CS 2004 "Basel-Stadt 2: Railway stations' dynamics and urban development"

The ETH-NSSI case study 2004 dealt with possible future states of three railway-stations in Basel (SBB, SNCF, Badischer Bahnhof) and their surroundings. Which constellations will lead to an increase in public traffic in the trinational agglomeration Basel, and to an advance in living quality in the city of Basel?

Characteristics

• Case: Area of 12.36 km², 166,286 inhabitants (2003), 155,000 employees
  
• Co-operation: Canton Basel-Stadt, Building and Planning, Public Transport Basel-Stadt, SBB - Swiss Railway Company, DB - German Railways, SNCF - French Railways
  
• Duration: Preparation from Spring 2003 to October 2004, Student's work from October 2004 to February 2005, Book Production from  February to October 2005
  

People

• Headship: Prof. Dr Roland W. Scholz (ETH), Michael Stauffacher (ETH), Dr Maria Lezzi (Case)
  
• Administration: Sandro Bösch (ETH), German Hug (Case)
  
• Tutors: Dieter Kaufmann (ETH), Pius Krütli (ETH), Sabine Perch-Nielsen ETH), Franziska Ritter (ETH), Patrick Weibel (ETH)
  
• Steering Board: Prof. Dr Roland W. Scholz (Head, ETH Zurich), Dr Maria Lezzi (Head, Building Department Basel-Stadt BS), Andreas Brenner (Police Department BS), Prof. Dr Paul Burger (MGU University Basel), Jürg Degen (Building Department BS), Dr Michael Fahlbusch (Public Transport BS), Marc Flückiger (Administration of justice BS), Wolfgang Hildebrand (DB Deutsche Bahn AG), German Hug (Pivot), Dr Madelaine Imhof (Statistics BS), Lothar Jägle (DB Deutsche Bahn AG), Jürgen Lange (DB Deutsche Bahn AG), Ivo Lenherr (SBB AG), Martin Lüchinger (Environment and Energy BS), Andrea Müller (Department of Education BS), Hans R. Pierrehumbert (SBB AG), Isabelle Rihm (Building Department BS), Johannes Schaub (SBB AG), Michael Stauffacher (ETH Zurich), René Ueltschi (Economy Department BS)
  
• Students: 50 ETH Students

Products

Case Study Book

• Scholz, R.W., Stauffacher, M., Bösch, S. & Krütli, P. (Eds.) (2005). Nachhaltige Bahnhofs- und Stadtentwicklung in der trinationalen Agglomeration: Bahnhöfe in der Stadt Basel. ETH-UNS Fallstudie 2004. Rüegger Verlag, Zürich. ISBN 3-7253-0831-4. DownloadDownload (PDF, 25 MB)vertical_align_bottom

Research Papers

• Reusser, D.E., Loukopoulos, P., Stauffacher, M. & Scholz, R.W. (2008). Classifying railway stations for sustainable transitions – balancing node and place functions. Journal of Transport Geography, 16(3), 191-202.
• Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D.J., Scholz, R.W. (2011) Classifying railway stations for strategic transport and land use planning: context matters! Journal of Transport Geography 19:670–679 doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.08.008
• Zemp, S., Stauffacher, M., Lang, D.J., Scholz, R.W. (2011) Generic functions of railway stations – A conceptual basis for the development of common system understanding and assessment criteria. Transport Policy 18:446–455 doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.09.007