Single European Railway Area and the Problem of Rail Infrastructure Charges - Case Studies in V4 Countries

This paper deals with the charging system and rail infrastructure fees use in V4 countries. The goal was to find out how the charges differ in terms of the train type, weight and distance traveled on different track categories. The charging principle for minimum access packages and for the access and services supplied in service facilities was investigated. Due to different technical, technological and other conditions for the rail infrastructure capacity utilization, the modeled situation was compared to the real one. This research shows differences between individual countries, both in the charging system and in the price for the rail infrastructure use (the prices were recalculated to € and in the PPP-purchasing power parity). It is interesting that the differences are not only significant with regard to the category of track used and the train's weight (especially in the freight transport), but with regard to other factors, as well, in particular the type of train and price for the use of railway stations.

3D POINT CLOUD DATA PROCESSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION MODELS: METHODS AND FINDINGS FROM SAFEWAY PROJECT

Monitoring and digitalization are key to improve the resilience of the infrastructure network in the context of assessing its disaster management cycle. SAFEWAY is a project funded by the H2020 framework that aims to assess infrastructure resilience integrating multiscale information attending to all modes of disaster management cycle. This work presents the methodologies developed in the project for road and rail infrastructure monitoring and modelling, using remotely sensed data from Mobile Mapping Systems (MMS). First, 3D point clouds of both road and rail infrastructure are heuristically processed, obtaining geometric and semantic information from the most relevant assets, as well as the alignment, which is a key entity for generating information models. Such models are computed following the specifications of the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) 4.1 schema, considering its current limitations and future potential for linear infrastructure modelling. Finally, the information is centralized in a core software platform where a user interface has been developed to aid visualization and interpretation of the resulting data.

Repairing fractured landscapes: new connections to the Western Toronto waterfront

The project presents a new vision for the Western Toronto Waterfront. The project proposes a design to reimagine the forgotten territories in Parkdale and reconnect the historic waterfront resort community to Lake Ontario. Using tools supplied by landscape urbanism and the architectural practice of landform building, the project seeks to reimagine the territories left abandoned because of their close proximity to road and rail infrastructure.