Sustainable Transport and Key Infrastructure in BEST METROPOLISES
Best development conditions in European metropolises: Paris, Berlin and Warsaw
Activity 5 – Transport, job accessibility and daily mobility
Piotr RosikInstitute of Geography and Spatial Organization
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Activity 5 Transport, job accessibility and daily mobility
Some results (comparison between three metropolises):
Major trends in modal split New solutions Public transport at the boundary of the city
Paris Successful in reducing the car share and increasing the public transport share between 2000 and 2007 but still high rate of motorization and car usage
Autolib (electric car sharing system) and Vélib (bicycle sharing system) Bus transport on demand in Roissy
Grand Paris Express
Berlin Share of public transport in modal split at the stable high level. The rate of motorization is only 324 cars/1000 inh.
Environenmental zoneNextbike and Call a bike systemsExtra bus lines
S-Bahn railway Ringbahn “Hundekopf” at the boundary of the city centre
Warsaw Share of public transport is at the stable and relatively high level but the rate of motorization is increasing (more than 500 cars/1000 inh.)
Warsaw Public Bike system is going to start in June 2012Extra bus linesNew 168 buses with electri motor (2012)
Warsaw North Bridge route including tram line
Activity 5 Transport, job accessibility and daily mobility
Some results (indicators):
Zone 1 – the city centre
Zone 2 – the inner suburbs
Zone 3 – the outer suburbs
Congestion level (ranking number)
Annual average km run by car (year)
Number of deadly accidents per 100 thous. inh.
Metro traffic (thous. passengers a day per km metro line)
Number of parking places
Paris 29.9 (9) 21015 (2001) 3.04 21 60
Berlin 17.2 (38) 12400 (2007) 1.64 9 43
Warsaw 38.1 (2) 18500 (2005) 3.35 24 12
Activity 5 Employed inhabitants by location of working place
Activity 5 Commuting flows
Activity 5 Transport, job accessibility and daily mobilityReccomendation: All means of transport should be managed by one integrated authority
ParisSyndicat des transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF) defines and organizes public transport services for the Ile-de-France Region
integrated public transport services and integrated fare policy
public transport tax paid by companies in the metropolitan area
Berlintariff regulations in the Berlin- Brandenburg region organized by Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) (public transport authority owned and controlled by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg)
tariff consistent for the whole region and applies to all modes of transportation
Warsawlack of integrated public transport system at the regional or metropolitan level; (Warsaw Public Transport Authority is a budgetary unit of the Capital of Warsaw)
three important public services operating at different spatial scales;
problem of cost allocation between Warsaw and other suburban municipalities (agglomeration ticket)
Activity 5 Transport, job accessibility and daily mobility
Reccomendations:
All means of transport managed by one integrated authority
Contracting and tendering public transport services
Energy efficient modes of transport
Integrated passenger information
Integrated tickets for metropolitan regions
Passengers with reduced mobility with better access to public transport
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