New Forms of Vehicle Use
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Car-pool initiatives can change commuting routines. Trendsetter has supported this and other alternatives to single car use at companies, events and schools. One city has also had a big success with new night buses and bus lines.
Many people automatically reach for their car keys when going somewhere. To affect peoples’ commuting and travelling habits, new forms of vehicle use can be introduced, like car-pooling and car-sharing.
These and other ways of transportation can be marketed systematically for employees at work places, pupils at schools and event visitors. Graz and Lille have worked with new forms of vehicle use and tried to make more people aware of them.
Car-pooling and car-sharingThe number of cars can be cut down if more people travel together in the same car, using car-pooling. Another way to bring down single car use is car-sharing, i.e. when several families or persons own a car together.
About 20 car-pooling groups have been formed at the administration of Lille Metropole after a company mobility plan was implemented. Car-sharing cars have also been introduced, but they are seldom used. Other measures within the mobility plan are company bicycles and a financial support for public transport.
Graz has tried to raise the number of passengers in private cars by establishing a fast lane into the city centre that vehicles with three or more passengers can use. The lane has not been needed yet since there is no congestion, but a new shopping centre is expected to change this. Also, about 30 car poolers now make use of a new Park&Pool facility north of the city.
Awareness risingMobility management develops strategies and actions for fulfilling transport needs for individuals, institutions and companies. This can make people aware of other transport options, but it takes long and systematic marketing work to really make people change their travelling habits.
In Graz, companies, event locations and schools have been the targets for successful mobility management. Single car use has decreased at two large companies and awareness rising activities at four different schools have also reduced car usage and made public transport more popular.
In Lille Metropole, an urban mobility plan makes it compulsory to discuss mobility and travel when exploiting and developing the cities. Within Trendsetter, a so-called “micro urban mobility plan” was set up for one of the city districts, but no measures have been put into practice yet.
Improved public alternativesGraz has introduced a night bus system on weekends, a new taxi line for disabled and elderly and two new bus lines beyond the city border. This has made public transport much more attractive and resulted in better user-friendliness. A lot of people use the new transportation options and are satisfied with the service.
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