Grant Agreement number: 265392Project Acronym: USEmobilityProject title: Understanding Social behaviour for Eco-friendly multimodal mobilityFunding Scheme: Coordination and Support Action (Supporting)Project starting date: 01.01.2011Project duration: 26 months

Deliverable D2.3. (Selection of Regions)

 Lead partner for deliverable: European Passengers’ FederationDissemination level: PublicName of the document: USEmobility_Report_2.3.

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Key Findings

Regions or lines with a regional rail as backbone and with a recent passenger increase are selected to investigate further uponRegion selection

Use for USEmobility

Need for USEmobility

Management Summary

10 different regions are selected which will form the pool in which swing users and their motivations will be identified

A first overview and characteristics of the selected regions are established to be further analysed in order to identify factors and further on develop scenario’s

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Implication for USEmobility

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1. Selection process

2. List of selected regions

3. Overview of selected regions

Overview

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Selection process

Choice of regions based on different criteria influencing behavioural change towards eco-friendly multimodal mobility in two step process

As primary criteria geographical spread and data availability was used

Criteria divided in general and specific criteria

Regional railSwing users in daily travel

Mix of regions

General criteria

Relative passenger increaseAbsolute passenger increaseHints for successful concepts

Size of sampleRecentness of major increase

Specific criteria

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List of selected regions

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Country Type of region State/province Name of study area

Germany Line Lower Saxony Metronom

Germany Area Baden-Württemberg Breisgau S-Bahn

Germany Area Baden-Württemberg Region Rhein-Neckar/ Heilbronn/Karlsruhe

Croatia Area Varazdin & Medjimurje Varazdin-Medjimurje

Croatia Area Zagreb Zagreb

Austria Area Steiermark S-Bahn Steiermark

Austria/Germany Area Salzburg S-Bahn Salzburg

Hungary Line Budapest & Komárom -Esztergom

Budapest - Esztergom

Belgium Area Brussels Brussels capital region

Netherlands Line Gelderland Valleilijn Amersfoort - Barneveld - Ede-Wageningen

10 selected regions in the short list

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Overview of selected regions

1. Metronom Hanse Netz is the regional rail transport between Hamburg and Bremen and Hamburg and Uelzen in Northern Germany

Plausible incentives for swing users• a new timetable (travelling between

Hamburg and Bremen every 30 minutes)• a different stopping pattern• the average punctuality has risen up to up

to 95%• the speed increase from 140 to 160km/h• Capacity and comfort increase• Commuters with a yearly ticket have the

possibility to reserve a fixed seat (Stammplatz in German).

2. The Salzburg S-Bahn provides regional rail services in and around Salzburg with a cross-country co-operation Austria-Germany

Plausible incentives for swing users• New trains with more comfort (air condition,

barrier-free, etc.)• Extension of infrastructure with well-chosen

new stops• Increase of frequency• Cross-country co-operation doesn’t seem to

be a negative factor for growth

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Overview of selected regions

3. The Steiermark S-Bahn provides regional rail services in and around Graz, the capital city of the federal state Steiermark in Austria

Plausible incentives for swing users• New rolling stock with more comfort• Increase of frequency in two steps

4. The Breisgau S-Bahn is situated around Freiburg in the southwest of Germany. It started in 1997 running the track between Freiburg Main Station and Breisach and extended services in 2002 operating also from Freiburg Main Station to Elzach.

Plausible incentives for swing users• ½ hour interval on weekdays, hourly interval in

the evening and on weekends• Reliability• Punctuality• Customer friendly services

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Overview of selected regions

5. The Region Rhein-Neckar/Heilbronn/Karlsruhe is located in the south west of Germany and contains three transport associations: The Verkehrsverbund Rhein Neckar (VRN), the Heilbronner, Hohenloher, Haller Nahverkehr (HNV) and the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (KVV).

Plausible incentives for swing users• tariff integration• Continuous expansion of the tariff system• Customer friendly services

6. Varaždin and Međimurje Counties are situated in the north of Croatia. They are surrounded with north-west Slovenia and south-west Hungary (Zala County). . Over the last 5 to 10 years, the Varazdin-Medjimurje area is having a decline in railway users.

Plausible incentives for swing users• no major improvement has been made to

the infrastructure• Information systems on the railways for the

passengers do not exist• Most of the traffic is aggregated near county

capitals during peak hours• The buses and trains in the local

transportation system are rather old

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7. Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia. About 20 kilometers to the west is the border with Slovenia. The situation in the public transport has known some ups and down in the last 20 years.

Plausible incentives for swing users• Trains are not adapted to their role as regional or urban

trains• no major investments in rolling stock from train and bus

operators• information to the passengers is of a low quality

Overview of selected regions

8. The Brussels capital region consists of 19 communes with a very high population density of 7004 inhabitants per square km. The STIB is the main public transport company in Brussels.

Plausible incentives for swing users• New investments in rolling stock • Comfort, good accessibility and

revamped layout• Full integration between bus tram

and metro tickets • Only partial integration with rail and

other bus operators’ tickets• Great variety of selling points and

introduction of chip card

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9. The Valleilijn is situated in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. In 2006 the historical operator NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) was replaced by Connexxion.

Plausible incentives for swing users• Extended timetable: 4 trains per hour

on a part of the line• New investments in trains with good

accessibility • Equipment of CCTV and stewards

for security reasons• Some trains are accompanied by

stewards

10. Esztergom is a town north of Budapest. Many people commute daily to Budapest for work with three options train, bus or private car.

Plausible incentives for swing users• 2 investment waves in rolling stock• Considerable rise in comfort level (clean, large

windows, comfortable seats,…) • Railway and bus line compete for passengers