Centre of City Development and MobilityThe City of AarhuskhPakhus 27

March 5.th 2015

Peter Søndergaardø gMSc in engineering

Gl b l t d / t dGlobal trends/mega trends

Urbanisation is about accessibility to jobs and educationjobs and education

Companies set up where there is the greatest and widest educationalopportunities and also where theopportunities and also where the university is located, because of the need for highly skilled labor.

Sustainable (urban) development th i t ti b t

Young people largely remain in the cities when they found families Andas the interaction between:

•the environmental•social / societal•economic 

cities when they found families. And it's not only work, but urban life in general that keeps young people in bigcities when they found families.

Aarhus LRT• DENMARKS FIRST LIGHT RAIL• DENMARKS FIRST LIGHT RAIL

DENMARKS FIRST LIGHT RAIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSTAGE 1

• Integration of two local railwaylines, Odderbanen and Grenaabanen (98 km)

• 12 km new rail infrastructurein Aarhus

• 51 stops – 18 new stops

• Light rail vehicles on the entireinfrastructure

51 stops  18 new stops

infrastructure

F ll ti i

• Full electrification

• Full operation in 2017

• Approx. 39,000 daily bording passengers

FREQUENCY AND OPERATIONMORE DEPARTURES – SHORTER TRAVEL TIME

• Aarhus Central Station ‐ Grenaa (68 min)

• Tranbjerg – University Hospital (30 min)• Tranbjerg  University Hospital (30 min)

• Hornslet – University Hospital (27 min)

• Aarhus Central Station –University Hospital ( 17 min)

• Lisbjerg ‐ University Hospital (5 min)

2012• Tender preparation

TIME TABLE

• Tender preparation• Act of Aarhus Light Rail• Construction Company is founded

20132013• Civil works• LRT System tender

20142014• Civil Works• Contract on LRT System

20152015• Civil Work on LRT System and CMS• Tram and Tram Train production

20162016• Test og Trial Operation

2017• Full operationFull operation• Aarhus is European Capital of Culture

AARHUSGROWTH OBJECTIVES FOR THE YEAR 2030 COMPARED TO THE YEAR 2008

• 375,000 inhabitants (Compared to 300 000 in 2008)300,000 in 2008) 

• 230,000 jobs (Compared to 180,000 in 2008) 

• 200,000 homes (Compared to200,000 homes (Compared to 150,000 in 2008) 

d ( d• 60,000 students (Compared to 40,000 in 2008)

Source: www.businessaarhus.com

The new axis of knowledge• Foods ‐ Agro Food Park • Center of knowledge, innovation, research, education and 

growth within the agricultural and food sectors. By 2020 Agro Food Park will be one of the world’s five strongest knowledge clusters within agriculture and foods. 

• Health and Medtech ‐ The New University Hospital

• The New University Hospital will be one of the largest hospitals in Northern Europe, with 300,000 m2 of buildings and 9,000 

l Th l ti f th h it l i t t femployees. The completion of the hospital ‐ an investment of almost 7 billion Danish Kroner ‐ is expected by 2019.

• IT ‐ Katrinebjerg• Katrinebjerg is Aarhus’ IT powerhouse, home to a unique cluster 

of‐ and environment for IT development and innovation. Already, p ystrong cooperative ties exist between public and private research at Katrinebjerg. 

• Aarhus University’s IT educational and research departments of Aarhus University are located here. 

• Cleantech ‐ NavitasC ea tec a tas• Navitas will house energy‐related education, research, 

development and businesses in Aarhus. The complex will house more than 2.000 students and 300 teachers, researchers and private entrepreneurs. The vision for Navitas is to create an international icon for the development and application of sustainable energy technologysustainable energy technology.

New towns at northern aarhusThe Lisbjerg og NyeThe Lisbjerg og Nye

Lisbjerg: Dense housing and business development up to 20.000 inhabitantsdevelopment up to 20.000 inhabitants

Nye: 10.000 inhabitants

Aarhus ø – the aarhus docklandsUrban development at the new habour front

‘Northern bastion’ - Navitas Park with an engineering h l ith 2000 t d t d A t 2014school with 2000 students opened August 2014

‘Southern bastion’ – Dokk1 – opens in 2015

Aarhus Universityk d l i iDenmarks second largest university

30,000 students today

Extending up to 10 and 15,000 students over the t 10 15next 10-15 years

Extensive investment in bus priority lanes along main corridor is converted into light rail

Aarhus university hospitalthe new university opens in 2019

The expansion to one of the largest hospitals in Scandinavia over the next 10-15 years with 9,000 employees has begun.employees has begun.

The new Aarhus University Hospital are planed to open in 2019

Billede af anlægsarbejde: Letbanebro i Banegraven efter forskallingen er fjernet.

Billede af anlægsarbejde: Letbanebro ved Mindet (over Aarhus Å)

Billede af anlægsarbejde: Kombineret bro- og dæmningsanlæg mellem Skejby Nord og Lisbjerg

TRAMTS‐CONSORTIUMSTADLER / ANSALDO STS SUPPLY THE LRT SYSTEM

Provides trams and tram-trains:• Variobahn runs in Bergen and Croydon• Variobahn – runs in Bergen and Croydon• Tango – runs in Lyon

The trams are built in Berlin, tram-trains in Altenrhein Switzerland

TRAM TRAIN

Bybanen in Bergen was named ”Light Rail Project of the year 2011” by Global Light Rail Awards

Provides a turn key LRT system including Control and Maintenance CenterMaintenance Center

The Copenhagen Metro was named ”The Metro

Ansaldo STS built the Copenhagen Metro

of the year” several times from 2008-2012

Next lrt stages• PLANS FOR A LRT NETWORK• PLANS FOR A LRT NETWORK

LIGHT RAIL VISIONPLANS FOR MULTIPLE LINES

The vision of Aarhus LRT is to establish af network of light raillines that connect the Aarhusarea with a modern an efficient transport and support urban develop‐ment and use of public transport in the country'ssecond largestmetropolitan area. 

LRT STAGE ALISBJERG VEST ‐ HINNERUP

• 8 2 kilometer

• Estimated construction costs: 80 mioEUR / 596 mio. dkr.

• 8.2 kilometer

• 7 stops

• Frequency every 15‐20 minut 

• Park & Ride near the motorway E45

LRT STAGE BAARHUS C ‐ BRABRAND

• Estimated construction cost: 96,5 mio. EUR / 718 mio. dkr

• 7,7 kilometer

• 15‐17 stops

• Frequency every 5 minuts

• Part of af urban developmentproject in West End Aarhus

LRT STAGE CAARHUS C ‐ HASSELAGER

• Estimated construction costs: 906 mio. kr. (78 mio. kr./km)

• 11,6 kilometer

• 16 stopsp

• Frequency every 5 minut

• Park & Ride nearHasselager