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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

Max Mobiel is active as1. Shuttleservice several buslines to distant industrial 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

Cooperation with the NMBS (Railway Company)• Maintenance and supervision of bicycle parkings• Bicycle renting• Small Bicycle repair for commuters

3. Bicycle renting (short and long term)CommutersTourists – NMBS daytripsCompanies – groups

4. Bicycle delivery service

5. Civitas partnerGent is the leading City in the “ELAN” project.Promoting and improving sustainable mobilityand quality of life in cities.

Max Mobiel shuttle at the 2 trainstations in Gent

1. Shuttle service

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

CustomersInterimsector: 85 %

Regular employees: 13 %

Other: people applying for a job – trainees 2 %

Rates

3,5 euro (excl. BTW) for a ride back and forth

120% deductable on revenu-tax for employing companies

2. Bicycle Point

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

3. Bicycle renting

• Makes commuting easier (optimising the modal split)• Advantages: efficiënt, fast, fun, less traffic jams, less

CO2, less noise, no parking difficulties, good for one’s health, …

• All bicycle commuters are welcom for small reparations in the workshop of Max Mobiel

• Short term rent (day basis) or for group activities• Renting to companies on a long term basis -

Enhances mobility to and within the company• Tourists visiting the city or the surroundings of Gent

Rates Bicycle renting

• Modern city bike type

• Renting rates incl. BTW:

½ day 7,00 euro1 day 9,00 euro1 week 20,00 euro1 month 25,00 euro1 year 195,00 euro

• Maintenance of the bicycle and surveyed parking place are included in the renting prices

Mailbox serviceDaily emptying of mailboxes on fixed times

Separate rideA one-time ride on call at any time of the day

Scheduled ridesAccording to a prefixed timeschedule

Grafic materiaalPrint materialJudicial documents for courts, lawyers, notariesTicketsMedical photographsLunchesMailPackagesKeys.…

What do we deliver for you?

4. Bicycle delivery service

fast – reliable –sustainable

NIEUW PROJECT

Our costumers

Courts

Lawyers

NotariesCompanies

Docters

Pharmacies

Private persons

Architects

Communication companies

Other delivery services City Departments

5. CIVITAS ELAN

• European project in cooperation with the city council of Gent and other local partners in the field of mobility

• Gent is leading city in a group of five European Cities• Term 2008-2012• 26 measures on sustainable mobility and life quality

for Gent• Max Mobiel is responsable for 5 measures• Emphasis on: Innovatif projects – Citizens engagement

Exchange between partner cities

CIVITAS

1. Vehicel for mobile bicycle repair on sustainable fuel (hybidre: petrol /CNG)

CIVITAS

2. House of the Bicycle centralised information- and service point for all bicycle related matters at the back entrance of the renewed trainstation Gent Sint-Pieters.

CIVITAS

3. Public Bike System feasibility study on public bicycles for short distances in the city – alternatives ?

low rates

CIVITAS

4. Bicycle boxesP+R parkings offer commuters the possibility to swap their car or public transport for a bicycle (P+B)

CIVITAS

5. Neighbourhood bicycle sheds A solution for densly populated neighbourhoods with small housing and lacking private parking spaces for bicycles.

Financial

1) Flemish Gouvernment – “Commutingfund” (50%) 2) Own revenues & subsidised (50%)• Companies (shuttle & bike)• Private clients (bike rental)• Local authorities (infrastructural support)• Other incomes:

- Bicycle Points: NMBS assignment - Bicycle repair shop