loGISTIK Eicient Passenger Service Internationales Verkehrswesen (64) 4 | 2012 20 UEFA Euro 2012 - Challenges for Poland Poland and Ukraine have decided to undertake the organisation of UEFA Euro 2012 European Football Championship. This mega event in June and July 2012 has appeared to determine the pace and the shape of the development of the Polish logistics system. What kind of actions need to be taken to guarantee eicient passenger service? D ue to its geographic location, Poland plays an important role in the exchange of goods between East and West. In recent years, the number of investments in the linear and nodal infrastructure has thus been on the increase, focusing on improvements in the movement of freight and people. There are many examples of these activities, such as developing a network of roads and motorways, investments in four major Polish Fig. 1: New railway station in Poznan Source: Marcin Hajdul seaports (Gdańsk, Gdynia, Szczecin, Swinoujscie), creation of a dense network of container terminals (currently 33) and the expansion of Polish airports. Average daily traic in Poland However, an analysis of statistics from 2010 shows that average daily traic (ADT) on the motorways was 23,285- vehicles, which was more than double the ADT taking the national road network as a whole. The ADT of vehicles on the national road network of all the provinces amounted to 9,888, which was 22 % up on 2005. It is worth making the point that an analysis of the ADT on national roads in each region shows that the situation is much worse in places. Many of the existing roads are operating at their maximum capacity. In the Silesian region, ADT on international roads amounted to 35,699- vehicles in 2010. Very high traic has also been recorded in Małopolska (20,536- ve- The author: Marcin Hajdul Internationales Verkehrswesen (64) 4 | 2012 21 hicles/ day), Mazovia (20,006- vehicles/ day), Pomeranian (18,539- vehicles/ day) and Wielkopolska (16,835-vehicles/ day). The most congested sections of national roads, on which the ADT in 2010 exceeded 60,000-vehicles, were: • road S86, section between Sosnowiec and Katowice, ADT = 104,339-vehicles, • 4 motorway, Katowice, ADT = 75,020-vehicles, • road no. 5, section between Wrocław and Bielany Wrocławskie, ADT = 62,187-vehicles, and • road no. 7, section between Raszyn and Janki, ADT = 61,240-vehicles. An analysis of these statistics shows the sheer size and seriousness of the challenge facing the managers who have to deal with the development and maintenance of the linear and nodal logistics infrastructure in Poland. However, in recent years yet another reason (in addition to geographical location) has appeared to determine the pace and the shape of the development of the Polish logistics system, namely the UEFA Euro 2012 European Football Championship. Poland and Ukraine have jointly undertaken to organise this mega event in June and July 2012. Taking that strategic decision has resulted in global changes to the Polish transport system. It has not only become important to ensure the capacity of existing and new roads, railway lines and airports, but it has also became necessary to develop and implement a comprehensive plan making it possible to coordinate logistics services for football fans and also for goods related to the event. Thanks to the existing logistics infrastructure, the delivery of goods has been efective, fast and eicient for several years now. Passenger services during UeFA euro 2012 However, the main challenge remains passenger services. Good roads and railway lines are not enough to handle the UEFA Euro 2012 fans eiciently. It is estimated that the number of visitors to Poland in June 2012 will exceed one million. So, in preparation for handling such large events, national communication scenarios have been developed. They include diferent variants of visitor movements during the championships. Moreover, a detailed plan has been drawn up of investments needing to be inalised before UEFA Euro 2012. The so-called master plan deines 219 investment projects, of which 83 are key and important projects worth a total of PLN 96- billion (approx. EUR- 22- M.). One example of these investments is the expansion of existing railway stations or the construction of completely new ones (such as in Poznan, Figure 1). Another important point is the expansion of existing airport terminals in all the cities (Gdańsk, Poznań, Warsaw and Wrocław) where the matches are to be held (Figure 2). Finally, a network of motorways has been developing. Assuming that the planned investments are completed on time, there still remains the issue of efective and eicient traic management during such a large event. This has led to the development of a so-called “mobility concept” for transport services for fans. The mobility concept is the idea of providing fans with transport services and is an indispensible part of the efective organisation of UEFA Euro 2012. This concept is crucial both at national level (transferring fans from city to city and additionally, in the case of EURO 2012, in providing connections between Poland and Ukraine) and at the level of particular host cities (airport - railway station - stadium - fan zone - city centre). The aim of this concept is to ensure the best possible transport service during the inal tournament of the European Football Championship. The mobility concept includes creating models of expected routes of fan movements, models of fan behaviour at and beyond the stadium, indicating the best transport itineraries and preparing transport scenarios for diferent means of transport. Mobility-concept plans include transport schemes, for instance from the airport to the stadium. The plans involve detailed information, such as suggestions for closing sections of roads or lanes to traic and drawing up rules for pedestrian traic. At national level, the main task is to coordinate road and rail transport, to prepare suggestions for minimising traic bottlenecks, and to adapt train timetables. The organisers of UEFA Euro 2008, Austria and Switzerland, faced a similar problem, and reacted by creating the so-called Fig. 2: New part of Poznan-Lawica Airport Source: Marcin Hajdul Internationales Verkehrswesen (64) 4 | 2012 22 NEU! 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