ENTER.HUB_Baseline study PDF, 6 Mo - Urbact

Girona
EUROPEAN
UNION
European Regional
Development Fund
Cities’ Expectations for ENTER.HUB and next steps
City CITIES’ EXPECTATIONS NEXT STEPS
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ENTER.HUB is an essential opportunity to coordinate the needs,
wishes and criteria of the range of social agents affected, led by
Girona City Council. The local Action Plan should be a framework
document for defining actions as a result of high-speed rail and, and
has to be placed in relation to facts, challenges and initiatives by the
city and its urban area regarding the new train. Without this
reflection, there is a risk of loss of opportunities and reduced
competitiveness in comparison with other structuring metropolitan
areas (Barcelona, Montpellier).
ENTER.HUB offers the possibility to join a network of towns and
cities with high-speed rail in order to share and assess criteria linked
to this, and gain the perspective of different situations, which will
strengthen the local action
To open debate on the strategic expectations of the arrival of high
speed in Girona with social consensus. ENTER.HUB, project of the
city and for the city
Knowing and setting new standards of intermodality for the city and
urban area.
Knowing promotion policies around the AV that have been used in
European cities, to raise them locally.
The urban area of Girona is one of the most dynamic regions of the
country and with higher expectations.
City:
Non available urban soil = external growth = increasing mobility
Hub intermodal central (AV, bus) = reinforcement of the centrality =
congested road system
Girona, + reference for the rest of the urban system. Growth
opportunities at the suburban residential growth and industrialservices
= + mobility
Girona, fundamental corridor for the country > España > UE
Highway & Railway conventional AV , freight + airport
Lack of organization structure of the urban area in all directions and
especially intermodal transport.
Girona, between Barcelona i Costa Brava
BCN : 7.161.600 travelers
Costa Brava: 3.034.800 travelers
Girona: 161.800 travelers
Shortly competitive internationally. The complementary relationship
with the metropolitan area of Barcelona may be the key (labor
market, residential and tourism).
ENTER.HUB Baseline study 2012.10.31