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Urban BairamUfa – November 20, 2015

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Bordeaux tramwayService effectiveness and Urban integration,

an example that meets the needs of Ufa

eng. Paolo [email protected]

October 28, 2013 - Russian Conference on Transport Modelling 1

eng. Luca [email protected]

Urban Bairam - Ufa, November 20, 2015

Content

FOREWORD

BORDEAUX TRAMWAY

WHAT ABOUT UFA?

CONCLUSIONSSource: Yandex


Foreword

Unsustainable urban transport

FACTS EFFECTS

urban sprawl even higher demand for motorized travel

greenhouse gas emissions ill-health due to air and noise pollution.

significant economic and productivity costs for commuters and goods transporters.

In the last 50 years…

congestion

Increased use of motor vehicles


Foreword

This might happen also in Ufa!

Ufa could learn from other’s mistakes and avoid them

but…..


Bordeaux

A case study: the Bordeaux tramway, now and then


Bordeaux

BORDEAUXpopulation: (240.000) 1.116.000 w/suburbsdensity: 4.900inhab/km2

Bordeaux

Ufa

UFApopulation: 1.097.000 inhabdensity: ~1.500inhab/km2

Source: googlemaps


Bordeaux

Since 1880 Bordeaux had tramway

In the 40s , 38 tramways (200km)

Late 40s trams stopped operating

70s failure of«all car» policy

2003 new tram systemSource: googlemaps


Bordeaux

TRANSPORT NETWORK: 3 tram lines 75 bus routes 1 electric bus shuttle

Transport operation: 5am to 1 am

TRAMWAY:Line A 24.2km, 46 stationsLine B 19.5km, 37 stationsLine C 15.2km, 28 stations

Started operations in 2003


Bordeaux

The big trams dominate the urban environment of Bordeaux, also because where trams run, car traffic has been strictly limited


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Wherever the space is sufficient, the trams travel on dedicated lanes where no other traffic is allowed – often through green areas


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Wherever the space is sufficient, the trams travel on dedicated lanes, where no other traffic is allowed – the lanes are obtained by reducing the space for general traffic on the existing streets.


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The trams have 5 or 7 articulated sections and can accommodate 250 to 360 passengers each.The tram floor is at-level with the pavement of the stations, there is virtually no gap


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Ample boulevards in the periphery accommodate space for the tram lanes, as well as for general traffic. In this case, the tram tracks are on one side of the road


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Ample boulevards in the periphery accommodate space for the tram lanes, as well as for general traffic. In this case, the tram tracks are at the middle of the road


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Tram stops are ample and comfortable. They are about 50 m long so as to accommodate also the longest tram cars


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Where road space is limited, the trams share their routes with cars. Trams have always priority at intersections.


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In more dense city areas and narrow streets, the tram loses the overhead catenary electric cables and electric power is fed through a «third rail» which activates only when the tram is above it, therefore being completely safe for pedestrians


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In the streets where the tram runs, at least half of the space is reserved to the trams.


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A large interchange station, where several tram and bus lines meet.


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Bike sharing and parking for bicycles are also available at the station.


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A kiosk allows to purchase goods and to relax at a bar. The exchange station is a little marketplace


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Although there are cars in the streets, where the tram runs the public space is dominated by the trams, and by pedestrians.


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through the historical centre, where the streets are narrower, the trams run at the sides and tram stops are on the curbs. Car traffic is allowed but restricted, parking is strictly limited.


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Limiting access and parking in the centre effectively reduces traffic. The trams provide a valid alternative to the car.


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Typical of France, cyclists are allowed to travel contra-flow on one-way streets.


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Is the tram an eye-sore in an historical city? Maybe, certainly not as much as the cars that it replaces. ….and no electric wires!


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All stops are fitted with: electronic information panels that provide passage

times; maps of the entire network with connections; a map of the surrounding with indicated the distances

on foot; ticket selling machines


Bordeaux

Trams are always very busy. People of every social extraction use them. The frequency is high: about one tram every 10 minutes all day, with shorter headways during rush hour. Also the service span is long: the last tram departs at midnight on Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and at 1AM on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays


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A crossing of two tram lines in the city centre. Changing lines is always very easy, because of the layout of the interchange stations, and also because of the good information provided.


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Also the interchange between trams and buses is made easy: this is the interchange station to take the bus that leads to the airport.


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The organization of road space on a peripheral artery. From right to left: bicycle lane, pedestrians and bus stop; vehicle lane (cars, trucks, buses); tram stops; tram tracks – the layout is the same for the opposite direction.


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What about Ufa?


What about Ufa?

Many of the citizens currently use PT

Current PT service and regulation have some deep weaknesses that shall be fixed anyway

investing in public transport means doing something for the majority of citizens

investing for private transport means trigger a process that increases the traffic

Current Growth of car ownership makes this moment the “right moment”

THIS IS THE CHANCE TO SAVE 50 YEARS OF MISTAKES!!!


What about Ufa?

The same 59 km (counting twice the overlaps, 50km without overlaps) would serve just as well also Ufa.


What about Ufa?

Buffer 400m of the whole 50km (59km) system


What about Ufa?

Along Oktyabrya?

….both?

Along Komsomolskaya?


What about Ufa?

From City Centreto Cernikovka To Zelenaya Rocha

To SipailovoTo Tramvaynaya and Inors


Conclusions

Time has proven that most countries made huge mistakes in managing urban mobility during last 50 years.

“[…] This has brought congestion and health problems related to pollution to increase more and more.”

Ban Ki-moonSecretary general

United Nations

RomeParisLos Angeles


Conclusions

UFA IS AT A CROSSROAD:

learning from other cities mistakes and making the right choices now, towards a sustainable mobility

going towards decades of growing congestion, growing pollution and growing transport and production costs

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Conclusions

?Bordeaux UFAVienna

CopenhagenRavenna


Conclusions

вопросов?Questions?

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