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Karl-Heinz Posch:

Mobility guidebook for new city development in Vienna

Senior Consultant FGM-AMORwww.fgm.at

Coordinator MAXwww.max-success.eu

Coordinator EPOMMwww.epomm.org

Research and consultancy, 60 employees, based in Graz, AustriaAMOR has participated in over 70 EU-projects with over 400 partners all over EuropeExtensive consultancy for cities

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From Aspern Airfield to"aspern, die Seestadt Wiens"

aspern, Vienna's lake city

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A few data on aspern Seestadt• 20.000 inhabitants

• 25.000 jobs

• Development time: 2009 – 2025

• Masterplan approved by Vienna city government in 2006

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Railway to Bratislava

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The tasks of FGM-AMOR• Mobility guidebook (Handbuch) containing:

Influencing modal splitParking concepts supporting sustainable mobilitySupporting public transportCyclingShared spaceSpecial mobility needs

• Series of 5 workshops with urban planners, traffic planners, city representants, specialists from various fields (e.g. law, gender, retail, cycling, railway)

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• Connecting

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• Parking

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Mobility Fund

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Innovative Transport Systems

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On foot

Bike

Public Transport

Car

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Distance to city centre: 14 km!

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Paid parking

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Where to put the parking garages

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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

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Wohnen, gefördert

>> Calculation model savings by less parking D1-D9

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30%

> 1052 minimum parking space obligation

> Costs: 17.884.000

>> Calculation model savings by less parking D1-D9

30%

30% less parking spaces

30%30%

> 316 parking spaces less

> Savings: 5.365.200

> 30% of savings into mobility fund

> 1.609.560 for sustainable alternatives

Mobility fundPark garage costs

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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

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Communication and Mobility Management

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

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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?

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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

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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

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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)

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Outlook

• Guidebook finalised January 2009• Financial economic crisis• No "big attractor" yet

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Thank you! Muchas Gracias!