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Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Achieving Better Quality of Life in European Cities

This presentation discusses parking policies as a tool to foster sustainable urban mobility, with a focus on Sofia. It explores the goals, implementation, and impact of short-term parking zones, as well as other initiatives such as park & ride, incentives for public transport, and development of cycling infrastructure.

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Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: Achieving Better Quality of Life in European Cities

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  1. SUSTAINABLE URBAN MOBILITY PLANNING: A TOOL FOR ACHIEVING BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE IN EUROPEAN CITIES Sofia, 21 October 2014 Parking policies as a tool to foster sustainable urban mobility Metodi Avramov Sofia Urban Mobility Centre

  2. SOFIA Area – 1 311 sq.km. Population – 1 300 000 inhabitants Length of the public transport network – 1 589 km Number of public transport vehicles – 839 Number of public transport lines – 117 surface lines and 2 metro lines Public transport services (2013) – 60 mil vehicle km Number of public transport trips for 2013 – 483 mil.

  3. Short–term parking zones in the city centre and Park & Ride

  4. Short–term paid parking zones “BLUE ZONE“ - 5 000 parking spaces Maximum duration of time for parking – up to 2 hours. Price - 2 BGN per hour. Mon-Fr: 08.00 - 19.00 h. Sat: 08.00 - 14.00 h. “GREEN ZONE“ - 11 600 parking spaces Maximum duration of time for parking – up to 4 hours. Price - 1 BGN per hour. Mon-Fr: 08.00 - 19.00 h. Goals: - Reducing the traffic - Improvement of the parking organisation 2 765 116 vehicles passed through the “Blue zone” for the period 01.09.2014 – 13.09.2014 (85 % of the vehicles used the main roads within the “Blue zone”)

  5. Situation before introducing the short-term parking zones Numerous violations ...

  6. … and after

  7. Payment for the short-term parking zones • With ticket purchased: • by ticket inspector; • in SUMC ticket offices and kiosks; • in stores. • SMS to number 1302 for Blue Zone; • SMS to number 1303 for Green Zone; • Parking pay stations; • With vignette sticker – for residents within the paid parking zones; • With preferential pass – for people with disabilities. Electric vehicles can park in short-term parking zones for free.

  8. Parking pay stations

  9. Electronic Information Boards – real time information for available parking places

  10. Real time information for available parking places at www.sofiatraffic.bg

  11. 3000 parking lots park & ride at metro stations Incentives in favour of public transport: – Free parking with monthly public transport pass – Discounts with metro single ticket and daily pass

  12. Prices for Park & Ride with and without purchase of public transport travel document

  13. Metro Line 1 - 20,2 km with 16 stations Line 2 - 10,8 km with 11 stations In April 2015 two new sections with a total length of 10 km and 7 stations will be put in operation, including the connection to Sofia Airport.

  14. Renewal of the public transport fleet Implementation of activities for improvement of air quality by purchase and delivery of: - 20 low-floor trams - 126 low-floor CNG buses - 10 new metro trains Sofia Integrated Urban Transport Project: - Delivery of 50 articulated low-floor trolleybuses

  15. Electric bus – pilot project

  16. The bus uses ultra capacitor – charging faster than usual batteries. The charging takes about 7 minutes, which is enough for a 30 km run. Max.speed - 80 km/h. Capacity - 90 passengers (32 seats). The bus operates on trolleybus line 11. Charging at the final stops on the route.

  17. Public transport vehicles priority Intelligent Traffic Management system at 20 major intersections in Sofia • Scope: • ITS equipment for 20 intersections • ITS equipment in 750 vehicles • Construction works at 7 intersections

  18. REAL-TIME PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFORMATION

  19. Real-time information for passengers More than 700 electronic information boards at public transport stops • type of vehicle (bus, trolleybus or tram) and line number; • actual time of arrival at the stop; • current time; • final stop of the line.

  20. Real time information available at:- www.sofiatraffic.bg- mobile version of the website - m.sofiatraffic.bg - search by route - search by station - map search Information if the vehicle is accessible

  21. Schedules and routes Detailed information about schedules and routes of all lines.

  22. Transport infrastructure

  23. Development of cycling infrastructure in Sofia

  24. 35 km cycling network • Transit routes • Feeding routes • Routes for recreation and leisure • 1% active cyclists • Planned length of cycling network until the end of 2015 is 66 km.

  25. Strategic Framework for Cycling Master Plan for Traffic Organization of Sofia Municipality Programme for development of cycling in Sofia Development Plan for Cycling in Sofia Establishment of working groups with participation of NGOs

  26. Thank you for the attention! Metodi Avramov SOFIA URBAN MOBILITY CENTRE e-mail: mavramov@sofiatraffic.bg

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