Transcript 1. dia - Usemobility

Grant Agreement number: 265392
Project Acronym: USEmobility
Project title: Understanding Social behaviour for Eco-friendly multimodal mobility
Funding Scheme: Coordination and Support Action (Supporting)
Project starting date: 01.01.2011
Project duration: 26 months
Deliverable D2.3.
(Selection of Regions)
Lead partner for deliverable: European Passengers’ Federation
Dissemination level: Public
Name of the document: USEmobility_Report_2.3.
Management Summary
Key Findings
Region selection
Regions or lines with a regional rail as backbone and with a recent
passenger increase are selected to investigate further upon
Implication for USEmobility
Use for
USEmobility
10 different regions are selected which will form the pool in which swing
users and their motivations will be identified
Need for
USEmobility
A first overview and characteristics of the selected regions are established to
be further analysed in order to identify factors and further on develop
scenario’s
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EXCELDATEIPFAD.xls
Overview
1. Selection process
2. List of selected regions
3. Overview of selected regions
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EXCELDATEIPFAD.xls
Selection process
Choice of regions based on different criteria influencing behavioural change towards eco-friendly
multimodal mobility in two step process
As primary criteria geographical spread and data availability was used
Criteria divided in general and specific criteria
General criteria
Regional rail
Swing users in daily travel
Mix of regions
Specific criteria
Relative passenger increase
Absolute passenger increase
Hints for successful concepts
Size of sample
Recentness of major increase
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Overview
1. Selection process
2. List of selected regions
3. Overview of selected regions
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EXCELDATEIPFAD.xls
List of selected regions
10 selected regions in the short list
Country
Type of region
State/province
Name of study area
Germany
Line
Lower Saxony
Metronom
Germany
Area
Baden-Württemberg
Breisgau S-Bahn
Germany
Area
Baden-Württemberg
Region Rhein-Neckar/ Heilbronn/Karlsruhe
Croatia
Area
Varazdin & Medjimurje
Varazdin-Medjimurje
Croatia
Area
Zagreb
Zagreb
Austria
Area
Steiermark
S-Bahn Steiermark
Austria/Germany
Area
Salzburg
S-Bahn Salzburg
Hungary
Line
Budapest & Komárom - Budapest - Esztergom
Esztergom
Belgium
Area
Brussels
Brussels capital region
Netherlands
Line
Gelderland
Valleilijn Amersfoort - Barneveld - Ede-Wageningen
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EXCELDATEIPFAD.xls
Overview
1. Selection process
2. List of selected regions
3. Overview of selected regions
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EXCELDATEIPFAD.xls
Overview of selected regions
1. Metronom Hanse Netz is the regional rail
transport between Hamburg and Bremen
and Hamburg and Uelzen in Northern
Germany
Plausible incentives for swing users
• a new timetable (travelling between
Hamburg and Bremen every 30 minutes)
• a different stopping pattern
• the average punctuality has risen up to up
to 95%
• the speed increase from 140 to 160km/h
• Capacity and comfort increase
• Commuters with a yearly ticket have the
possibility to reserve a fixed seat
(Stammplatz in German).
2. The Salzburg S-Bahn provides regional rail
services in and around Salzburg with a
cross-country co-operation Austria-Germany
Plausible incentives for swing users
• New trains with more comfort (air condition,
barrier-free, etc.)
• Extension of infrastructure with well-chosen
new stops
• Increase of frequency
• Cross-country co-operation doesn’t seem to
be a negative factor for growth
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Overview of selected regions
3. The Steiermark S-Bahn provides
regional rail services in and around
Graz, the capital city of the federal
state Steiermark in Austria
Plausible incentives for swing users
• New rolling stock with more comfort
• Increase of frequency in two steps
4. The Breisgau S-Bahn is situated around
Freiburg in the southwest of Germany. It
started in 1997 running the track between
Freiburg Main Station and Breisach and
extended services in 2002 operating also from
Freiburg Main Station to Elzach.
Plausible incentives for swing users
• ½ hour interval on weekdays, hourly interval in
the evening and on weekends
• Reliability
• Punctuality
• Customer friendly services
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Overview of selected regions
5. The Region RheinNeckar/Heilbronn/Karlsruhe is located in
the south west of Germany and contains
three transport associations: The
Verkehrsverbund Rhein Neckar (VRN), the
Heilbronner, Hohenloher, Haller Nahverkehr
(HNV) and the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund
(KVV).
6. Varaždin and Međimurje Counties are
situated in the north of Croatia. They are
surrounded with north-west Slovenia and
south-west Hungary (Zala County). . Over
the last 5 to 10 years, the VarazdinMedjimurje area is having a decline in
railway users.
Plausible incentives for swing users
• tariff integration
• Continuous expansion of the tariff system
• Customer friendly services
Plausible incentives for swing users
• no major improvement has been made to
the infrastructure
• Information systems on the railways for the
passengers do not exist
• Most of the traffic is aggregated near county
capitals during peak hours
• The buses and trains in the local
transportation system are rather old
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Overview of selected regions
7. Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia. About
20 kilometers to the west is the border with Slovenia.
The situation in the public transport has known some
ups and down in the last 20 years.
Plausible incentives for swing users
• Trains are not adapted to their role as regional or urban
trains
• no major investments in rolling stock from train and bus
operators
• information to the passengers is of a low quality
8. The Brussels capital region
consists of 19 communes with a
very high population density of 7004
inhabitants per square km. The
STIB is the main public transport
company in Brussels.
Plausible incentives for swing users
• New investments in rolling stock
• Comfort, good accessibility and
revamped layout
• Full integration between bus tram
and metro tickets
• Only partial integration with rail and
other bus operators’ tickets
• Great variety of selling points and
introduction of chip card
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Overview of selected regions
9. The Valleilijn is situated in the
province of Gelderland in the
Netherlands. In 2006 the historical
operator NS (Nederlandse
Spoorwegen) was replaced by
Connexxion.
Plausible incentives for swing users
• Extended timetable: 4 trains per hour
on a part of the line
• New investments in trains with good
accessibility
• Equipment of CCTV and stewards
for security reasons
• Some trains are accompanied by
stewards
10. Esztergom is a town north of Budapest. Many
people commute daily to Budapest for work with three
options train, bus or private car.
Plausible incentives for swing users
• 2 investment waves in rolling stock
• Considerable rise in comfort level (clean, large
windows, comfortable seats,…)
• Railway and bus line compete for passengers
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