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WP D Integrating Mobility Management and Land Use Planning. A good example of integration: Sihlcity, Zürich, Switzerland (D2a). Sihlcity: What is it?. Multifunctional development Located at the edge of the city – but also close to city centre (1.5 km) Highly accessible by all modes
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WP D Integrating Mobility Management and Land Use Planning A good example of integration: Sihlcity, Zürich, Switzerland (D2a)
Sihlcity: What is it? • Multifunctional development • Located at the edge of the city – but also close to city centre (1.5 km) • Highly accessible by all modes • Opened March 2007 • 2300 employees • 19.000 visitors/day • 850 car parking spaces
Sihlcity – as so called Heavily Frequented Site: Requirement to obtain planning permission • Financial contribution to public transport improvements • 600 bike parking spaces • Assure “recreation quality” within the area • Finance construction of access ramp to main road • Max. 850 car parking spaces • Car parking management (with charges) and limit on total car trips per year (lever for MM measures) • Home delivery service by bike • Regulated in a contract and part of the building permission
Measure: Parking concept (and trip contingent) • 850 parking spaces (50 P+R spaces included) • consequence: employees do not have parking permission! • Two CarSharing locations • Max. car trip contingent • 8‘800 trips / day (to achieve within 5 years, starting from 10‘000 trips / day) • 1‘300 trips / night • 800 trips / peak hour • Obligation to have paid parking
Parking regulation of the city of Zurich Specific trip generation per space & day (STG) • STG trip rates (space and day): • Employees: 2.5-3.5 • Residents: 2,5 • Offices (clients): 4-10-15 • Restaurant (clients): 8-10-18 • Hotel (clients): 4-5 • Stores (clients): 8-10-18-25 Number of operational days per year and use Calculation of car trip contingent No of parking spaces >>> Minimum Minimum trips per day Minimum trips per year Number of operational days Maximum trips per day No of additional parking spaces >>> Maximum Maximum trips per year
Measure: Linking to existing transport networks • Motorised transport • access via ramp to main access road • Bike • extension of bike-paths • Pedestrians & PT • expansion of train station, bus and tram stop nearby
Measure: Improved public transport services • Bus line nr. 89 • financed first two years by Sihlcity • afterwards by public transport company
Measure: Improved public transport services • Tram line nr. 5 • financed first two years by Sihlcity • afterwards by public transport company
Measure: Multimodal information www.sihlcity.ch
Measure: High recreational quality and function of the neighbourhood
Results (after 100 days / up to now) • Frequencies • 19’000 visitors per day • stable up to now • Bike home delivery service • more than 1’800 deliveries, around 20 per day • nowadays: 50 deliveries per day • Use of transport modes (clients, visitors) • 72% by bike, by public transport, on foot • 28% by car • nowadays: 30% with car, 70% with other modes
Results (after 100 days of opening / up to now) • Public transport clients: e.g. counts at tram stop (line nr. 13) • 2006: 1’350 per day • since 22.03.07: 3’100 per day • stable up to now • Car parking and car trips • not fully occupied during the week • on Saturdays full occupied • till now 360‘000 trips (= ca. 3‘600 per day / 8‘800 allowed) • stable up to now
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How to apply this in Auroville? • Any new land use should include site-based sustainable mobility planning • What sort of mobility do you want? • What sort of (parking, roads, paths, public transport) do you need for that? • How will you influence behaviour with this infrastructure? • Make the mobility plan part of the building permission process • Estimate the mobility generated by the site, set targets for it • Provide for additional organisational and informational measures • Adapt the infrastructure • Let’s go for some examples…
How to apply this in Auroville? Group work: • Please answer the following questions: • What does this mean for the place where you live? • What does this mean for the place where you work? • Any suggestions what could be improved? • Any suggestions on how to encourage more sustainable transport behaviour at your site: • Through infrastructure • Through information, organisation, communication? • 40 minutes, please take about 10 minutes per question