{"id":1185,"date":"2020-07-15T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.balticloop.eu\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2020-09-22T17:25:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T17:25:54","slug":"field-surveys-of-transport-bottlenecks-in-transport-corridors-tackling-of-bottlenecks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.balticloop.eu\/index.php\/2020\/07\/15\/field-surveys-of-transport-bottlenecks-in-transport-corridors-tackling-of-bottlenecks\/","title":{"rendered":"Field surveys of transport bottlenecks in transport corridors: tackling of bottlenecks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bottlenecks\nin the northern transport corridor (E-18; form Turku\/Naantali to Vaalimaa,\nRussian border) have been identified through surveys, workshops and interviews.\nThe purpose was to observe the obstacles and nodes of the transport and to find\nout what time it takes in the transport corridors of the Baltic Loop project.\nUnfortunately, Covid19 messed up the plans and observation will continue in the\nautumn 2020 .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Satama Paimio\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sUKKDu46EIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Field survey started with pilot route to observe (<em>see video<\/em>) the old route from the port of Turku to Paimio (Satama-Tukholmankatu-Ratapihankatu-highway 1-Paimio). This route is forbidden to heavy trucks by the Turku City Council order. Anyway, the idea was to test the research methods and at the same time compare the \u201cold route\u201d with the current situation in which the heavy traffic from Turku port is forced to use Turku Ring Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Preliminary results of test driving<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The result of this preliminary test drive was quite clear; the old route (now forbidden of city council)&nbsp;from\/to Turku port can be even 15-20 minutes faster than the new one demonstrated by the test drive. So far, the results are only tentative. It will need some more testing. It can be assumed that in capital areas (Ring Road III) where numerous terminals are located similar delays originated from compulsory route choice set by civil servants will exist. Our coming test driving throughout the road corridors will reveal the hindrances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.balticloop.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turku-to-Vaalimaa-VIA-Helsinki-E-18_limited-1024x616.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.balticloop.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turku-to-Vaalimaa-VIA-Helsinki-E-18_limited-980x590.png 980w, https:\/\/www.balticloop.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Turku-to-Vaalimaa-VIA-Helsinki-E-18_limited-480x289.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Baltic Loop field surveys and observations along the gateways <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nimplementers of the field survey are the Bachelor students of Turku University\nof Applied Sciences and the students of the Turku Vocational Institute in the field\nof transport. The aim is to verify the bottlenecks along the identified by\nsurveys, workshops and interviews. The route was driven with a loaded\nsemi-trailer driven by a driver student and a graph and observations documented\nby an engineering student. In addition to the description, information on the\nspeed of transport was collected with GPS equipment that recorded both location\nand time. By analyzing the data, it is possible to present suggestions to the street\nplanners and operators to streamline traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Later in\nthe autumn, observations will be made on the Naantali-\u00d6rebro, Naantali-Russian\nborder, Tallinn-Riga and Riga-Ventspils routes as well (Middle and South\ngatewys) . In Finland and Sweden, freight traffic is studied, and in the Baltic\ncountries, passenger traffic on both rail and road is studied too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Results of field work<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining data form 1) field surveys, 2) questionnaire and 3) stakeholder interviews and meetings (ports, civil servants, truck companies etc,) we can collect and analyze the most important hindrances and bottlenecks and finally present development suggestions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Photo by\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/@quintingellar?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Quintin Gellar<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0from\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/white-volvo-semi-truck-on-side-of-road-2199293\/?utm_content=attributionCopyText&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=pexels\">Pexels<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bottlenecks in the northern transport corridor (E-18; form Turku\/Naantali to Vaalimaa, Russian border) have been identified through surveys, workshops and interviews. 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