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CONFÉRENCE BENELUXLE RÉSEAU FERROVIAIRE INTRA-EUROPÉEN : LA MOBILTÉ À LUXEMBOURG
Bruxelles, 25 novembre 2019
Claudine Lorang, membre du CA
Conseil national pour un développement durable
Conseil supérieur pour un développement durable
■ 15 personalities from the various sectors of Luxembourg society selected in reference to their knowledge, competence and commitment in society
■ not members as representatives of an organization or association, but as a private person
■ nominated by the government
■ missions defined by the law of 25 June 2004 on coordination of national politics for sustainable development
■ www.csdd.lu
Governance for sustainabledevelopment in Luxembourg
Dynamic
demographic
development
Pressures on the
environment
Pronounced
dependence of
the economy on a
sector of activity
Diversity of the
resident and
active population
4 challenges for sustainable development
Securing
sustainable
finances
10 priority areas for action
As result of the work by CIDD and the stakeholder co-working process
Ensure
conditions for a
healthy
population
Diversifying and
securing an
inclusive and
forward-looking
economy
Protecting the
climate, adapting
to climate change
and ensuring
sustainable energy
Ensure
sustainable
mobility
Contribute at
global level to
poverty eradication
and policy
coherence for SD
Ensure
social
inclusion
and
education
for all
Promote
sustainable
consumption
& production
Stop the
degradation of our
environment and
respect the
capacity of natural
resources
Plan and
coordinate
land use
National Plan for Sustainable Development (draft)
■ Adopted by the
Governement in July
2019
■ Advised by the
Parliament and the
Council
■ Final adoption in
December 2019
Priority area for Action #8 : ensure sustainable mobility
■ 69% of journeys are still by car today, causing countless traffic
congestion, pollution and public health problems
■ 2nd most motorized country in the world
■ Two-thirds of Luxembourg's greenhouse gas emissions due to the
transport sector
Luxembourg characteristics and specificities
■ 614,000 residents (2019), 2’586 km2
■ strong demographic growth:
1991 - 2018 : 385k to 614k habitants : ↗ 65%
■ Diversity of the population :
– 170 different nationalities representing 48 % of the entire
population
– Jobs: Cross-border workers/workday: 197k (total jobs : 428k )
■ a dynamic and innovative economy
■ Important economic growth : GDP: 2,6 %
■ One third of forests and an agricultural tradition
Luxembourg is the world's leading economy
with regard to GDP
In Luxembourg, the
average household net-
adjusted disposable
income per capita is USD
39 264, much higher than
the OECD average of
USD 33 604 a year.
The second highest
per capita gross
domestic product in
the world
behind Qatar.
Money, while it cannot
buy happiness, is an
important means to
achieving higher living
standards.
SD actions
Stratégie pour une mobilité durable (MoDu 2.0)
Plan national de Mobilité 2035
Objectives :
– development of public transport with a much larger modal
shares for walking and cycling
– more efficient use of existing infrastructure and vehicles
– improvement in the quality of public transport service
SD actions1. Introduction of free public transport from 1 March 2020
Today, the Grand Duchy has the highest number of passenger cars per
inhabitant in the EU. More than 60% of commuters use their cars to get
to work, compared to just 19% who use public transport.
Main drivers of the free public transport initiative (according to minister
for mobility and public works François Bausch )
"It is primarily a social measure. The objective is to stop the deepening
gap between rich and poor. For people on low wages, transport expenses
matter. Therefore it is easier to make it free for everyone.”
- cutting congestion
- improving the environment
Annual revenue from fares – 41m euros – covers less than 10% of the
network’s 491m-euro operating costs.
Bausch says that the cost of implementing free transport is “minimal”.
SD actions■ The cost of Luxembourg's free public transport plan
Introduction of free public transport from 1 March 2020 National
transport unions are opposing the plan. “Making transport free might
lead to an increase in vandalism,”
SD actions■ More than 50 different measures:
1. Elaboration of mobility concept by municipalities supported by the Government
2. Expanding the national network of bike lanes
3. the "CoPilote" app, an interactive online platform that directly aims to make it easier for Luxembourg residents and border crossers to carpool
4. the national carsharing offer in the process of diversification will benefit from a federated view of the offers to facilitate the use
5. New instruments and modes of transport in individual mobility, including electric mobility, will continue to be promoted
6. intelligent guidance of the daily flow of commuters
7. Targeted subsidies for electromobility
8. 40-year cost-benefit analysis for each major transport project
9. tram, a flagship project of sustainable mobility
SD actionsIf I used public transport every day, I’d save around
2,000 euros annually," he says. "But it takes me 1.5 to
two hours to cover the distance, with a bus or train
departing once every hour. And if I miss the late bus at
19:35, I have no alternative but to take a taxi home.
Luxembourg’s transport network really needs
improving."
Fred Tiné, a bank
worker who
commutes from
Mondorff in France
into Luxembourg
Interview by BBC
Le Plan d’action logistique et transport
OBECTIF
« DEVELOPPER ET POSITIONNER LE LUXEMBOURG COMME PLATEFORME LOGISTIQUE INTERCONTINENTALE ET MULTIMODALE EN EUROPE DANS LE DOMAINE DE LA LOGISTIQUE A VALEUR AJOUTEE »
* Source: Planco-Studie "Verkehrswirtschaftlicher und ökologischer Vergleich der Verkehrsträger Straße, Bahn und Wasserstraße"
Investments in railState investments focused on public transport infrastructure
EuroCap-Rail Project - Luxembourg-Brussels Line
• New command station equipment at Kleinbettingen
(completed 2014)
• Line re-electrification (completed 2018)
Rail Freight Corridor North Sea – Mediterranean Sea
• Adapting the line for container transport
• Dual lane for same lines
Ongoing work on the line Luxembourg - Liège
Multimodal Hub Bettembourg(Rail-Road)
■ The Grand Duchy has become an integrated platform, taking
advantage of new infrastructures in Bettembourg-Dudelange
and reliable connections throughout the region.
■ New rail/road terminal in Bettembourg on a 25-hectare area
– 300,000 TEU* capacity for container terminal + 300,000 semi-
trailers for the rail motorway
– 4 lanes for the container terminal: 4x700m
– 2 lanes for the railway motorway: 2x700 m
The new Silk Road leads to the Grand Duchy: Luxembourg will be the gateway to western and southern Europe (20.10.19)
■ For the city of Chengdu, the Grand Duchy is ideally placed to serve as a
gateway to western and southern Europe.
■ CFL Cargo (conventional rail freight) and CFL
Multimodal (containers) offer daily rail connections to the major hubs
throughout the European Union and Turkey as well as to the Baltic and
North Sea ports, making the Grand Duchy the hinterland of the ports of
Antwerp, Zeebrugge, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
Knowledge Platform for Sustainabilitywww.aktioun-nohaltegkeet.lu
CSDD and sustainablefinance
■ Report on “Sustainable, Responsible and Impact
Investing Capability of Luxembourg Banks”
■ submitted to the Government
■ exchange of views with minister for Finance in
october
■ collaboration with actors of finance center
■ Planned study on smart taxation for Luxembourg
