Graz influences citizens
Cycling, car pooling, choosing public transport and leaving the car at home. Measures having to deal with behaviour and how to influence people to change habits are an important part of Trendsetter Graz, beside large scale introduction of biodiesel vehicles, improving public transport and managing traffic flows.
With 240,000 inhabitants, Graz is the second largest city in Austria. It is the capital and the cultural, economic and university centre of the Styria province. Graz has a centre with many pedestrian precincts and large cycle traffic. It was the first city in Europe to implement a speed limit of 30 km for the entire city areas (except for major roads) and the first Austrian city to open a Mobility centre.
The main problem Graz is facing is the rise of car use due to a tendency of people changing their home from the city to the city outskirts. As a consequence thereof the environmental problems are rising. IT measures will be used to make public transport more user friendly and the services more attractive.
Focus for Trendsetter Graz- 100% CO2 free bus fleet (bio-diesel, unique in Europe). Combination of collection of waste (edible oil), mobility consultancy and supporting of sustainable modes.
- At year 2005: 60% of the taxis in Graz run on locally produced bio-diesel.
- Increase in the use of Public Transport (PT) beyond the city boarders by introduction of new PT services.
- Increase of bicycle use by implementing a bicycle quality plan (bike&ride, digital bicycle map, bicycle training, reduction of barriers).
- Reduction of environmental negative effects by encouraging social and environmental friendly modes (awareness campaigns).
- Reduction of congestion hours by keep the traffic flowing and by reduction of parking search traffic (traffic management system, guidance system).
- Improved logistics in inner urban freight transport.
- Improvement of collection system for edible oil for households and restaurants.
- Implementing of quality assurance for PT and improving the linkage of PT with other modes and PT stops.
- Increase of punctuality of PT by prioritisation by using telemetric for PT;
Targets for Trendsetter GrazEnvironmental targets- Reduction of fuel consumption of 4700t per year when the measures of Trendsetter are introduced.
- Reduction of transport related CO2 emissions by 24.700t/year.
- Reduction of transport related emissions (HC 103t/y, NOx 69t/y, and particulate matters 8t/y).
- Duplication of the volume of collected edible oil in households.
Safety targets- 3% reduction of the accidents with bodily injury within Trendsetter.
- 20% increase of compliance with speed regulations.
Mobility targets- 20% increase of participation of handicapped people in public transport.
- Break the trend of decrease of public transport use from the last three years.
- Increase of bicycle traffic of about 5% within Trendsetter.
- Increase of combined modes B&R and P&R of 25%.
- Reduction of car use for the home to school traffic of 20%
Awareness targets- Increasing level of satisfaction with the quality of PT of 15% (users)
- Increasing level of satisfaction with the quality of bicycle policy of 12% (users)
- To reach a recognition rate for edible oil collection actions of 70% of the households.
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