Gentle Mobility & Main Station Local Transport Hub
City of Graz / Austria Gerhard Ablasser, Stadtbaudirektion, Unit EU Programs und International Cooperation
CIVITAS CIVINET Study tour Graz 2014
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URBAN I: Wien / URBAN II: Wien / UPP elmas: Gran Canaria Vila do Conde Leon, Granada Bilbao Bordeaux Besancon Turin Neapel Mailand Brindisi Alexandropolis West-Athen Brüssel Dublin Leicester Huddersfield (Kirklees) Randers Utrecht Bremerhaven Friedrichshain (Berlin) Dortmund Leipzig / CIVITAS trendsetter: Stockholm Lille Prag Pecs / Guidemaps: Madrid Ille-de-France Cologne Brighton Surrey Essex Bochum Saarbrücken Erfurt Prag Brno Lundby Gävle Maribor Panorama / Tecnoman: Wien Thessaloniki Kalkidiki Pieria ChemnitzZickau Pilzen Ostrava Wroklow Belgrad / URB-AL Cultura: Buenos Aires Gent Criciúma Erechim Vitoria Santiago-La Pintana Cuenca Bilbao Valladolid / PIMMS: Frankfurt Serres Bromley Treviso Almada Stockholm Terrassa URBACT Chorus: Anderlecht, Bastia, Volos, Cosenza, Foggia, Napoli, Siracusa, Belfast, Krakau, Vila do Conde, Girona, Ourense und Toledo / URBACT Partners4action: Brüssel, Kopenhagen, Gera, Chemnitz, Liverpool, Nottingham, Lille, Nicosia, Riga, Amsterdam, Porto und Budapest / URBACT citiz@move: Charleroi Sambreville La Louviere Brüssel Aarhus Aalborg Gera London Valencienne Athen Cosenza Misterbianco Turin Siracusa Derry Sevilla Toledo Valencia Pecs / HistUrban: Kaufbeuren Regensburg Wismar Faenza Teramo Verona Salzburg Sanok Sopot Arad Oradea Pilzen / ASTUTE: London Dublin Siracusa Granada Budapest / SUGRE: Sofia Bremen Berlin Heidelberg Berkshire Lyon Thessaloniki Reykjavik Rom Turin Rotterdam Warszawa Almada Oeiras Bukarest Stockholm Bratislava Ljubljana Celje Madrid Budapest / Transpower: Görlitz Magnesia Halandri L'Aquila Skopje Groningen Sibiu Timisioara Niš CIVITAS Catalist: Brüssel Berlin Bremen Köln Bristol Nantes Toulouse Genua Rom Kaunas Rotterdam Krakau Bukarest Göteborg Stockholm Szentendre / URBACT II CityRegion.Net: München Châlons-en-Champagne Trikala Arezzo Częstochowa Kielce Oradea Zürich / URBACT II HerO: Regensburg
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• European Sustainable City Award 1996 • UNESCO World Heritage 1999 • Cultural Capital City of Europe 2003 & CIVITAS Forum • Osmose Award Toulouse 2006 • CIVITAS City of the Year 2008 …and ongoing with a lot of innovative projects
Graz – some facts
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265.000 inhabitants 183.000 employees 10.692 companies 136.000 daily commuters 4 universities with 40.000 students surface of 127 km²
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Platz für Menschen Projekt / Space for People „Karmeliterplatz“ CIVITAS trendsetter
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Platz für Menschen Projekt / Space for People „Karmeliterplatz“ CIVITAS trendsetter
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Platz für Menschen Projekt / Space for People „Freiheitsplatz“ CIVITAS trendsetter
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Space for People– Extension of Pedestrian Areas
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Public transport
98,2 Mio. Passengers ( Tram 52,3 Mio ) 3,2 Mio. km Tram- und 8,2 Mio. km Bus per year 70 Trams und 134 Busses 8 Tramlines und 37 Buslines Line lenght Tram Network 49 km Line lenght Bus Network 343 km
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Projects „Gentle Mobility“ Improvement in Public Transport - Lowfloor busses und trams - Tangential bus lines - better interchanges - PT priority on junctions - Biodieselbusses
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Passengerinformationsystem CIVITAS trendsetter Project
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Better Public Transport - Extension of 3 Tramlinies
Stand: April 2004
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Mobilitäty Center – Mobil Zentral / CIVITAS trendsetter
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Mobility Center - Mobil Zentral / CIVITAS trendsetter
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„Environmental Parking“ / CIVITAS trendsetter Petrol PKW: Euro IV Norm
