- Code 24 - Towards a Shared Strategy for the European TEN Corridor 24    494 kb by    Guenther, Felix & Tosoni, Ilaria | guenther@nsl.ethz.ch    Short Outline Aim of the Code24 Initiative is to support sustainable development in the regions along the European Corridor 24 Rotterdam - Genova throughout a better coordination between spatial and infrastructural projects and plans. Abstract CODE24 intends the interconnection of economic development, spatial, transport and ecological planning. The projects area of Corridor 24 covers a number of the most important economic regions in Europe within this major European North-South transport corridor across NL, D, CH and IT linking the North sea port Rotterdam and the Mediterranean port of Genoa. Its catchment area comprises 70 million inhabitants and operates 50% (700 million tons/year) of the north- south rail freight. The opening of the Lötschberg tunnel in 2007 and the Gotthard tunnel (2017) and the parallel expansion of the feeders will further improve the importance of Corridor 24 as milestones. Nevertheless, some major bottlenecks and a lack of transregional coordination still threaten the potential of the axis, limiting its economic and spatial development. CODE24 aims at a coordinated transnational strategy to strengthen and to develop the corridor. The overall objective is to accelerate and jointly develop the transport capacity of the entire corridor by ensuring optimal economic benefits and spatial integration while reducing negative impacts on the environment at local and regional level. By focussing on regional aspects in the corridor area and joint development strategies, the project will strengthen the position of regional actors and stakeholders within the entire Corridor. It will provide planning tools and tailor made solutions to remove major bottlenecks and enable pro-active stakeholder participation. This accommodates both the development of the railway system as well as a sustainable spatial development. Cooperation focuses on three main topics: (1): Elaboration of a joint concept for the integrated infrastructure and settlement development along the corridor. (2) Definition of an action program identifying the most relevant projects and investments needed in order to achieve a jointly carried functional and operational scenario for the corridor. (3) Identification of crucial spatial development areas which could be influenced by activities within the Corridor, including the interregional dependencies arising from different possible development perspectives. Keywords Corridor Development Rotterdam Genova Case Study presented on the ISOCARP Congress 2011: LIVEABLE CITIES: URBANISING WORLD, Meeting the Challenge   Click to open the full paper as pdf document   Click to send an email to the author(s) of this paper