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Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014

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City of Graz Gentle Mobility & Space for People


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Graz: • European Sustainable City Award 1996

• UNESCO World Heritage 1999 and 2010

• Cultural Capital City of Europe 2003

• Hosting the CIVITAS Forum 2003

• Osmose Award – Biodiesel bus fleet / Toulouse 2006

• CIVITAS City of the Year 2008

• Award Parking Measures 2010

• City of Design 2011


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Graz – some facts

• 270.000 inhabitants

• 183.000 employees

• 10.692 companies

• 136.000 daily commuters

• 4 universities with 40.000

students

• surface of 127 km²


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historic“ traffic specials

Gentle Mobility – an idea

becomes a philosophy

Platz für Menschen / Space for people –

implementation and extension of pedestrian

areas in the historic city centre

30/50 speed limit – 30 km/h speed limit for

all residential areas in Graz – all over the city


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Space for People – from idea to realization


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Space for People – from vision to reality


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since March 1997 in the whole Region of Styria

Start 1994 in the area around Graz


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16.000 km2 association area

1,2 million inhabitants

535 municipalities till 2012

63 transport companies

500 lines

7.500 stops

13.500 connections/working day

Styrian Traffic Association / Geography / services


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Bus Bahn Bim information

• With www.busbahnbim.at you enter at home and plan your route !

• Put in your start- and final destination address / the Door – to door information finds :

• the right stops and the right timetable. Additionaly describes a plan

• The exact way including walking to your final address – in the whole Province of Styria – the area of the Styrian Traffic Association

• www.busbahnbim.at

• The „Door-to-door“ Information

http://www.busbahnbim.at/


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Public transport

98,2 mio. passengers ( tram 52,3 mio )

3,2 mio. km tram- and

8,2 mio. km bus-mileage

70 trams und 134 buses

6 tramlines und 37 buslines

linelength of tramnetwork 49 km

linelength of busnetwork 343 km


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Important „Gentle Mobility“ Projects

• Better Public Transport - Low floor buses and trams

- Passenger Information System

- PT priority

- Bus tangentiallines

- Ecological buses / Biodiesel

- Better interchange facilities


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CIVITAS IT Measures Graz

• Passenger Information System

• Bus / Tram Priority

• Integrated Traffic Management

• BUS – BAHN – BIM online Info

• Handy Ticket

• Handy Parking

• Handy Traffic Information


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New trams and new technical aquipment


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GRAZ PT passenger information


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Study visit in Graz / Graz Transport Company

Transport Controll Centre


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First Austrian Mobility Centre – Mobil Zentral Since 1997 - new dimension with CIVITAS trendsetter 2004


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URBAN I: Wien / URBAN II: Wien / UPP elmas: Gran Canaria Vila do Conde Leon Granada Bilbao Bordeaux Besancon Turin Neapel Mailand Brindisi Alexandropolis West-Athen Brüssel Dublin Leicester Huddersfield (Kirklees) Randers Utrecht Bremerhaven Friedrichshain (Berlin) Dortmund Leipzig / CIVITAS trendsetter: Stockholm Lille Prag Pecs / Guidemaps: Madrid Ille-de-France Cologne Brighton Surrey Essex Bochum Saarbrücken Erfurt Prag Brno Lundby Gävle Maribor Panorama / Tecnoman: Wien Thessaloniki Kalkidiki Pieria Chemnitz-Zickau Pilzen Ostrava Wroklow Belgrad / URB-AL Cultura: Buenos Aires Gent Criciúma Erechim Vitoria Santiago-La Pintana Cuenca Bilbao Valladolid / PIMMS: Frankfurt Serres Bromley Treviso Almada Stockholm Terrassa URBACT chorus: Anderlecht Bastia Volos Cosenza Foggia Napoli Siracusa Belfast Krakau Vila do Conde Girona Ourense Toledo / URBACT Partners4action: Brüssel Kopenhagen Gera Chemnitz Liverpool Nottingham Lille Nicosia Riga Amsterdam Porto Budapest / URBACT citiz@move: Charleroi Sambreville La Louviere Brüssel Aarhus Aalborg Gera London Valencia Athen Cosenza Misterbianco Turin Siracusa Derry Sevilla Toledo Pecs / HistUrban: Kaufbeuren Regensburg Wismar Faenza Teramo Verona Salzburg Sanok Sopot Arad Oradea Pilzen / ASTUTE: London Dublin Siracusa Granada Budapest / SUGRE: Sofia Bremen Berlin Heidelberg Berkshire Lyon Thessaloniki Reykjavik Rom Turin Rotterdam Warszawa Almada Oeiras Bukarest Stockholm Bratislava Ljubljana Celje Madrid Budapest / Transpower: Görlitz Magnesia Halandri L'Aquila Skopje Groningen Sibiu Timisioara Niš CIVITAS Catalist: Brüssel Berlin Bremen Köln Bristol Nantes Toulouse Genua Rom Kaunas Rotterdam Krakau Bukarest Göteborg Stockholm Szentendre / URBACT II CityRegion.Net: München Châlons-en-Champagne Trikala Arezzo Częstochowa Kielce Oradea Zürich / URBACT II HerO: Regensburg Liverpool Poitiers Neapel Vilnius Valletta Lublin Sighisoara Valencia / Act4PPP: Berlin Erfurt Rostock Schwerin Frankfurt Venedig Asti Sopot Poznaň Bedzin Bratislava Ljubljana Ostrava / URBAN plus: Graz und 16 Umlandgemeinden / City Network Graz Maribor: Maribor RM Graz-GU / GoPedelec: Naples Utrecht Stuttgart Prag / City Regions: Leipzig RM Graz-GU Breslau Prag Turin Region Sachsen Böhmen Doloslaskie / RURBANCE: Milano Lombarda Region Grenoble Rhone Alpes Zurich Veneto Piemont Munich Allgäu Turin Ljubljana


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Geidorfplatz

PT Priority Objective: Delay zero

Passage of trams and busses without

stop on traffic lights

Basis: Traffic management system

Implementation

Priorisation successful on 83 traffic

light intersections

goal is reachable by 70- 85 % of PT

vehicles


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Further „Gentle Mobility“ Projects:

Since 1997 chargeable short term

parking zones

Private Controlling since 1991/ 2008

Since April 2004 „Eco-Parking“

Extension of blue parking zones from

8.500 to 14.300

Blue Zone Parking / Green Zone Parking

7.500 cars


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Eco – Parking / no hightec system but it works

Petrol vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140g

CO2 / km

Diesel vehicles: Euro IV Norm

<130gCO2/km +Particulate filter

Gas vehicles: Euro IV Norm

<140gCO2 / km


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Better public transport - Extension of 3 tramlines

Stand: April 2004


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Province of Styria – Investment in Commuter Train Service

Start 2007


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Investment in PT Projects – ÖBB / Province of Styria / Graz

Nahverkehrsdrehscheibe Hauptbahnhof


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31,0%

8,3%

33,8%

8,8%

18,1%

25,3%

11,7%

37,2%

8,2%

17,6%

23,6%

12,5%

37,3%

8,7%

17,9%

21,3%

14,2%

37,5%

8,7%

18,2%

19,3%

14,1%

38,2%

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PT

car as

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car as driver

by bike

on foot

Modal Split –

mode choice PT 19,9 / car-driver 35,7 / 9,5 / bike 16,1 / walking 18,8 (mobility survey 2008)


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Space for People


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Platz für Menschen Thank you for your attention

[email protected]


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City of Graz The Executive Office for Urban Planning,

Development and Construction,

European Programmes and

International Cooperation Unit

Europaplatz 20 / A 8020 Graz / Austria

T ++43 316 872 3580

Mail : [email protected]

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