Abstract
Summary. This paper provides an overview on the ACROSSEE project (funded by the ERDF under the SEE program), its objectives, general methodology, and the main results. Moreover, the main survey results are presented as they relate to the Romanian road and rail border-crossing points (BCPs) with the Eastern neighbourly country, Moldavia. Results include the actual status of the road BCP, surveys on exiting and entering traffic flows, answers to specific questionnaires of the truck and car drivers in relation with origin-destination of the trips, average waiting time in queue and time required for procedures and controls. Discussion on the mathematical modelling is presented and a provisional simulation model is developed, using ARENA software. The early results are used in order to introduce the need for future assessment of the transit time in a road BCP, with the main purpose: the substantiation of the strategic and operational actions for improvements in trade and transport crossings of the EU borders, considering the need for more vigilant and less time-consuming checks at the outside borders of the EU.
Highlights
TEMPS DE TRANSIT À TRAVERS LES POINTS DE PASSAGE FRONTALIERS: L'ÉTUDE DE CAS POUR LA LIAISON ROUTIÈRE ENTRE ROUMANIE ET MOLDAVIE
During the last EU programming period 2007-2013, there were several programs aiming at the EU regional development policy implementation as the South East Europe (SEE) Transnational Cooperation Programme, in which the third Priority was dedicated to the Improvement of Accessibility
The ACROSSEE project “Accessibility improved at border CROSsings for the integration of South East Europe” has been developed under the mentioned priority and was carried out between 2012 and 2014; its large SEE consortium was led by the Central European Initiative, from Trieste, Italy
Summary
During the last EU programming period 2007-2013, there were several programs aiming at the EU regional development policy implementation as the South East Europe (SEE) Transnational Cooperation Programme, in which the third Priority was dedicated to the Improvement of Accessibility. The main added values of the project are related to: 1- the analysis and reporting of the assessment of available infrastructure capacity—rail and road—with a focus on bottlenecks, and geographical presentation of bottlenecks: identification of the main international routes for goods circulation; assessment of how present supply meets demand; identification of where and how substantial improvements in transport can be obtained through better services before relevant infrastructure improvements—through short-term policies; 2- an analysis of the market potentials and trends in relation with the Trans-European Transport Networks revised policy and the overall European Neighbourhood Policy, namely, the priority (core and comprehensive) networks, their extensions, and the trade flows having origin and destination from or to the neighbouring countries and regions (Moldavia, Ukraine, the former Yugoslavia countries and Turkey). The road BCP is equipped with six lanes at the entrance and seven at the exit serving different types of vehicles Their utilisation is separated for EU and non-EU vehicles, and one line for each direction is restricted for priority movements, for example, for diplomatic purposes. The delays at BCPs have a negative influence on the efficiency of trade and transport in the EU and regions with external territory, and even more, it might impede on the external strategic policy
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