Le rôle des grandes infrastructures dans la structuration des espaces régionaux : le cas de l’arrivée du TGV dans le réseau métropolitain Rhin-Rhône

• Main Authors: Cyprien Richer, Pascal Bérion
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2010-09-01
• Series: Belgeo
• Subjects: metropolitan region Rhin-Rhône; high-speed rail; accessibility; mobility
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/7105

In the context of an emerging transborder metropolitan region between urban areas of France (Dijon, Besançon, Mulhouse), Switzerland (Basel, Neuchâtel) and Germany (Fribourg), this article deals with the potential territorial effects of a main infrastructure project, the Rhin-Rhône high-speed lane (TGV), currently in construction. After a reflexion on the morphology of the transport network in the intermediate spaces, we measure the prospects of mobility offered by the TGV Rhin-Rhône. This work will identify the tensions and recompositions in the role-playing of actors in this project of high-speed rail infrastructure. The issue of this paper is to analyze the opportunities and the risks resulting from the construction of the TGV network, built to answer to stakes of a higher space scale.