TRANSDOLOMITES 2010 Conference – Railways & Environment – 21 October 2010
A Conference entitled “Railways & Environment: an encounter of success” will be organized by the Transdolomites Association on Thursday 21 October 2010 at the Aula Magna of the Scuole medie in Moena.
The title aims at pointing out the increased public awareness of that cars have limits and that there is a need need for a re-qualification of the mobility system. It is now clear that a more efficient system should be able of providing road users with a wider public transport offer which would integrate the use of private cars.
Within this context, the general revaluation of the railways within the last decades, as in the cases of Trento-Malè-Marilleva and the Merano-Malles railways, has fostered the idea that the train might represent a solution to the mobility problem and it would result in an improvement of the tourist offer within the Cembra, Fiemme e Fassa Valleys. In this context, during the 2009 Transdolomites has analyzed the feasibility of a railway in the Avisio Valleys, to be linked to the national railway.
The Thursday conference aims at providing the local communities with information on how the existing railways have been optimally integrated with the environment and the landscapes. Speakers from research institutions and private sector will discuss technical solutions and criteria to be used while building a railway in order to reduce its impact on the environment and landscapes, new technologies for saving energy and for controlling the noises emissions of trains will also be presented. Improving services for the customer was recognized as a necessary step in order to have more and more people using the railways.
The programme of the Conference is available in the association website.
For further information, please send an email to the contact person Massimo Girardi (girardi.massimo@brennercom.net).
Associazione Transdolomites
Strada Ruf de Ruacia, 15
I – 38036 Pozza di Fassa (TN)
Tel. +39.0462.763247
Fax +39.0462.764780
info@transdolomites.eu
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