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Our interest in PIMMS is in…
• Exchange of experiences in a European dimension
• Best practices to learn and to show
• Cooperation, to develop common strategies
• Tradition of Graz,
to continue with European cities and European projects
1. Main characteristics of the city/region
• Capital City of the Province Styria
• Second largest city in Austria
with a population of 230.000 ( and 30.000 students)
• Area: 127,6 km² of which 40% is green space
• 4 universities and 2 universities of applied science
• Public transport:
6 tram lines = 44km (30 low-floor trams) and 37 bus lines = 250km ( bio diesel
bus fleet – powered by waste cooking oil)
• 330.000 people use public transport daily
• Public transport association: 1 ticket for the whole Province
of Styria
2. Main transport issues
• The reduction of private/individual traffic - 110.000 cars daily
• Bad accessibility
with public transport (early morning and late at night) from suburban.
3. Mobility management domains of special interest
| WHAT OTHERS MIGHT WANT TO LEARN FROM US
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| CLEAN VEHICLES
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All buses go by biodiesel (made of used cooking oil)
A taxi fleet – biodiesel and CNG
Reduced
parking fee for low polluting cars ( - 30%) |
| INDIVIDUALISED TRAVEL MARKETING
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Campaigns to promote public transport and reduce
air pollution |
| MOBILITY & EDUCATION
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Mobility Management for companies and schools; bicycle training for
children in real traffic.
Mobility
Centre |
| POLICY & INTEGRATION
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Cooperation with Pecs,
Praque, Lille, Stockholm (EU Project Civitas/Trendsetter)
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| ROAD PRICING
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Not in the city area, but on motorways (
electronical for lorries and vignette for cars) |
| ROAD SAFETY
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Graz was the first city of introducing a speed limit 30/50kph all over the
city (1992), 30kph (18.75mph) in all side-streets and in front of schools, nurseries,
hospitals.
110 km bicycle - routes |
| TRAVEL AWARENESS
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Speed limit 30/50kph
Speed indicators for 130 positions
Car free day
Bicycle training for
children |
| TRAVEL PLANS
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Mobility
Center – offers information on
all public transport European rail service (tickets, reservations, timetables),
“busbahnbim” – on the internet, Bicycle route map also in digital version. |
| WHAT WE WANT TO LEARN FROM OTHERS
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| CLEAN VEHICLES
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Best practice
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| INDIVIDUALISED TRAVEL MARKETING
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Campaigns to promote public transport |
| MOBILITY & EDUCATION
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Best practice in mobility management |
| POLICY & INTEGRATION
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Increased cooperation and coordination with the region.
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| ROAD PRICING
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Not sure, that it is really wanted in the city
centre, but in discussion at the moment. |
| ROAD SAFETY
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Some good practises
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| TRAVEL AWARENESS
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Experiences on how to
convince commuters to change from the
car to public transports and soft modes. |
| TRAVEL PLANS
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More efficient mobility
management. |
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