A Success Tale from Bergen

Why Light rail

• Rush hour queues om main

roads

• Reduced navigability

• Public transportation (buses)

regularity difficulties

• Land scarcity in city center

• Pollution and health problem

as a consequence

City modernization

• City development ENGINE

• Developers have been eager to

invest

– Housing

– Business

– Public sector

Development in public transport

Public transport

Private cars to city center

Population growth

Key drivers for change

1. Light Rail

2. Increased bus service

offer

3. Increased tolling fees for

city car toll

Business development • More than 50% of all work

places in Bergen are within

the Light Rail neighborhood

after phase two

• Phase three will open

summer 2016

• More than 60% of all work

places will be within the Light

Rail neighborhood after

phase three

• More than 1/3 of those

working here will live within

the Light Rail neighborhood

How business environment are involved

Business development plans by the tram line

Modern atrs

Attract investments

experiences

• Use considerable time to

plan the stations

– Pedestrians

– Housing

– Business

– Car parking

• Cluster logic for business

environment

Regional financial consequences

• Investments have reached approximately 14 times the investment of the light rail itself

• It is expected this will reach 20 times in the years to come

Lessons learned

1. Public transportation has

increased in volume and

market share

2. The Light Rail is the key driver

3. The Light Rail effect is larger

than a modernized bus service

and increased city car toll

4. The Light Rail has contributed

significantly in city

development based on public

transportation