FFPT for 65+ Development and opportunities

Lena Malm, Lord Mayor of Gothenburg Gothenburg

• Population: 544 000 inhabitants • Percentage of journeys by public transport: 28% • Percentage of journeys by car: 41%

Twice as big as Stockholm. Half the population. Car-dependent municipality.

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•120 million trips by trams annually. • 85 million trips by bus annually.

Region Västra Götaland is the public transport authority. Västtrafik, the county transport company, gets public transport to work.

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What is the 65+ card?

All residents of Gothenburg, 65 years and older can apply.

Free trips: Mon – Fri: 8.30 am – 3 pm and 6 pm – 12 pm Weekends, days before holidays and holidays are free all day.

How do we finance it? Additional purchase from City of Gothenburg. 1 995 SEK per card and year. 100 million SEK in budget 2016 (aprox € 10 million).

4 65+ card lauched in 2008

Main political reasons when introduced: ¤ A benifit that the seniors deserved. ¤ Better opportunities to meet family and friends. ¤ Giving people an alternative to the car.

Big success – within the first week 34 000 seniors had registered for the card.

Pioneers – among the very first in west Sweden. Now 28 municipalities (of 49) have senior citizen cards and 9 more are planning for it.

2014 – 33 million trips were made with a 65+ card.

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What´s the benefits?

For the invidual: • Health benefits of increased mobility, social benefits with increased access to friends, family and activities.

For transport system: • Able to offer maintained frequency in public transport. • Contributed to better accesability in public transport system. • Reduces congestion during rush hours in the public transportation The Swedish National Pensioners’ • Reduced congestion in road traffic and parking. Organization (PRO) ranks Gothenburg top 15 among For sociaty: Swedens 290 municipalities in livability. • Saves both money and gives better health among seniors. One of the top ranking • Saves money for the transport service for seniors. contributions to this is the public transport system which offers the 65+ card and good accessibility.

6 Whats new?

The 65+ card will give free entrance to public bath houses in Gothenburg from 2016

Builds further on social and health aspects for seniors.

Low additional cost – 5,5 million SEK.

What will be next step for us?

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FFPT for 65+ Development and opportunities

Lena Malm, Lord Mayor of Gothenburg