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Max Mobiel - Sustainable Commuter Solutions

Max Mobiel is a non-profit organization that offers various sustainable commuter services in Gent. From shuttle services to distant industrial sites, bicycle rentals, bicycle delivery, and more, Max Mobiel aims to promote sustainable mobility and improve the quality of life in the city.

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Max Mobiel - Sustainable Commuter Solutions

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  1. CLOSER TO WORK

  2. Max Mobiel - biography • Started as a part of a project “Sustainable commutertraffic in Gent” • Initiative of the City Department of Economy • Non-profit organisation (vzw) founded in november 2007 with the support of the Flemish Gouvernment “Pendelfonds” – “Commuting fund” • Integrated long term project • Social economy

  3. Max Mobiel is active as 1. Shuttleservice severalbuslines to distantindustrial sites:Gent - St.Pieters <> Drongen Gent - Dampoort <> Zeehaven-Oost (Skaldenpark) Gent - St.Pieters <>Zelzate (Arcelor) Gent - St.Pieters <>Zwijnaarde (Technologiepark) New lines + Coördination of the new shuttle service project in the Harbour of Antwerp 2. Fietspunt(Bicycle Point) Gent Sint-Pieters and Gent-Dampoort Cooperationwith the NMBS (Railway Company) Maintenance and supervision of bicycle parkings Bicyclerenting SmallBicyclerepairforcommuters

  4. 3. Bicyclerenting(short and long term) Commuters Tourists – NMBS daytrips Companies – groups 4. Bicycledelivery service 5. Civitas partner Gent is the leading City in the “ELAN” project. Promoting and improvingsustainablemobility and quality of life in cities.

  5. 1. Shuttle service Max Mobiel shuttle at the 2 trainstations in Gent

  6. How does the shuttle service work ? • Costumer (commuter or company) reservates a busride on the website • The bus/taxi company checks online how many vehicels are needed • The employees are dropped of at the gate of their companies • After their workingday or –night they are picked up at the same place at the time given in their reservation

  7. Customers Interimsector: 85 % Regular employees: 13 % Other: peopleapplyingfor a job – trainees 2 % Rates 3,5 euro (excl. BTW) for a ride back and forth 120% deductable on revenu-tax for employing companies

  8. 2. Bicycle Point

  9. Bicycle Points GentSint-Pieters/Dampoort • Maintenance, clearing and cleaning, supervision of bicycle parkings around the train stations • Removing abandoned bicycles • Small bicycle repair for commuters • Bicycle registration as anti-theft measure Subcontracting for NMBS

  10. 3. Bicycle renting • Makescommutingeasier (optimising the modal split) • Advantages: efficiënt, fast, fun, lesstraffic jams, less CO2, lessnoise, no parking difficulties, goodforone’shealth, … • All bicyclecommuters are welcomforsmallreparations in the workshop of Max Mobiel • Short term rent (day basis) orforgroupactivities • Renting to companieson a long term basis - Enhancesmobility to and within the company • Touristsvisiting the city or the surroundings of Gent

  11. Rates Bicycle renting • Modern city bike type • Renting rates incl. BTW: ½ day 7,00 euro 1 day 9,00 euro 1 week 20,00 euro 1 month 25,00 euro 1 year 195,00 euro • Maintenance of the bicycle and surveyed parking place are included in the renting prices

  12. 4. Bicycle delivery service fast – reliable –sustainable Mailbox serviceDaily emptying of mailboxes on fixed times Separate rideA one-time ride on call at any time of the day Scheduled rides According to a prefixed timeschedule Grafic materiaalPrint material Judicial documents for courts, lawyers, notariesTicketsMedical photographsLunchesMail Packages Keys .… NIEUW PROJECT What do we deliver for you?

  13. Our costumers Docters Architects Companies Notaries Other delivery services City Departments Lawyers Private persons Courts Pharmacies Communication companies

  14. 5. CIVITAS ELAN • European project in cooperationwith the city council of Gent and otherlocal partners in the field of mobility • Gent is leading city in a group of fiveEuropeanCities • Term 2008-2012 • 26 measuresonsustainablemobility and lifequalityfor Gent • Max Mobiel is responsablefor 5 measures • Emphasison: Innovatifprojects – Citizens engagement Exchange between partner cities

  15. CIVITAS • Vehicelfor mobile bicyclerepaironsustainablefuel (hybidre: petrol /CNG)

  16. CIVITAS • House of the Bicyclecentralisedinformation- and service point for all bicyclerelatedmatters at the back entrance of the renewed trainstation Gent Sint-Pieters.

  17. CIVITAS 3. Public Bike System feasibilitystudyon public bicyclesfor short distances in the city – alternatives ? low rates

  18. CIVITAS 4. Bicycleboxes P+R parkings offer commuters the possibility to swap theircaror public transport for a bicycle (P+B)

  19. CIVITAS 5. Neighbourhoodbicyclesheds A solutionfordenslypopulatedneighbourhoodswithsmallhousing and lacking private parking spacesforbicycles.

  20. Financial • Flemish Gouvernment – “Commutingfund” (50%) • Own revenues & subsidised (50%) • Companies (shuttle & bike) • Private clients (bike rental) • Local authorities (infrastructural support) • Other incomes: - Bicycle Points: NMBS assignment - Bicycle repair shop

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