Promoting Public and Active Transport Based Intermodal Mobility; The Adriatic - Ionian Experience

Supporting that public and active transport based solutions are the backbone of passengers' transport systems in order to achieve 'accessibility for all' and 'sustainability for the planet' goals, the current paper presents key takeaways of an extended literature review of relevant mobility policy papers and documents while further incorporating the 'voice' of involved actors and stakeholders in the case study area of Adriatic - Ionian Region (ADRION). Policy documents and good practices review along with the insights from eight nodes pilot cases (Igoumenitsa GR, Trieste and Bologna IT, Zagreb HR, Ljubljana SL, Bar ME, Durres AL and Belgrade RS), enhanced by the feedback from stakeholders resulted in the formulation of a roadmap for ADRION's intermodal passengers transport promotion. The roadmap, a prioritization of interventions based on ADRION nodes real needs and capacities, aims to provide input for structuring evidence-based action plans towards strengthening sustainable connectivity. Among the proposed interventions of the roadmap, integrated solutions (e.g. harmonized information provision), new cooperation schemes, services' optimization, harmonized procedure/management structures and funding enablers' mobilization are identified.