Project title:

·         Preliminary study on the current status of intermodal nodes and their capacity to develop the TEN-T network in the Romanian part of the Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area

·         Project no. 4C from 25.01.2017

Beneficiary:

·         Ecological Initiative and Sustainable Development Group (GIEDD) Foundation

Research team:

·         Dumitru Ilie – Consortium project manager

·         Racilă Laurențiu Daniel – UCV project manager

·         Dumitru Sorin – UCV scientific manager

·         Simniceanu Loreta – UCV technical manager

·         Dumitru Nicolae – Researcher

·         Săuleanu Lucian – Researcher

·         Mănescu Leonard – Researcher

·         Benga Gabriel – Researcher

·         Oțăt Victor – Researcher

·         Roșca Adrian – Researcher

·         Crăciunoiu Nicolae – Researcher

·         Burada Cristian – Researcher

·         Pascu Cristina – Researcher

·         Bucșe Ionela – Researcher

·         Popa Gheorghe – Researcher

·         Constantinescu Augustin – Researcher

·         Buculei Mihaela – Researcher

·         Ciunel Ștefan – Researcher

·         Ploscaru Cristina – Researcher

·         Tutunea Dragoș – Researcher

·         Pană Monica – Researcher

·         Trotea Mario – Researcher

·         Oprica Theodor – Researcher

·         Dima Alexandru – Researcher

·         Oțăt Oana Victoria – Researcher

·         Scafeș Răsvan – Researcher

·         Matei Lucian – Researcher

·         Ștefănescu Cristian – Researcher

Aims and objectives and results:

            This project is found in Priority Axis 1 - A well - connected region (under which the CBC project is carried out 15.1.1.010), which has two main specific objectives, also specified in the award documentation for the procurement of services for a study entitled " Preliminary study on the current status of intermodal nodes and their capacity to develop the TEN-T network in the Romanian part of the Romania-Bulgaria cross-border area ”.

Taking into account the above and the entire strategic financing framework but also the operational objectives of the complex Intermodal CBC project, in this proposal, submitted by the University of Craiova, the following strategic objectives will be pursued:

•         Significantly improve the planning, development and coordination of cross-border transport systems in order to better connections with the TEN-T network in the CBC area;

•         Planning and adoption of strategic documents for the optimization of the transport system through optimized intermodal transport connections in the cross-border region.

            Starting from these two objectives, the results envisaged by the completion of this procurement contract will be the following:

•         A summary of economic and social activities and investments in the cross-border region in the eligible area and the development potential of these areas;

•         The situation of transport infrastructures (including for intermodal transport, and public transport for the purpose of serving major terminals in eligible areas) and their level of performance;

•         Modelling and simulation of major road traffic flows using specialized software packages, in order to identify sections and problem areas. In the same type will be identified solutions for decongestion, alternative routing, intermodal transport and solutions for connections to the TEN-T network;

•         Summary of the transport legislative framework and existing strategic documents that are closely related to this contract.