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

Workshop & Study Visit Graz 12. March 2014 Gerhard Ablasser

City of GrazGentle Mobility & Space for People


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




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


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


Space for People – from idea to realization


Space for People – from vision to reality


since March 1997 in the whole Region of Styria

Start 1994 in the area around Graz


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


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/


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 kmlinelength of busnetwork 343 km


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


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


New trams and new technical aquipment


GRAZ PT passenger information


Study visit in Graz / Graz Transport Company Transport Controll Centre


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



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


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


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 Parking7.500 cars


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


Better public transport - Extension of 3 tramlines

Stand: April 2004


Province of Styria – Investment in Commuter Train Service

Start 2007


Investment in PT Projects – ÖBB / Province of Styria / GrazNahverkehrsdrehscheibe Hauptbahnhof


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car aspassenger

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Modal Split – mode choicePT 19,9 / car-driver 35,7 / 9,5 / bike 16,1 / walking 18,8 (mobility survey 2008)


Space for People


Space for People


Platz für MenschenThank you for your attention

[email protected]


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 / AustriaT ++43 316 872 3580

Mail : [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]



Experience with Hybrid bus and bus priority

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

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