Mobility in Hasselt

Content of this presentation

• Introduction of Hasselt

• Free Public Transport

• How it started

• Results

• Remarks and challenges

• A common strategy?

Hasselt

• Flemish part of Belgium

• Capital of Limburg

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74.500 inhabitants

• 102,24 km²

• Shopping & fashion

• Free public transport

• Genever

• Pukkelpop

• …

Capital of good taste

Hasselt – Known for:

Hasselt - Infrastructure

• Highways E313 & E314

• Albertcanal

• Crossing of railroads

• Outer Ring Road (R71)

• Green Boulevard (R70)

Hasselt - Infrastructure

1990:

– Need for a third ringroad !?

– Better solution:

Smart mobility (walkability, biking, public transport)

=> Green Boulevard

Hasselt – Green boulevard

• Ancient city wall

• 19th – Boulevard

• 60’s – 2 ring structure

• Adaptation 1997 – Green Boulevard

Public transport

• Free since July 1997

• New network

• 3 main transit stations

• Accessible for the disabled

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Free Public Transport Year Users / year Times more

1996 350.000

1997 1.498.088 4,28 more

2000 3.178.548 9,08 more

2005 4.257.408 12,16 more

2008 4.516.611 12,90 more

2012 4.398.158 12,56 more

• Popularity: – 16% switched from car to bus

– 12% from bike to bus

– 9% pedestrian to bususer

• Social factor – meeting place

– elderly people

– “our bus”

– speakable

Hospital Market

Users before 26,25% 33,90%

Users after 73,75% 66,10%

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Polls Free public transport started 1 June 1997

November 1997: general bus poll

The questioned bus passengers declared the following:

• 16% had switched from the car to the bus

• 12% from the bike to the bus and

• 9% from on foot to the bus

leerlingen leerkrachten / personeel

1996- ‘97 1997 – ‘98 1996 – ‘97 1997 – ‘98

Busgebruik 9,7 % 23,3 % 3,4 % 7,2 %

Autogebruik 26,2 % 21,6 % 51,8 % 49,6 %

Fietsgebruik 38,0 % 27,5 % 31,0 % 31,0 %

Te voet 12,8 % 7,1 % 10,2 % 6,5 %

Jaar Totaal aantal vervoerde reizigers De Lijn

Vlaanderen

Aantal vervoerde reizigers De Lijn

Limburg

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ontvangsten De Lijn

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ontvangsten De Lijn

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Totaal afgelegde

km's De Lijn

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Limburg

1991 216 770 950 17 898 277 € 99 819 000 € 10 074 000 116 644 880 18 546 992

1992 217 811 450 18 022 740 € 102 589 000 € 10 349 000 119 217 226 19 404 418

1993 219 081 000 18 044 000 € 104 423 000 € 10 537 000 118 834 735 19 075 676

1994 220 645 684 16 999 000 € 107 250 130 € 10 936 000 118 135 815 19 116 434

1995 218 739 838 16 827 000 € 110 117 454 € 11 210 000 116 857 194 19 271 619

1996 214 846 501 16 630 000 € 111 377 773 € 11 312 000 117 655 258 19 008 509

1997 214 886 064 17 740 422 € 112 888 430 € 11 416 522 119 676 293 19 071 723

1998 216 428 033 18 402 886 € 114 948 645 € 11 282 932 124 737 324 19 943 976

1999 223 232 324 19 007 042 € 117 225 178 € 11 412 856 127 612 036 20 027 461

2000 240 409 886 19 989 864 € 113 143 435 € 11 042 853 130 554 452 21 003 343

2001 265 004 679 23 475 639 € 110 359 723 € 10 871 595

2002 318 000 000

2003 365 000 000

2004 413 014 716

2005 448 717 957

2006 463 100 000

2007 483 000 000

Free Public Transport

• Costs: – 1-2% of the city budget

– 75% regional government

– 25% Hasselt (= ticket price)

Year € % of total cost (=ticket price)

1997 274.379 11%

2000 782.849 23%

2006 1.026.955 25%

2012 1.750.000

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Free Public Transport

• Social Factor

• Increased welbeing

• Reduced number parkings

• More trees / greenspots

• Less roadmaintenance

• Reduced number accidents

• Reduced airpollution

• …/…

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REDUCED PARKINGS

• BEFORE 1995

• Small ring road

•Metered: 346

•Free: 186

• City centre:

•Metered: 698

• TOTAL: 1230

• AFTER 2000

• Small ring road, now

HGB:

•Metered: 197

•Free: 000

• City centre:

•Metered: 500

• TOTAL: 697

• 2008

– Small ring road, now HGB:

•Metered: 126

•Free: 000 TOTAL: 457

– City centre:

•Metered: 331

Walkability / Biking

• Car free pedestrian zone – Step by step

– Alley network

– Parkingpolicy

– Deliverie stores

– …

• Biking – Bikes alowed

– Free bicycle parkings

– Free bike rental

Deliveries possible

• Deliveries between 6 & 11h and 17.30 & 20h

• 5 delivery loops

• 53 drop off spots

• Citydepot

Future Lightrail

• Spartacus plan – De Lijn & NMBS

– Reorganize bus network

– Lightrail: 3 routes

• Hasselt-Maastricht ( – 3 stops in Hasselt

– Overpelt & Maasmechelen

Challenges

• High use of private motorised transport – Car possession (91,1%)

– 2,8 transfers/day (31,6 km)

• Improve the use of public transport

• Cost/Benefit

Share ideas

• Idea lanched by Aubagne and Etoile: group cities focusing on Free Public Transport

• Use existing experiences, skills and networks as for example Eurotowns.

Mobility in Hasselt