City of Graz : Gentle mobility & Space for peopleGerhard Ablasser Workshop Krakow 21.Sept 2010 Speed reduction and less car use • Gentle Mobility – an idea becomes a philosophy

Gerhard Ablasser Workshop Krakow 21.Sept 2010

City of Graz : Gentle mobility &Space for people

Gerhard Ablasser


Content

• general overview, impressions, atmosphere

• speed reduction awareness / Car free day• parking management• strolling zones• questions, discussion


Graz - focal point at the heart of Europe

Stand: April 2004

Krakow


Graz: UNESCO World Heritage 1999European Sustainable City Award 1996Cultural Capital City of Europe 2003Winner of the Osmose Award 2006CIVITAS City of the Year 2008




Graz – some facts

• 258.000 inhabitants• 183.000 employees• 136.000 daily commuters• 4 universities with 42.000

students• surface of 127 km²


Traffic facts

Road network ~ 1056 kmMotorways ~ 55 km

Priority streets(50 km/h) ~ 243 km

Non priority streets(30 km/h) ~ 800 km

Public Transport ~ 294 km Tram (7 Lines) ~ 44 kmBus (40 Lines) ~ 250 km

Bicycle Network ~ 110 km


Situation of Graz

- Valley

- River Mur

Effects in winter

- Smog , PM 10


Speed reduction and less car use

• Gentle Mobility – an idea becomes a philosophy

• Space for people – implementation and extension of pedestrian areas in the historiccity centre

• 30/50 speed limit – 30 km/h speed limit for all residential areas in Graz – all over the city


Important „Gentle Mobility Projects - Space for PeoplePlatz für Menschen


Economic upturn – status symbol „Car“

„Space for Cars“


a new strategy in Graz_ Space for People


Space for People


Space for People


Space for People


Space for People


Space for People


Space for People


City of Graz – car free day 2007Gerhard Ablasser


Graz � car free day PICTURES




















Space for People / Strolling zones

redesign and recreation of a streetby citizens partizipation


Space for People / Strolling zone Kunsthaus / Hauptbrücke


Space for People / Strolling zoneKunsthaus / Hauptbrücke


Space for People


Space for People


Space for People / slow down and new lifestyle


Space for People




P&R and Mobility Management

• Public transport• Parking measures – Blue and Green Zones /

„Umweltparken“ – ECO parking / P&R• Mobil Central• Pedestrian and Bicycle Measures


Public transport

88,3 mio. passengers

3,2 mio. km tram- and

8,4 mio. km bus-mileage

70 trams und 133 buses

7 tramlines und 40 buslines

linelength of tramnetwork 51 kmlinelength of busnetwork 187 km


Important „Gentle Mobility“ Projects

• Better Public Transport- Low floor buses and trams- Bus tangentiallines- Ecological buses / Biodiesel- Better interchange facilities


Better public transport - Extension of 3 tramlines

Stand: April 2004


Projects – parked cars

• advancement of on-road parking-management– zones of short-term parking– chargeable on-road parking

(„Parking-zone“)• P+R areas at rail- and/or Tram-

lines– 2.100 existing parking places– 2.000 parking places in

planning stage


Blue Zones / Green ZonesSince 1997 chargeable short termparking zonesPrivate Controlling since 1991Since April 2004 „Eco-Parking“

Extention of blue parking zonesfrom 8500 to 13000 cars in last years


Eco - ParkingPetrol vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140g CO2 / km

Diesel vehicles: Euro IV Norm <130gCO2/km +Particulate filter

Gas vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140gCO2 / km


P+R / B+R places - Grazfree of charge; tram or bus to city centre


Attractive Public Transport –Next Steps (start of realization August 2010)

• Underground connection on main railwaystation– About 40.000 passengers per

day– Connections between railway,

4 tram-lines, 25 regional and urban bus-lines

– Realization from August 2010– Estimated Costs ~ € 90,0 Mio.


Velo City - Graz

Underpass„Keplerstraße“


Bicycle Storage –1.Austrian Bicycle Station


GRAZ - Innovative CitylogistikThe timelimited use of non polluting – electric vehiclesfor the carriage of goods during renewal of tramwaytracks in Herrengasse – main shopping street

Objectives

- Reduction of PM 10

- Noise reduction

- Emission reduction

- Customer friendly transport

on narrow streets



Platz für MenschenThank you for your attention

and welcome in GRAZ

[email protected]


Gerhard AblasserCity of Graz

The Executive Office for Urban Planning, Development and Constuction,

European Programmes and International Cooperation Unit

Europaplatz 20 / A 8020 Graz / AustriaT ++43 316 872 3580F ++43 316 872 3589

Mail : [email protected]

City of Graz : Gentle mobility & Space for peopleGerhard Ablasser Workshop Krakow 21.Sept 2010 Speed reduction and less car use • Gentle Mobility – an idea becomes a philosophy

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