Public Space & Sustainable Mobility Plan of Vitoria-Gasteiz · CIVITAS STUDY TOUR 19-20 June 2014,...

CIVITAS STUDY TOUR

19-20 June 2014, Vitoria-Gasteiz

New public transport network:

Public Space & Sustainable Mobility Plan of

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Population: 240,580

Population growth: 1.27%

Municipal area: 276,81 sq km

Urban area: 35 sq km (65 h/ha)

Basic Facts

BASQUE COUNTRYBASQUE COUNTRY

A city where everything is at hand, accessible on foot and by bicycle.

Basic Facts

Escuela Municipal de Música “LUIS ARAMBURU”

Year Private Public Transport Others Walking

1982 33.6% 66.4%

1996 29% 8% 7% 56.0%

2002 31% 8% 6% 55%

2006 36.6% 7.9% 5.6% 49.9%

MODAL SPLIT 2006

49,9%

36,6%

7,9%

3,3% 2,3% walking

private

public

bicycle

others

• High and increasing use of private cars: pollution, noise, congestion, accidents and loss of public space

• Pedestrian mobility decline: Physical inactivity and loss of personal autonomy

• Low use of public transport

How was the mobility in Vitoria-Gasteiz?

•drivers, freight delivery and

cyclists require measures to

mitigate traffic “chaos”

•Tram is not the solution

•The Mayor is asked for a plan to reorganize the public space


Participation process in decision making

Aalborg + 10. 2006

October 20061st participatory workshop.

Report mobility and sustainability in Vitoria-Gasteiz

November 20062 nd participatory workshop.

Mobility in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2010

January 2007

3rd participatory workshop

Citizens pact for sustainable mobility

Participation

Forum

WEB Page

Citizens pact for sustainable mobility

Signature. April 2007

Plenary approval. September 2007

Social Council approval. July 2008

Aalborg charter. 1995

Most relevant proposal of Citizens Pact for Sustainable Mobility:

• Moving towards a new model in town where mobility is not a threat to the quality of life, the

health of its people, its environment or the local economy

• Promote non-motorized modes and reduce the use of private vehicle

• Upgrade the public transport system; renewed, attractive, competitive and effective

• Traffic calming

• Explore alternatives to the current parking model

• Analyze possible alternatives to the current model of urban freight distribution


PS&SMP; main goals

To reverse the upward trend in the use of private car, transferring car users to public

transport and bicycle

To increase the quality of public space in terms of accessibility by way of car traffic

reduction

To redefine the overall public transport network in order to improve the efficiency

of the system in terms of accessibility and coverage

To set up a new traffic control system giving priority to public transport

To consolidate and extent the network of pedestrian and cycling reserved paths

To implement innovative access and transit scheme according to the

Superblocks philosophy

Escuela Municipal de Música “LUIS ARAMBURU”With the scheme of the superblock is possible to create different and efficient networks for

pedestrians, cyclists and motorized modes

Mobility network; Basic roads and super blocks

The superblock model is the main piece of the mobility network

that liberates the space occupied by cars in the neighbourhoods

and give it then to the people

A superblock is a new concept, a geographical space delimited

by main corridors that covers several city blocks

Private cars and public transport are kept outside the superblock

while the inner streets are redesigned to be mainly used by

pedestrians

Vitoria-Gasteiz has reorganized the whole city in 72 superblocks..


Giving back the public space to citizen …

Public space assigned to pedestrian

Public space assigned to car


Giving back the public space to citizen …


•Continuity: forming a homogeneous and reticular

network, achieving maximum efficiency

•Coverage: accessible to the citizens

•Simplicity: direct lines, orthogonal network and bus

stops at the grid nodes and spaced 400 meters giving full

coverage to the territory

Connectivity: designed to allow the user to reach the

entire city with only one transfer

Accessibility: accessible to all citizens

•A deep change in the PT network. From the current one,

based on 18 bus lines to a totally new integrated grid

based on 2 tram line and 9 bus lines.

•Network Integration: according to the superblocks

scheme

New public transport network


Public Transport in 2007

•MY bus line to the city centre

•18 bus lines

•Main and secondary roads

•Bus Stops very close

•Bus stops occupied by cars

•Mid frequencies of 20 minutes

•Uncompetitive travel times

•Commercial Speed: 10,77 Km/h

public transport network


•9 bus lines

•2 tram lines

•Global network of PT.

•Bus itineraries by main/basic roads

•Bus mid frequencies of 10 minutes

•Bus commercial Speed: 12,73 Km/h

•Competitive travel times

•Increase need for transfers

Sustainable Mobility Plan



Stops Location according population density



New bus public transport network

20 of July 2009: City council decided to implement a new transport network once

the citizen participation process was finished

101 days later a totally new PT network was implemented on 30th of October

The bus network of Vitoria-Gasteiz was reduced that night from 18 lines to only 9

with new timetables, improved frequencies, more resources, 146 bus-stops

relocated, queue jumpers, traffic light priority for buses, etc.

•New orthogonal design,

•As rectilinear as possible

•Higher commercial speed

•Less braking

•Less accelerating

•Less noise

•Less emissions


•Less bus lines

•More buses

•Improved frequencies

•Improved accessibility

•Improved transfer conditions

•LOWER TRAVEL TIMES

New characteristics of public transport service

Citizen participation process


The “ambassador group” was formed consisting of representatives from TUVISA,

municipality of Vitoria-Gasteiz and the Environmental Studies Centre (CEA).

The ambassador group was trained and then sent to different Neighbourhood Association

and local Councils to contrast with them the Sustainable Mobility Plan, the new bus lines,

the network, the relocation of 146 new bus stops and their most relevant journeys/transfers.

As a result of those meetings changes in routes and bus stops were implemented in the final

design of the new transport network.

Additional measures: expansion of fleet and drivers

•17 new buses

•56 new drivers


•More than 10.000 hours of training. 9.792 only for drivers

•Training documents

•Training of teachers

•Training of drivers

•Training of inspectors

•Training of traffic and customer service

•…..

Additional measures: Training on new lines and uses


Intelligent contactless technology Mifare Desfire.

Recharge in tram stops and cash machines

Suitable for bus and tram with different fares for each operator

and transfer discounts

Additional measures: New multi-operator ticketing system


Additional measures: Bus lanes segregation


Two downtown corridors with a total length of 1520

metres implemented for the exclusive use of public

transport, services and residents

21 new bus lanes and queue jumpers at busy junctions implemented, two of them against

the normal street direction

Bus lanes before 2009: 4

Bus lanes 2009: 10

Bus lanes 2010 3

Bus lanes 2011: 1

Bus lanes 2012: 3


Additional measures: Bus lanes segregation

Additional measures: Traffic light priority


New traffic light regulation in 17 junctions/ 4

main corridors of the city was implemented in

2009

Traffic light priority extended to 31 new junctions

in 2012/13

Additional measures: Platforms


93 prefabricated platforms implemented in 2009 to improve

the accessibility of the new public transport network.

Nowdays 73% of non regulated bus stops are equiped

with platforms of placed on pavement with preference to

private cars

Additional measures: Platforms


New platforms design has been approved with the local authority to improve the accessibility

of the network. (11 bus stops in 2012)

Higher platforms to minimised distances between sidewalk and buses.

Inclined kerbs that relocate buses as close as possible to the platform (similar to tram

standards)

•Sidewalk •Sidewalk

Route planners:

– Google transit

– MetrO (suitable for PalmOS, PocketPC, MS Smartphone, Symbian UIQ,

Symbian S60, S80 y S90, BlackBerry, iPhone) www.nanika.net/metro/

Information displays at bus stops, including voice system on demand

Additional measures: user information devices


http://www.nanika.net/metro/


Six free park & ride premises in the main

entrances of the city connected to public

transport network

PARK & RIDE


Additional measures: bus stops relocation


Relocation of 146 bus-stops

144 temporarily furniture were needed

Personalisation of new bus stops (code, name, lines

information, prices, basic rules, BAT card, etc

Personalisation of stop to be disappeared, with

reference of the nearest bus stop..

More than 11.000 people participated in the different activities

Dissemination of the Game “An insight in your new PT network” in two sizes.

Small size was available at civic centres and the big one in the main square of

the city centre

Exhibition of the new public transport buses

Exposition of panels showing different European experiences towards

sustainable mobility systems.

Dissemination campaign; European mobility week 2009


Dissemination campaign; Information tents


mobile tents with personal giving information of the new network, recommendations and

leaflets.

13.757 people

640 hours

Dissemination campaign; Information on buses before network change


Personal on-board was given information, recommendation and leaflets the week before

network change

6.520 people

720 hours

Dissemination campaign; Information on buses after network change


Volunteer citizens were rotating in bus-stops given information during the first week

13.406 people

101 volunteers

2.845 hours

Dissemination campaign; Material


5.000 pocket map of the new network distributed in the European Mobility Week

125.000 lines guide, 92.000 of them posted to particular houses with the municipal monthly magazine

50.000 pocket lines guide (z-card)

175.000 day public transport leaflets

50.000 night public transport leaflets

Taylormade neighbourhood dossiers with information of public transport, bus-stop, connections between lines, most relevant journeys, transfer to city centre, hospitals and university, etc

Main outcomes


More eficient public transport network in terms of speed, frecuencies, coverage and

accesibility

New scheme of priorities between public transport, bicycles, pedestrians and private

cars, penalising the last ones

Buses commercial speed has increased from 10,77 to 12,73 km/h

Fuel consumption savings of 6,24% (more than 160.000 litres per year)

Lower emissions

MODELO Units NOV 08 / FEB 09 NOV 09 / FEB 10 percentage l/100 km

O405N 8 56,72 54,31 4,24% 2,41

O405N2 GN 4 83,91 75,62 9,88% 8,29

0530 E2 6 57,52 52,48 8,77% 5,04

O530 E3 6 54,39 48,82 10,25% 5,58

O530 E4 15 51,48 46,96 8,78% 4,52

0530 E4 GN 4 67,26 62,66 6,84% 4,60

MAN 15 51,87 51,72 0,30% 0,16

AVERAGE 56,56 53,03 6,24% 3,53

average fuel consumption fuel savings

Main outcomes


Vitoria-Gasteiz Public transport users has increased 77,7% in last 6 years. Spanish

average for the same period has decrease 2,43%

•VITORIA GASTEIZ

•SPAIN

Main outcomes


Walking modal split has increased from 49,9 to 53,6% in the last 5 years

Bicycle modal split has increased from 3,4 to 6,9% in the last 5 years

Private cars modal split has decreased from 36,6% to 28,3% in the last 5 years

•work •non obliged

mobility

•studies


Extended area: 29%

New parking policy

Higher prices:

new parking policy (€/hour)

0,25

0

0,9

1,6

2,4

00,25

1

0,6

1,9

1,2

2,7

0

0,5

1

1,5

2

2,5

3

0 - 15 minutes 30 minutes 60 minutes 90 minutes

2008 2009 (Z1) 2012-13 (Z1)


New parking policy

Regulated parking; foreseen extension


New parking policy


THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION

For further information please contact::

Miguel Ibarrondo

Traffic manager of TUVISA

[email protected]

http://www.vitoria-gasteiz.org/movilidad

mailto:[email protected]



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