Mobility Guidebook for Vienna: Sustainable City Development

1. Karl-Heinz Posch:Mobility guidebook for new city development in Vienna Senior Consultant FGM-AMORwww.fgm.at Research and consultancy, 60 employees, based in Graz, AustriaAMOR has participated in over 70 EU-projects with over 400 partners all over Europe Extensive consultancy for cities Coordinator MAXwww.max-success.eu Coordinator EPOMMwww.epomm.org

2. From Aspern Airfield to"aspern, die Seestadt Wiens"aspern, Vienna's lake city

5. A few data on aspern Seestadt • 20.000 inhabitants • 25.000 jobs • Development time: 2009 – 2025 • Masterplan approved by Vienna city government in 2006

7. Railway to Bratislava

11. The tasks of FGM-AMOR • Mobility guidebook (Handbuch) containing: • Influencing modal split • Parking concepts supporting sustainable mobility • Supporting public transport • Cycling • Shared space • Special mobility needs • Series of 5 workshops with urban planners, traffic planners, city representants, specialists from various fields (e.g. law, gender, retail, cycling, railway)

12. Connecting

14. Parking

15. Mobility Fund

16. Innovative Transport Systems

20. On foot Bike Public Transport Car

21. Distance to city centre: 14 km!

23. Paid parking

25. Where to put the parking garages

29. Prefered: decentralised parking garages Centralised garage better to reduce car traffic, but Organisational problems with many small investors Bad symbolics: first thing to build would be a big parking garage

31. Wohnen, gefördert >> Calculation model savings by less parking D1-D9

32. >> Calculation model savings by less parking D1-D9 Park garage costs Mobility fund 30% less parking spaces 30% 30% 30% 30% > 316 parking spaces less > Savings: 5.365.200 > 30% of savings into mobility fund > 1.609.560 for sustainable alternatives > 1052 minimum parking space obligation > Costs: 17.884.000

33. Mobility fund could provide for: Mobility management measures Welcome packages for new inhabitants Cheaper public transport year tickets Mobility Centre Cheaper electric bicycles (pedelecs) Special rates for car sharing Shuttle bus before metro is in service

34. Communication and Mobility Management

35. Communication package for developers MM for companies MM for schools Info- and support package for new inhabitants Communication strategy for Wien 3420 AG

36. Developers: What's different in aspern SeestadtMaximum parking standard, Mobility fund, obligations on bicycle parking, modal split objectives, supporting offers, car reduced character of the new city How can I live without a car here, how can I sell it?Bicycle and pedestrian friendly urban design, excellent public transport, carsharing, pedelecs, citybike, information-packages, special offers for tenants, retailers, companies, quality of life as unique selling point of aspern What do I have as support?

37. Information • Internetportal • Public transport, Carsharing, Taxi, Bicycle routes • Carpooling • Delivery services, accessibility, shopping, leisure • aspern Seestadt mobility centre • Personal consultation on PT, Carsharing, Citybike, Parking, Pedelecs • All tickets, including railway

39. Monitoring and evaluation – why? To see Cost-benefit ratio To prove success to any financiers As Management Tool – to steer developments As foundation for future decisions in this field To be able to compare

40. Monitoring and evaluation • Traffic counts • Parking capacity utilisation • Carsharing, citybike usage data • Control of agreements • Modal split assessment Mobility advisory board • Citizens, interest groups, planners, politicians • Analogous to BYPAD (Bicycle Policy Audit)

41. Outlook Guidebook finalised January 2009 Financial economic crisis No "big attractor" yet

42. Thank you! Muchas Gracias!