1. 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 Chemnitz-Zickau 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 Liverpool Poitiers Neapel Vilnius Valletta Lublin Sighisoara
Valencia / IMITS: Burgas Volos Modena Ancona Oradea Miskolc / Act4PPP:
Berlin Erfurt Rostock Schwerin Frankfurt Venedig Asti Sopotu Poznaň
Bedzin Bratislava Ljubljana Ostrava / URBAN plus: Graz und 16
Umlandgemeinden / City Network Graz Maribor: Maribor

3. Slide titleGraz:
• 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

4. Slide titleGraz – some facts
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 <140g CO2 / km
Diesel PKW : Euro IV Norm <130gCO2/km + Partikelfilter
Gas PKW : Euro IV Norm <140gCO2 / km

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P+R / B+R Areas - Graz

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Bicycle Underpass „Keplerstraße“ CIVITAS trendsetter
Unterführung GKB

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Promotion Soft Mobility
CIVITAS International / Study Visits / WS

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New Pilot Project:
Priority for Pedestrians and
Cyclists

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New ways of organizing streets and public space

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Promotion of Bicycle use

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Promotion Soft Mobility
GRAZ New „feeling“ in the City

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Graz moves
GRAZ Promotion of Gentle Mobility / Pictures from CIVITAS
Catalist WS Graz 2012 / Presentation Vice Mayor Lisa Rücker

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Space for Peoble / New lifestyle in the City

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there is a live after CIVITAS / new trams and
new technical equipment

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Province of Styria – Investment in Commuter train System

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Investment in PT Projects –
„Nahverkehrsdrehscheibe Hauptbahnhof“ – Central Railway
Station

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Inter Modes Brussels 06. Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de/Arch.Zechner&Zechner

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Inter Modes Brussels 06.Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de / Arch.Zechner&Zechner

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Inter Modes Brussels 06.Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de/ Arch.Zechner&Zechner

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Inter Modes Brussels 06.Februar 2014 c haerdlein-foto.de/ Arch.Zechner&Zechner

32. Event : Open eyes-open mind-open space
Projects and Study visit Graz
Date : 12. March 2014
Location : Graz Town Hall
Language : Englisch
Organisation : City of Graz / Gerhard Ablasser

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Platz für MenschenThank you for your attention
and welcome in GRAZ
gerhard.ablasser@stadt.graz.at

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Gerhard Ablasser
City of Graz
The Executive Office for Urban Planning,
Development and Construction
European Programmes and International
Cooperation Unit
Europaplatz 20 / A 8020 Graz / Austria
T ++43 316 872 3580
F ++43 316 872 3589
gerhard.ablasser@stadt.graz.at