City of Graz Gentle Mobiliy & Space for People. Gerhard Ablasser

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1 City of Graz Gentle Mobiliy & Space for People Gerhard Ablasser

2 Content of the presentation facts & figures / impressions traffic facts traffic historic background / Space for People public transport / Styrian Transport Association / P&R parking policy & Environmental Parking bicycle measures promotion Soft Mobility new livestyle Stand: April 2004

3 Graz - focal point at the heart of Europe Stand: April 2004

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

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7 Graz some facts inhabitants employees companies daily commuters 4 universities with students surface of 127 km²

8 Traffic facts Road network ~ km Motorways ~ 55 km Priority streets (50 km/h) ~ 194 km Non priority streets (30 km/h) ~ 800 km Public Transport ~ 294 km Tram (8 Lines) ~ 49 km Bus (37 Lines) ~ 343 km Bicycle Network ~ 123 km

9 Weganteile in % Modal Split mode choice PT 19,9 / car-driver 35,7 / 9,5 / bike 16,1 / walking 18,8 (mobility survey 2008) PT 100% 90% 80% 18,1% 17,6% 17,9% 18,2% 19,3% 19,9% 8,8% 8,2% 8,7% 8,7% 9,1% 9,5% car as passenger 70% 60% 50% 33,8% 37,2% 37,3% 37,5% 38,2% 35,7% car as driver 40% 30% 8,3% 11,7% 12,5% 14,2% 14,1% 16,1% by bike 20% 10% 0% 31,0% 25,3% 23,6% 21,3% 19,3% 18,8% on foot

10 historic traffic specials Gentle Mobility an idea becomes a philosophy becomes a 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

11 Important Gentle Mobility Projects - Space for People Platz für Menschen

12 Economic upturn status symbol Car Space for Cars

13 Space for cars

14 Space for People

15 Space for People

16 Space for People

17 Space for People

18 Space for People

19 Space for People redesign and recreation of a street by citizens partizipation

20 Space for People

21 Space for People

22 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 8 tramlines und 37 buslines linelength of tramnetwork 49 km linelength of busnetwork 343 km

23 Important Gentle Mobility Projects Better Public Transport - Low floor buses and trams - Bus tangentiallines - Ecological buses / Biodiesel - Better interchange facilities

24 GRAZ PT passenger information

25 Better public transport - Extension of 3 tramlines Stand: April 2004

26 since March 1997 in the whole country of Styria

27 Styrian Traffic Association / Geography / services km 2 association area 1,2 million inhabitants 535 municipalities 63 transport companies 500 lines stops connections/working day

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29 Bus Bahn Bim information With you enter at home! Put in your start- and final destination address / the Door to door information der 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. The Door-to-door Information

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31 Integrated Traffic Management System Online Traffic monitoring Traffic informations on the radio Police commander desk Traffic radio informations Information of traffic user Internet Mobil telephone Integration into navigation system (next step)

32 Further Gentle Mobility Projects Blue Parking Zones Velo-City Since 1997 chargeable short term (since 1988) parking zones Private Controlling since 1991/ 2008 Since April 2004 Eco-Parking ca. 116 km bicycle lanes 1. Austrain Mobility Centre since 1997

33 Blue Zone Parking / Green Zone Parking Extention of blue parking zones from 8500 to cars cars

34 Eco - Parking Petrol vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140g CO2 / km Diesel vehicles: Euro IV Norm <130gCO2/km +Particulate filter Gas vehicles: Euro IV Norm <140gCO2 / km

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

36 Velo City - Graz Underpass Keplerstraße Underpass GKB

37 Go Pedelec EU Project to promote the use of Pedelecs / Testtrack and information

38 Bicycle Storage 1.Austrian Bicycle Station

39 Road marking & traffic signs

40 Main Railwaystation_ new bicycle storage

41 Main Railwaystation new connection

42 CIVITAS _ European support for Cities

43 Promotion Soft Mobility

44 Space for People

45 Platz für Menschen Thank you for your attention and welcome in GRAZ

46 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 F Mail : gerhard.ablasser@stadt.graz.at