TRUE URBAN SPIRIT

DIVERSIFIED MOBILITY IN 2025
4.1
FLAGSHIP INITIATIVE
OPTIMISATION AND UPGRADE
OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Public transport is the backbone
of Vienna’s mobility. The public
transport system within the city
and in the metropolitan region
must be enlarged and improved to
cope with short- and mediumterm
increases in the passenger
volume. The services of Wiener
Linien and the S-Bahn network of
ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways)
are conceived as an integrated
system for this purpose. In
the passengers’ perception, the
S-Bahn network will gradually
(shorter intervals, faster service,
new rolling stock, higher customer
friendliness) come to reflect the
traits of the Underground system.
Upgrading of the S-Bahn network. An S-Bahn package that combines shorter
intervals, new rolling stock and improved routes will make a fundamental contribution
to ease the pressure on Vienna’s high-level public transport network. This
may concern both inner-city connections and improvements for the urban periphery
and the immediate environs. Details of this package will be concretised in the wake
of STEP.
Systematic acceleration of public transport in particular for tram and bus routes
of prime importance for the system as a whole.
Upgrading of the design and environment of transport stops and big interchange
hubs. The experience of waiting has a strong bearing on customer satisfaction with
public transport. Well-situated, safe and secure transport stops can render waiting
more pleasant at least as subjectively perceived, in particular for women, who make
up the majority of public transport users.
Scheduling of new, tangential tram and bus links in line with the requirements
of urban development. This is especially necessary in the south and northeast of
Vienna.
At the same time, the City of Vienna is preparing for the necessary infrastructure
modernisation measures to ensure long-term network operation quality.
In the medium to long term, urban growth calls for a capacity increase of the
high-level, inner-city public transport network. Due to the long time horizons
involved, planning must be intensified and continued.
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