro Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabian Ilgner . . . . . . . . . fabian.ilgner@regionorebro.se

Lead Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jean-Jacques Terrin . . jjterrin@gmail.com

Gdynia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alicja Pawlowska . . . . . a.pawlowska@zdiz.gdynia.pl

Porto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eurico Ferreira . . . . . . . euricoferreira@cm-porto.pt

Thematic Expert . . . . . . . . . . . Philip Stein . . . . . . . . phstein@skynet.be

Girona . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jordi Xirgo . . . . . . . . . jxirgo@ajgirona.cat

Preston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tamar Reay . . . . . . . . t.reay@preston.gov.uk

Ciudad Real – IMPEFE . . . . . . . . Eva Navarro . . . . . . . . enavarro@impefe.es

Łódź . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anna Wierzbicka . . . . . . a.wierzbicka@zncl.uml.lodz.pl

Rostock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oliver Koeppen . . . . . . oliver.koeppen@rostock.de

Creil Agglomeration . . . . . . . . . Claire Leblond . . . . . . c.leblond@agglocreilloise.fr

Lugano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giorgio Maric . . . . . . . . giorgio.maric@lugano.ch

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