Gentle Mobility & Main Station Local Transport Hub

City of Graz / AustriaGerhard Ablasser, Stadtbaudirektion, Unit EU Programs und International Cooperation

CIVITAS CIVINET Study tour Graz 2014

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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 und Toledo / URBACT Partners4action: Brüssel, Kopenhagen, Gera, Chemnitz, Liverpool, Nottingham, Lille, Nicosia, Riga, Amsterdam, Porto und Budapest / URBACT citiz@move: Charleroi Sambreville La Louviere Brüssel Aarhus Aalborg Gera London Valencienne Athen Cosenza Misterbianco Turin Siracusa Derry Sevilla Toledo Valencia 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 / IMITS: Burgas Volos Modena Ancona Oradea Miskolc / Act4PPP: Berlin Erfurt Rostock Schwerin Frankfurt Venedig Asti Sopotu Poznaň Bedzin Bratislava Ljubljana Ostrava / URBAN plus: Graz und 16 Umlandgemeinden / City Network Graz Maribor: Maribor

Slide titleGraz:

• European Sustainable City Award 1996

• UNESCO World Heritage 1999

• Cultural Capital City of Europe 2003 & CIVITAS Forum

• Osmose Award Toulouse 2006

• CIVITAS City of the Year 2008 …and ongoing with a lot of innovative projects

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265.000 inhabitants

183.000 employees

10.692 companies

136.000 daily commuters

4 universities with 40.000 students

surface of 127 km²

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Platz für Menschen Projekt / Space for People„Karmeliterplatz“ CIVITAS trendsetter

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Platz für Menschen Projekt / Space for People„Karmeliterplatz“ CIVITAS trendsetter

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Platz für Menschen Projekt / Space for People „Freiheitsplatz“ CIVITAS trendsetter

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Space for People– Extension of Pedestrian Areas

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Public transport

98,2 Mio. Passengers ( Tram 52,3 Mio )

3,2 Mio. km Tram- und

8,2 Mio. km Bus per year

70 Trams und 134 Busses

8 Tramlines und 37 Buslines

Line lenght Tram Network 49 kmLine lenght Bus Network 343 km

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Projects „Gentle Mobility“

Improvement in Public Transport- Lowfloor busses und trams- Tangential bus lines- better interchanges- PT priority on junctions- Biodieselbusses

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Passengerinformationsystem CIVITAS trendsetter Project

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Better Public Transport - Extension of 3 Tramlinies

Stand: April 2004

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Mobilitäty Center – Mobil Zentral / CIVITAS trendsetter

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Mobility Center - Mobil Zentral / CIVITAS trendsetter

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„Environmental Parking“ / CIVITAS trendsetter

Petrol PKW: Euro IV Norm <140g CO2 / km

Diesel PKW : Euro IV Norm <130gCO2/km + Partikelfilter

Gas PKW : Euro IV Norm <140gCO2 / km

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P+R / B+R Areas - Graz

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Bicycle Underpass „Keplerstraße“ CIVITAS trendsetter

Unterführung GKB

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Promotion Soft Mobility

CIVITAS International / Study Visits / WS

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New Pilot Project:Priority for Pedestrians and Cyclists

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New ways of organizing streets and public space

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Promotion of Bicycle use

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Promotion Soft Mobility

GRAZ New „feeling“ in the City

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Graz moves

GRAZ Promotion of Gentle Mobility / Pictures from CIVITAS Catalist WS Graz 2012 / Presentation Vice Mayor Lisa Rücker

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Space for Peoble / New lifestyle in the City

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there is a live after CIVITAS / new trams and new technical equipment

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Province of Styria – Investment in Commuter train System

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Investment in PT Projects – „Nahverkehrsdrehscheibe Hauptbahnhof“ – Central Railway

Station

NvdGrazSchnittXvid - Verknüpfung.lnk

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Inter Modes Brussels 06. Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de/Arch.Zechner&Zechner

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Inter Modes Brussels 06.Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de / Arch.Zechner&Zechner

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Inter Modes Brussels 06.Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de/ Arch.Zechner&Zechner

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Inter Modes Brussels 06.Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de/ Arch.Zechner&Zechner

Event : Open eyes-open mind-open space

Projects and Study visit Graz

Date : 12. March 2014

Location : Graz Town Hall

Language : Englisch

Organisation : City of Graz / Gerhard Ablasser

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Platz für MenschenThank you for your attention

and welcome in GRAZ

gerhard.ablasser@stadt.graz.at

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Gerhard Ablasser City of Graz

The Executive Office for Urban Planning, Development and ConstructionEuropean Programmes and International Cooperation Unit

Europaplatz 20 / A 8020 Graz / Austria T ++43 316 872 3580 F ++43 316 872 3589 gerhard.ablasser@stadt.graz.at