STRATUM presents State of the Art Mobility Model for Kosovo

Prishtina, Kosovo 01.02.2016

For the second time, STRATUM has been present on the “Austrian Kosovo Smart Infrastructure Day 2016“ which has taken place at the University for Business and Technology [UBT] in Pristina, Kosovo  and this time included very eminent speakers such as Dr. Franz Fischler, former EU commissioner and President of European Forum Alpbach.

Dr. Franz Fischler – former EU Commissioner and President of European Forum Alpbach

Besides Dr. Fischler, who has been present as official representative of European Forum Alpbach, the one-day event included the presence of:

• Mr. Ramadan Liazi, Deputy Minister for EU Integration
• Mr. Lutfi Haziri, the Major of Gjilan
• Mr. Rexhë Osmanaj, Director of Road Management Department
• Mr.  Sheremet Ahmeti, Director of Kosovo Traffic Police
• Mr. Christoph Demuth, representative from  Stratum Traffic Engineering Austria (part of STRATUM Network)

Speakers and guests at “Austrian Kosovo Smart Infrastructure Day”

The Meeting has been opened by Mr. Gunther Fehlinger, President of OeKG and Prof. Edmond Hajrizi, Rector of UBT.

Mr. Gunther Fehlinger – President of Austria Kosovo Society

Prof. Edmond Hajrizi – Rector at University for Business and Technology [UBT]

Dr. Christoph Demuth, Managing Partner of Stratum Traffic Engineering Austria (Part of STRATUM Network), presented the Austrian Model “ASFINAG”, for financing and operating Austria’s First Class Road Network, as an orientation to reorganize “Mobility” in Kosovo.

Due to the fact that Kosovo today has a population of approximately 1.8 million and a large portion of the budget is assigned for road infrastructure, it  rises  the question  how to achieve a return on investment. Therefore, a respective pricing scheme shall be invented to have road users pay for using the first class road network, whereas as an alternative modern public transport system shall be invented as well, whereas road traffic and public transport in Kosovo shall be put under one roof of future KOSOVO Transport & Mobility Holding.

Dr. Christoph Demuth – Managing Partner of Stratum Traffic Engineering Austria (Part of STRATUM Network)

Kosovo has the know-how, but luck of experience in the sphere of Intelligent Transport Systems 

As Mr. Demuth has mentioned during his presentation, the holding shall build, operate and maintain road infrastructure as well as public transport system. Kosovo, like other countries on the Western Balkan has the know-how to build roads, but there is rather not much experience regarding implementation and operation of pricing schemes for road networks, as well as Intelligent Transport Systems Applications for Public transport and Traffic Management.

Source: Stratum 2015

Local academics, authorities and foreign experts toward the development of the right Transport and Mobility  structure  

Mr. Demuth proposes to set-up a think tank together with local Academic institutions, authorities and domestic and foreign experts developing the right structure and organization for Transport and Mobility in Kosovo.

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