TRUE URBAN SPIRIT

4 VIENNA: NETWORKING THE CITY
INTEGRATION AND NETWORKING
OF ECO-FRIENDLY MEANS OF TRANSPORT
User-friendly possibilities to combine public transport,
cycling and walking facilitate independence of motorised
individual traffic. One very important factor is
the option of switching comfortably between different
modes. Incentives are formulated to support the caseby-case
multimodal choice of means of transport.
In the interests of customers, the eco-friendly transport
system is optimised as one homogeneous whole.
This includes the systematic upgrading of public transport
stops into multimodal nodes (including parkand-ride
facilities, bike garages, City Bike terminals,
e-mobility and car sharing services) as well as the
targeted use of information and communication technologies
or the development of integrated services that
support multimodality (e. g. mobility card, multimodal
information systems, smart ticketing). In keeping with
the motto “from car ownership to car use”, special
attention is paid to qualitative and quantitative improvements
of car sharing services to enable the maximum
possible number of inhabitants to use a car without
actually owning one.
Based on the project “Public Transport Stops of the
Future”, a package of measures for multimodal public transport
nodes is being implemented to further facilitate switching
between transport modes.
Introduction of a “Vienna Mobility Card” that combines
public transport tickets with access to City Bikes, car sharing
and other mobility services.
Upgrading of car and bike sharing services in Vienna by
means of active co-operation of the City of Vienna and Wiener
Linien with potential operators, in particular with respect
to marketing and the setting-up of service points in public
space. The City Bike system will be improved by means
of additional locations, easier accessibility, new bikes and
expansion to new urban quarters.
WALKING AND CYCLING – STRONG PARTNERS
FOR ECO-FRIENDLY URBAN TRANSPORT
The city of short distances is a city that renders walking
and cycling attractive and creates optimised conditions
for a combination with public transport. Urban
quarters are thus designed to ensure that all inhabitants
and in particular children, older persons and
persons with special needs will be able to move and
navigate independently and safely through the neighbourhood.
A good concrete example is provided by
the findings of the project “Gender Mainstreaming
Pilot District Mariahilf”. Moreover, safe and tightly knit
cycleway networks will widen non-motorised mobility
options.
Development and implementation of a tightly knit network
of Viennese walking routes in close co-operation with
the municipal districts. This walking route network allows
for safe and pleasant walking, e. g. due to attractive seating,
plants and shade-givers or pedestrian-friendly traffic-light
phasing, and is in particular networked with Underground
stations and prime shopping streets. (> 4.2 Vienna revives –
open space: green & urban – Flagship Initative: Vienna‘s open
space network)
Upgrading of important streets of supra-local importance
into pleasant boulevards for walking to render the qualities
of urban spaces more palpable.
Planning, development and implementation of high-level,
long-distance urban cycleways – also across city limits –
with even better infrastructure.
Evolution of Vienna’s cycleway network to improve capacities
and meet different user demands (e. g. by means of bike
boxes for cyclists at traffic lights/crossings, increased installation
of bike garages, wider cycleways/cycle lanes, taking
account of differentiated speeds).
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