Pooontly, tno Now York Timos ratod Pottordam as ono o tno top 10

oitios in tno world to visit in 2014.

Wny? Tno bottor quostion is wny not?
Pottordam is a uniquo blond o nistory, aronitooturo, inrastruoturo
and innovation virtually unmatonod in Europo. Wnon Transot
Solutions no, a Nortn Amorioan transportation onginooring
sotwaro oompany was looking or a Europoan oity to oall nomo in
2001, CEO Milton Carrasoo was initially looking towards London
or Amstordam as oitios witn a big population and ostablisnod
toonnology podigroo. Howovor, Transot's hrst Europoan Gonoral
Managor livod in tno Pottordam suburb o Capollo aan don Jssol
and strossod tno bonohts o tno up-and-ooming oity. Today,
Transot's Europoan noadquartors aro looatod |ust sooonds rom
tno mignty Maas Pivor, rignt in tno oity oontor.
t's a good plaoo to bo witn all tno dovolopmont tnat is taking plaoo
in Pottordam. Ono o tno now landmarks is Pottordam's Contral
Station, a transportation noxus wnion now rivals Paddington
Station in London or Garo do Nord in Paris or any o tno loading
oitios in tno world. Witn all tno oommoroo ooming into tno oity via
tno massivo snipping industry, it stands to roason tnat upgrading
tno transportation notwork to onoourago travol and tourism was
top-o-mind or plannors at tno City o Pottordam.
Tno original Contral Station was known as tno Ooltsono Poort and
Maas station. t was a koy link in tno Notnorlands rail systom until
it was dostroyod in tno Pottordam Blitz o May 1940. As tno now
Contral Station took snapo, tno old station wnion sorvod Pottordam
sinoo tno lato 1950s was domolisnod. Wnilo somo woro sad to
soo an old building oomo down, many moro woro ploasod to soo
tno now Contral Station adding boauty to tno skylino. Ono notablo
Outon oitizon wno is vory intorostod in tno boautiul now station
is King Willom-Aloxandor, wno will ohoially opon tno building on
Maron 13, 2014. Onoo tno pro|oot is oomplotod, tno station will
aooommodato 110,000 passongors por day and by 2025 tno
oapaoity will riso to 323,000 passongors por day. (Souroo: www.
rottordam.nl/rottordamoontraal)
Tno now station was yoars in tno making and tno planning and
dosign pnasos o tno pro|oot roally aoooloratod wnon tno City
o Pottordam puronasod a 10-soat lioonso o AutoTUPN or
dotormining wnoro tno bus loop oould go and now tno station
would intograto into tno Europoan rail systom.
Tno Pottordam Contral pro|oot nas boon |ointly aoilitatod by tno
Munioipality o Pottordam, ProPail, tno Ministry o nrastruoturo
and Environmont, tno Outon Pailways and Pottordam City Pogion.
By Chris Johns, Transoft Solutions
The World is Coming to Rotterdam
Adding AutoTURNs technology to the bus
loop design creates a Central Station ft for a King
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During the process, we changed
the platform design and we checked
with AutoTURN all the time to see if
the changes were possible.
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Tno dosign onallongos o tno torminal woro oomplox, duo to tno
limitod spaoo availablo in tno Conradstraat (Conrad Stroot). t is
a narrow stroot surroundod by buildings, and it was important to
onook tnat tno nign boarding ourb around tno platorm oouldn't bo
run ovor by tno busos' ront ovornang during a turning movomont.
Tno plannors at tno City o Pottordam usod AutoTUPN rom tno
boginning and know tno typos o voniolos tnat woro oxpootod
to uso tno now bus torminal and addod tnoir dimonsions to tno
AutoTUPN voniolo library. Busos witn longtns o 12 motors and
18 motors woro part o tno looal hoot, passongor voniolos and
sovoral typos o truoks woro all ovaluatod in tno dosign pnaso o
tno pro|oot.
"Wo startod using AutoTUPN ator tno hrst oonoopt study to onook
i it was possiblo to mako tno bus station ht in tno availablo spaoo,"
said Edolonboson. "Witn tno nolp o tno sotwaro, all ontranoo
and oxit anglos and tno roquirod lano widtns woro onookod. Tno
dimonsions o tno Pottordam Transit Corporation (PET) oity busos
doviato rom tno standard bus in AutoTUPN. Tno sotwaro allowod
us to manually oustomizo tnoso busos."
Tno rolationsnip botwoon tno City o Pottordam and Transot
Solutions goos baok ovor a dooado. Botn tno oompany and tno
oity navo transormod tnomsolvos in tno past ton yoars; sinoo
2001, Transot nas gono global witn olionts in 120 oountrios and
Pottordam nas addod Oo Pottordam, tno Marktnal, tno Contral
Station and many otnor uniquo struoturos to its skylino.
"Pottordam is an intorosting oity to visit and tno now Contral Station
is a striking oxamplo o tno daring, now aronitooturo pooplo aro
talking about," said Yoriok Koovon, rogional aooount managor or
Transot Europo Bv. "n an ioonio building pro|oot liko tno Contral
Station, it was important or Marous and nis toam to navo an
aoourato pioturo o tno voniolo turning movomonts or maximum
saoty and ohoionoy. Wo'ro ploasod tnat our sotwaro playod an
important rolo in tnis oontorpiooo o Pottordam aronitooturo."
Passongors aro alroady on|oying tno stroamlinod travolling
oxporionoo o tno bus loop and tno ro-dosignod Contral Station.
Witn tno station dosignod to nandlo substantially moro passongors,
Pottordam will booomo a popular dostination or Europoan
travolors. you go, mako suro you stop in tno oity oontor. t's a
groat plaoo to bo.
Tno now Pottordam Contral Station is an aronitootural marvol and
an important transportation nub or tno oity. Tno City o Pottordam's
Oopartmont o Traho and Transport took an aotivo rolo in planning
tno bus torminal sootion o tno Contral Station and usod AutoTUPN
rom Transot Solutions to onsuro sao oporation and dosign. Witn
tno upgrados, Contral Station is now an intornational-oalibor train
station, witn nign-spood trains bringing passongors rom Paris on
routo to Amstordam.
AutoTUPN is tno world's loading sotwaro or voniolo swopt patn
analysis. Transportation onginoors navo roliod on it or dooados to
aoouratoly visualizo turning radii, transition ourvos, supor olovation
and latoral riotion in all typos o roadway, nignway and sito dosign
pro|oots. t was important or tno station plannors to navo tno most
aoourato data.
"Tno old bus station was originally looatod on tno main squaro
(Stationsploin) in ront o tno Contral Station," said Marous
Edolonboson, in tno City o Pottordam's Traho and Transport
dopartmont. "Part o tno pro|oot Contral Station was to oroato
an attraotivo now ontranoo o tno oity. Tnat's wny tno bus station
got a now looation on tno sido wing o tno Contral Station in tno
Conradstraat (Conrad Stroot). Tno old station did not oonorm to
tno Europoan standard or aooossibility and noodod improvomont."
Tno bus station is an intogral part o tno now Pottordam Contral
Station. For tno dosignors o tno station, tno travolor is oontral.
For Europoan travolors, a ploasant travolling onvironmont and
oasy aoooss to dioront modos o transport along witn snops
and sorvioos aro important prinoiplos. And tno now station nas
oxooodod tnoso oxpootations.
Tno bus station is looatod immodiatoly noxt to tno publio transport
torminal in Conradstraat (Conrad Stroot). Tno now bus station
is oomprisod o olovon stops or tno oity bus sorvioos and ono
stop or intornational bus sorvioos. n addition, tno bus station will
provido diroot aoooss to tno subtorranoan motro station. A sootion
o tno road is sot asido or loading/unloading and Kiss & Pido
passongors.
"Wo basod tno dotails rom tno vory boginning on AutoTUPN,"
said Edolonboson. "Ouring tno proooss, wo onangod tno platorm
dosign and wo onookod witn AutoTUPN all tno timo to soo i tno
onangos woro possiblo."
Tno City o Pottordam plannors usod a oustomizod bus rom tno AutoTUPN
voniolo library to tost tno turning radius at tno Contral Station bus loop.
Tno now Contral Station, oponing in Maron 2014, matonos tno aronitooturo
o tno surrounding buildings in downtown Pottordam.