ACCESSIBILITY/URBAN

CONNECTIVITY IN
BALTIC SEA REGION
BVV15
Ina Ludriksone
Oleg Andreev
Rita Puria

Introduction

11 countries in Baltic Sea Region

80 cities with > 100 000 inhabitants selected for monitoring accessibility trends

Accessibility Potential by Air

* Locational advantage of a
city or region
* No new signicifant airport
hub

Accessibility Potential by Air

The biggest airports from sample
cities where we can see trend that
all of them have developed during
nine year period by increasing
numbers of served passengers.

Accessibility Potential by Road

The countries in the Baltic Sea
Region have high-capacity road
infrastructure, such as motorways,
permitting connections among the
main metropolitan areas.
Reliable public transport makes
the cities work. A reliable and
extensive public transport network
not only makes things work, but
increases the quality of life in the
cities.
In all cities, public transport is well
developed and well organised.
Buses, trams, subways and
commuter trains serve passengers

Accessibility Potential by Rail

This indicator is defined as the
number of people that can be
reached by train, where the
activeness of destinations is defined
by their population size.
Rail Baltica connects Baltic
countries with central and western
Europe.
Fast and modern trains serve both
passengers and cargo and there is an
ongoing heavy investment in rail
systems, which is steadily improving
cross-border infrastructure and
facilities
Rail system is improving thus
recently launched high-speed Allegro

Multi-modal Accessibility Potential

Multimodal accessibility
potential is defined as the number
of people that can be reached by
all modes (road, rail, flight).
Where the attractivity of
destinations is defined by their
population size, subject to the
travel time to reach them. The
individual car, train and plane
travel times are summed up as
logsum, to derive the overall
multimodal accessibility potential.

Maritime routes and ship traffic in the

Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is one of the maritime
areas with the densest traffic in the
world.
Both the number and the size of ships
have been growing.
There are many short-haul, crossborder ferry connections that allow the
mobility of persons and the integration
of regional workforce markets.
Ferry connections are also used by
trucks to transport goods across borders.
Maritime transportation is well
developed for longer journeys, essential

Properties of maritime traffic by ship

type

Cargo Vessels
Tankers

Passenger
Vessels
Other

Border Crossings

The number of vehicles passing the border as a function of the average

annual daily traffic (AADT) approach the border control point

The average truck waiting times for border control procedures,

differentiated by direction

Border Crossings

Average truck waiting times at

borders

Internet Access

The number of households with internet access in percent of the total

number of households

Internet users per 100 people

Country

Internet users per

Internet users per

100 people in 2005

100 people in 2014

Changes, %

Belarus

14.0

59.0

76.3%

Denmark

82.7

96.0

13.9%

Estonia

61.5

84.2

27.0%

Finland

74.5

92.4

19.4%

Germany

68.7

86.2

20.3%

Latvia

46.0

75.8

39.3%

Lithuania

36.2

72.1

49.8%

Norway

82.0

96.3

14.8%

Poland

38.8

66.6

41.7%

Russia

15.2

70.5

78.4%

Sweden

84.4

92.5

8.8%

Households with access to internet

Conclusions

The Baltic Sea Region is a economic hub which is well internationally

connected with the whole European continent, connected to various
airports and many airlines serving destinations in Europe as well as key
destinations in North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East

The region as a whole has a modern and technologically advanced air,

sea, road and rail transport system

Based on our analysis, we can conclude that it is a world class economic

zone, that will bring profit to any entrepreneur as the area comprises all
the key of success elements of a specific investment

Conclusions

Out of 80 sample cities, there are 56 city with airport in it, but 24 of sample
cities have no airport. In existing airports there are rapid development from
year 2005 until year 2014

Internet access in regions gives high level of importance in the future for
increasing people knowledge, time saving and international market
opportunities

Opened borders speed up work for the logistics environment by saving time
and giving opportunity to earn more money for each region faster. Its a
positive movement for financial process

Biggest changes in accessibility have occurred in Scandinavian part of BSR

during 2001 till 2014

ACCESSIBILITY/URBAN
CONNECTIVITY IN
BALTIC SEA REGION
BVV15
Ina Ludriksone
Oleg Andreev
Rita Puria