Workplace, Course Centre, Municipality and Regional Tourism: An Integrated Mobility Management in Magglingen/Evilard, Switzerland ECOMM San Sebastian, May 13-15, 2009 Eva Martin-Diener 1, Raffaela Léchot 1, Rolf Steiner 2 1 Swiss Federal Office of Sport Magglingen, Switzerland 2 verkehrsteiner Bern, Switzerland

2 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Contents Location Challenge and aims Development of the MM Measures Results Costs Summary and conclusions

3 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Location Magglingen ( m) Evilard ( m) Biel/Bienne (450 m)

4 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Public transport Train station (Intercity trains) Magglingen Evilard Biel/Bienne

5 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Public transport Train station (Intercity trains) Magglingen Evilard Biel/Bienne funicular railways

6 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Public transport Train station (Intercity trains) Magglingen Evilard Biel/Bienne funicular railways Buses

7 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch The Federal Office of Sports FOSPO Main buildings funicular railway station

8 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch The Federal Office of Sports FOSPO Main buildings funicular railway station Parking lots

9 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch The Federal Office of Sports Unit of the federal administration Course centre Technical university 300 employees, 120 students customers annually (2008) 2003: about 280 permanent parking spaces

10 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Local and regional tourism

11 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Challenge in 2003 / Aims Parking situation often out of control More customers expected >>> Meet the mobility needs of: Employees Customers Local residents Local tourism >>> Without constructing more parking spaces

12 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Development of the MM Process and organisation Methods

13 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Process and organisation Initiative and lead: FOSPO Project group at FOSPO Mandate to a professional MM expert Commitment of the management Local authorities involved Two year process

14 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Methods Assessments of travel behaviour, needs, attitudes and expectations of employees and customers Assessment of acceptance of different measures Estimation of potential modal shift away from private cars, for different measures >> Overall about 1/3 Baseline counts on parking lots

15 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Measures Make private parking less attractive Encouragement of public transport use and walking / cycling Communication Collaboration with municipality Employment of a mobility manager to implement the concept (50% job)

16 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Make private parking less attractive Price for all-year parking card doubled for all employees Fees for spontaneous parking introduced or increased respectively; for all parking spaces, for all users Massive control Eco-bonus for employees NOT requesting an all-year parking card in Magglingen Encouragement of car sharing and park&ride

17 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Encouragement of public transport Prize reduction on regional public transport pass (job ticket) Coordination of bus with funicular railway Coordination of course schedules with public transport timetables Communication of public transport connections and timetables to course organisers and participants

18 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Encouragement of cycling Improved cycle parking at funicular railway station in Biel/Bienne Improved cycle parking at FOSPO Participation in national bike to work campaign

19 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Communication Continuous information of employees and customers Local media New signalisations

20 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Collaboration with municipality multifunctional school bus Circulates between villages and training facilities of FOSPO Primarily for school children, but: Denser timetable than necessary for school Free for employees, course participants and the public Additional costs mainly covered by FOSPO

21 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Results MM is operated successfully since January 2005 MM is well accepted by employees, customers and local residents Existing parking spaces are sufficient despite an increase in the number of customers 2003: 60% of employees required parking space; 2007: 40% Implementation could be reduced from a 50% to a 20% job

22 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Costs (without new infrastructure) Income (2007): Euro Parking fees60% All-year p. cards25% Parking fines14% Other 1% Expenses (2007): Euro Eco bonus28% School bus21% Parking control21% Mobility manager10% Job tickets 9% Other11%

23 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Summary and conclusions Project was highly complex Potential for modal shift was limited Estimated modal shift could be realised Every single measure was probably necessary System is financially self-sustaining Professional support for development and resources for implementation were crucial After some two years MM was routine for all affected groups

24 Federal Office of Sport FOSPO Physical Activity & Health Branch Thank you very much for your attention!