Designing Railway Service - Implementing an Efficicent and Effective Model in Rome and Lazio
Author
Consalvi, Alessandro
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-05-19
Pages
198
Abstract
This thesis explores how to address Rome and Lazio’s mobility challenges by improving the regional passenger rail service. A baseline assessment of urban and regional mobility highlights severe congestion, a low public transport modal share, and the need for measures that operate across urban, metropolitan, and regional scales. Drawing on transport and mobilities theory, the study combines quantitative analyses of demand and network conditions with a quantitative and qualitative appraisal of the Swiss model of Integrated Regular Interval Timetables (IRIT). Using insights from Swiss (Bahn 2000) and Lombardy cases and practitioner experience from an internship, it develops a service design for Rome and Lazio that includes differentiated service levels, line definitions, clockface timetables with symmetry, interchange nodes, rolling stock, fare integration, branding, and wayfinding. The thesis also outlines an implementation pathway focused on Italian administrative instruments (e.g., Accordo Quadro, commercial plans, service contracts), procurement choices (tendering vs. direct award; gross vs. net cost contracts), network unbundling, and rolling stock ownership. The contribution is a practical framework showing how an effective, IRIT-based regional rail service can be designed and delivered to shift trips from cars to trains and improve overall mobility quality. As the work centers on analysis, model choice, and design, it does not report quantified outcomes but provides a concrete roadmap for implementation.
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan mobilitetsudfordringerne i Rom og Lazio kan afhjælpes ved at forbedre den regionale jernbanebetjening. Udgangspunktet er en kortlægning af byens og regionens mobilitetsmønstre, som peger på høj trængsel, lav kollektiv andel og et behov for løsninger, der virker på tværs af by-, metropol- og regional skala. Med afsæt i transport- og mobilitetsteori kombinerer arbejdet kvantitative analyser af efterspørgsel og netværksforhold med en kvantitativ og kvalitativ vurdering af den schweiziske model for integrerede taktkøreplaner (Integrated Regular Interval Timetables, IRIT). Gennem cases fra Schweiz (Bahn 2000) og Lombardiet samt forfatterens praktikbaserede erfaringer udvikles et servicekoncept for Rom og Lazio, der omfatter differentierede serviceniveauer, linjedefinition, taktkøreplaner med symmetri, knudepunkter for omstigning, rullende materiel, takstintegration, identitet og wayfinding. Specialet skitserer desuden en realiseringsvej med fokus på italienske administrative værktøjer (fx Accordo Quadro, kommercielle planer og servicekontrakter), udbudsstrategier (udbud vs. direkte tildeling; brutto- vs. nettokontrakter), netopdeling og ejerskab af materiel. Resultatet er et praksisnært forslag til, hvordan en effektiv og attraktiv IRIT-baseret regional togservice kan designes og implementeres i Rom og Lazio for at flytte rejser fra bil til bane og forbedre den samlede mobilitetskvalitet. Da specialet bygger på analyse, modelvalg og design, præsenteres ingen kvantificerede effekter, men en implementerbar ramme og køreplan.
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