Reactivation of railroad lines

Buses, trains, and bicycles must form a coordinated, integrated system if they are to compete with car travel in rural areas. So far, in many regions and in most rail reactivation projects, connecting bus services have been underdeveloped because rural public transit often focuses on school transportation. Cycling, too, has room for improvement as a feeder mode to rail transit in rural regions due to shortcomings in the bicycle network and in park-and-ride facilities. Using the planned reactivation of the Malente–Lütjenburg rail line as an example, an integrated mobility concept is to be developed for the planning area through a time-coordinated, fine-mesh bus service provided by a “Landbus” system and two local bus systems, as well as the integration of the “Sprottenflotte” bike-sharing system—which already exists in the Kiel region—into the planning area, an integrated mobility concept will be developed and subsequently implemented in parallel with the phased plan for the rail reactivation.

The goal of this subproject is to identify planning and social innovations for sustainable, integrated mobility in rural areas from a spatial planning perspective and to make them available to rural regions in a form tailored to their specific needs. As part of the subproject, the initial planning situation for the case study area will be assessed, obstacles and opportunities identified, and these findings discussed with the participating local governments and other relevant stakeholders. As part of the transportation analysis, regional economic and planning fundamentals, as well as relevant everyday destinations (POIs), will be surveyed. Another part of the analysis will focus on existing and potential corporate mobility management offerings.