City of Graz Gentle Mobility Space for People

City of Graz Gentle Mobility & Space for People Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Space for People – from idea to realization Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Space for People – from vision to reality Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Start 1994 in the area around Graz since March 1997 in the whole Region of Styria Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Styrian Traffic Association / Geography / services 16. 000 km 2 association area 1, 2 million inhabitants 535 municipalities till 2012 63 transport companies 500 lines 7. 500 stops 13. 500 connections/working day Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

New trams and new technical aquipment Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

GRAZ PT passenger information Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Study visit in Graz / Graz Transport Controll Centre Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser Company

First Austrian Mobility Centre – Mobil Zentral Since 1997 - new dimension with CIVITAS trendsetter 2004 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Partners 4 action: 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 / Hist. Urban: 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 City. Region. Net: München Châlons-en-Champagne Trikala Arezzo Częstochowa Kielce Oradea Zürich / URBACT II Her. O: Regensburg Liverpool Poitiers Neapel Vilnius Valletta Lublin Sighisoara Valencia / Act 4 PPP: 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 / Go. Pedelec: 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 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

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 Geidorfplatz Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Further „Gentle Mobility“ Projects: Blue Zone Parking / Since 1997 chargeable short term parking zones Green Zone Parking 7. 500 cars Private Controlling since 1991/ 2008 Since April 2004 „Eco-Parking“ Extension of blue parking zones from 8. 500 to 14. 300 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Eco – Parking / no hightec system but it works Petrol vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140 g CO 2 / km Diesel vehicles: Euro IV Norm <130 g. CO 2/km +Particulate filter Gas vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140 g. CO 2 / km Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Better public transport - Extension of 3 tramlines Stand: April 2004 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Province of Styria – Investment in Commuter Train Service Start 2007 Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Investment in PT Projects – ÖBB / Province of Styria / Graz Nahverkehrsdrehscheibe Hauptbahnhof Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Modal Split – mode choice PT 19, 9 / car-driver 35, 7 / 9, 5 / bike 16, 1 / walking 18, 8 (mobility survey 2008) Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Space for People Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Platz Thank für you Menschen for your attention gerhard. ablasser@stadt. graz. at Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Gerhard Ablasser 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 : gerhard. ablasser@stadt. graz. at Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

Experience with Hybrid bus and bus priority Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser