Centre of City Development and Mobility
The City of Aarhus
Pakhus 27
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March 5.th 2015
Peter Søndergaard
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MSc in engineering
Gl b l trends/mega
Global
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Urbanisation is about accessibility to jobs and education
jobs and education
Companies set up where there is the greatest and widest educational
opportunities and also
and also where the the
university is located, because of the need for highly skilled labor.
Sustainable (urban) development as the interaction between:
th i t
ti b t
•the environmental
•social / societal
•economic Young people largely remain in the cities when they found families. And families And
it's not only work, but urban life in general that keeps young people in big
cities when they found families.
Aarhus LRT
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DENMARKS FIRST LIGHT RAIL
DENMARKS FIRST
LIGHT RAIL
DENMARKS FIRST LIGHT RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
STAGE 1
• Integration of two local railway
lines, Odderbanen and Grenaabanen (98 km)
• 12 km new rail infrastructure
in Aarhus
51 stops – 18 new stops
18 new stops
• 51 stops • Light rail vehicles on the entire
infrastructure
• Full electrification
• FFull operation in ll
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2017
• Approx. 39,000 daily bording passengers
FREQUENCY AND OPERATION
MORE DEPARTURES – SHORTER TRAVEL TIME
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Aarhus Central Station ‐ Grenaa (68 min)
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Tranbjerg – University Hospital (30 min)
Tranbjerg Hospital (30 min)
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Hornslet – University Hospital (27 min)
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Aarhus Central Station –
University Hospital ( 17 min)
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Lisbjerg ‐ University Hospital (5 min)
TIME TABLE
2012
• Tender preparation
Tender preparation
• Act of Aarhus Light Rail
• Construction Company is founded
2013
• Civil works
• LRT System tender
2014
• Civil Works
• Contract on LRT System
2015
• Civil Work on LRT System and CMS
• Tram and Tram Train production
2016
• Test og Trial Operation
2017
Full operation
• Full operation
• Aarhus is European Capital of Culture
AARHUS
GROWTH OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR 2030 COMPARED TO THE YEAR 2008
• 375,000 inhabitants (Compared to 300 000 in 2008)
300,000 in 2008) • 230,000 jobs (Compared to 180,000 in 2008) 200,000 homes (Compared to homes (Compared to
• 200,000
150,000 in 2008) • 60,000 students (Compared to d
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40,000 in 2008)
Source: www.businessaarhus.com
The new axis of knowledge
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Foods ‐ Agro Food Park •
Center of knowledge, innovation, research, education and growth within the agricultural and food sectors. By 2020 Agro Food Park will be one of the world’s five strongest knowledge clusters within agriculture and foods. •
Health and Medtech ‐ The New University Hospital
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The New University Hospital will be one of the largest hospitals in Northern Europe, with 300,000 m2 of buildings and 9,000 employees. The completion of the hospital ‐
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almost 7 billion Danish Kroner ‐ is expected by 2019.
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IT ‐ Katrinebjerg
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Katrinebjerg is Aarhus’ IT powerhouse, home to a unique cluster of‐ and environment for IT development and innovation. Already, p
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strong cooperative ties exist between public and private research at Katrinebjerg. Aarhus University’s IT educational and research departments of Aarhus University are located here. •
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Cleantech
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ea tec ‐ Navitas
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Navitas will house energy‐related education, research, development and businesses in Aarhus. The complex will house more than 2.000 students and 300 teachers, researchers and private entrepreneurs. The vision for Navitas is to create an international icon for the development and application of sustainable energy technology
sustainable energy technology.
New towns at northern aarhus
The Lisbjerg og Nye
Lisbjerg: Dense housing and business
development up to 20.000 inhabitants
Nye: 10.000 inhabitants
Aarhus ø – the aarhus docklands
Urban development at the new habour front
‘Northern bastion’ - Navitas Park with an engineering
school
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ith 2000 students
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Augustt 2014
‘Southern bastion’ – Dokk1 – opens in 2015
Aarhus University
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30,000 students today
Extending up to 10 and 15,000 students over the
nextt 10-15
10 15 years
Extensive investment in bus priority lanes along
main corridor is converted into light rail
Aarhus university hospital
the new university opens in 2019
The expansion to one of the largest hospitals in
Scandinavia over the next 10-15 years with 9,000
employees has begun.
The new Aarhus University Hospital are planed to
open in 2019
Billede af anlægsarbejde: Letbanebro i Banegraven efter forskallingen er fjernet.
Billede af anlægsarbejde: Letbanebro ved Mindet (over Aarhus Å)
Billede af anlægsarbejde: Kombineret bro- og dæmningsanlæg mellem
Skejby Nord og Lisbjerg
TS‐CONSORTIUM
TRAM
STADLER / ANSALDO STS SUPPLY THE LRT SYSTEM
Provides trams and tram-trains:
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Variobahn – runs in Bergen and Croydon
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Tango – runs in Lyon
The trams are built in Berlin, tram-trains in Altenrhein Switzerland
Bybanen in Bergen was named ”Light Rail Project of the year
2011” by Global Light Rail Awards
TRAM TRAIN
Provides a turn key LRT system including Control and
Maintenance Center
Ansaldo STS built the Copenhagen Metro
The Copenhagen Metro was named ”The Metro
of the year” several times from 2008-2012
Next lrt stages
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PLANS FOR A LRT NETWORK
PLANS FOR A LRT
LIGHT RAIL VISION
PLANS FOR MULTIPLE LINES
The vision of Aarhus LRT is to establish af network of light rail
lines that connect the Aarhus
area with a modern an efficient transport and support urban develop‐
ment and use of public transport in the country's
second largest
metropolitan area. LRT STAGE A
LISBJERG VEST ‐ HINNERUP
• Estimated construction costs: 80 mio
EUR / 596 mio. dkr.
• 8.2 kilometer
8 2 kilometer
• 7 stops
• Frequency every 15‐
20 minut • Park & Ride near the motorway E45
LRT STAGE B
AARHUS C ‐ BRABRAND
• Estimated construction cost: 96,5 mio. EUR / 718 mio. dkr
• 7,7 kilometer
• 15‐17 stops
• Frequency every 5 minuts
• Part of af urban development
project in West End Aarhus
LRT STAGE C
AARHUS C ‐ HASSELAGER
• Estimated construction costs: 906 mio. kr. (78 mio. kr./km)
• 11,6 kilometer
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• 16 stops
• Frequency every 5 minut
• Park & Ride near
Hasselager