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2CE179P4 – QUALIST IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN SMALL TOWNS Status report Work pa- WP Nr. 4 – Demography oriented mobility concepts for small towns ckage Action Nr. – 4.1.4 Status and Best practice report on Small Towns mobility Output in PP Regions – Saxony/South Bohemia/ Lower Austria Result Status report (Analysis) PP Nr. 5 – Author ZVON Transport Federation Upper-Lusatia – Lower Silesia Date June 2011 Status and best practice report on Small Towns mobility in PP regions- Saxony/ South Bohemia/Lower Austria Preliminary remarks This “Small Towns Mobility Status Report in the PP-regions” grew out of two sub-reports: - Small towns mobility status Report (data collection, analysis of regional small towns mobility status reports, development of report for all RR regions incl. Best best practices) Responsible: Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Transport - Mobility Report (Status and Best practice report on Small towns in the PP regions) Responsible: Transport Federation Upper-Lusatia – Lower- Silesia (ZVON) The editorial process was carried out by the consulting engineers - LUB Consulting GmbH, Dresden - ISUP Ingenieurbüro für Systemberatung und Planung GmbH, Dresden 2CE179P4 - QUALIST Status and best practice report on Small Towns mobility in PP regions- Saxony/ South Bohemia/Lower Austria Index 1 Introduction................................................................................ 1 2 Brief description of study area.................................................... 2 2.1 Saxon Vogtland ................................................................... 2 2.1.1 Geographical location.............................................................. 2 2.1.2 Regional- und settlement structure in the Vogtland region ........ 4 2.1.3 Population statistics in Vogtland .............................................. 6 2.2 ZVON - region ...................................................................... 7 2.2.1 Geographical location.............................................................. 7 2.2.2 Regional structure and settlement structure ............................. 8 2.2.3 Population statistics in the ZVON area.................................... 10 2.3 Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemia) ....................................... 12 2.3.1 Geographical location............................................................ 12 2.3.2 Regional structure and settlement structure ........................... 13 2.3.3 Population statistics in South Bohemia ................................... 14 Level of motorization ...................................................................... 16 2.4 Lower Austria..................................................................... 17 2.4.1 Geographical location............................................................ 17 2.4.2 Regional- and settlement structure ........................................ 19 2.4.3 Population statistics in Lower Austria ..................................... 20 3 Characterization of the Transport system in the regions.......... 23 3.1 Forms of transport in the Vogtland region ....................... 23 3.1.1 Commuter traffic .................................................................. 23 3.1.2 Transport of pupils (students) ............................................... 24 3.1.3 Shopping traffic and transportation to medical and office visits 24 3.1.4 Tourist transport .................................................................. 24 3.1.5 City transport forms ............................................................. 25 3.2 Forms of Transport in the ZVON region............................ 25 3.2.1 Commuter traffic .................................................................. 25 3.2.2 Transport of pupils/students.................................................. 26 3.2.3 Shopping traffic and transportation to medical and office visits 27 2CE179P4 – QUALIST Status and best practice report on Small Towns mobility in PP regions- Saxony/ South Bohemia/Lower Austria 3.2.4 Tourist transport .................................................................. 27 3.2.5 City transport....................................................................... 28 3.3 Forms of Transport in South Bohemia .............................. 28 3.3.1 Commuter transport in South Bohemia .................................. 28 3.3.2 Transport of pupils/students in South Bohemia....................... 30 3.3.3 Shopping traffic and transportation to medical and office visits 30 3.3.4 Tourist transport in South Bohemia ....................................... 30 3.3.5 City transport in South Bohemia ............................................ 31 3.4 Forms of Transport in Lower Austria ................................ 31 3.4.1 Commuter transport in Lower Austria (main relations) ............ 31 3.4.2 Transport of pupils (students) in Lower Austria....................... 32 3.4.3 Shopping traffic and transportation to medical and office visits 33 3.4.4 Tourist transport in Lower Austria.......................................... 34 3.4.5 City transport in Lower Austria .............................................. 34 4 Railway Transport and regional bus transport in the regions... 35 4.1 Railway Transport and regional bus transport in the region Vogtland ................................................................. 35 4.1.1 Railway Transport in the region Vogtland ............................... 35 4.1.2 Public Transport (road) in the Vogtland region........................ 39 4.2 Railway Transport and regional bus transport in the ZVON region ................................................................................ 42 4.2.1 Railway Transport in the ZVON region.................................... 42 4.2.2 Regional Public Transport (road) in the ZVON region............... 46 4.3 Railway Transport and regional bus transport in Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemia)........................................................ 48 4.3.1 Railway Transport in Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemia) .............. 48 The use of the regional railway transport...................................... 50 4.3.2 Public Transport (road) in Jihočeský kraj (South Bohemia)....... 52 Bus lines and bus line providers..................................................... 52 4.4 Railway transport and regional Bus transport in Lower Austria ............................................................................... 55 4.4.1 Railway transport in Lower Austria......................................... 55 4.4.2 Regional bus transport in Lower Austria ................................. 56 5 Best Practice solutions.............................................................. 57 2 2CE179P4 - QUALIST Status and best practice report on Small Towns mobility in PP regions- Saxony/ South Bohemia/Lower Austria 5.1 Best practice solutions in Saxony ..................................... 58 5.2 CYCLOTRANS-System in South Bohemia .......................... 61 5.3 Results to the best practice-solutions .............................. 62 Table directiory................................................................................ 63 Directory of figures.......................................................................... 64 References....................................................................................... 66 3 2CE179P4 - QUALIST Status and best practice report on Small Towns mobility in PP regions- Saxony/ South Bohemia/Lower Austria 1 Introduction According to the project proposal (application form) we observe in the project "Qualist" / 1 / in WP 4 " Demography oriented mobility concepts for small towns - Interactions between the demographic development and mobility” in the three participating regions a total of four similarly structured regions (WP 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3.) /2/, /3/, /4/. The reports are compiled as separate reports and they are available for viewing on the Qualist website. To the Regions belong - in the Free State of Saxony the "Vogtland" – region and the area of ZVON (Transport Federation Upper-Lusatia – Lower-Silesia) - in the Czech Republic the region "South Bohemia" (Jižní Čechy) - and in Lower Austria the "Waldviertel" - region. The key findings from each region we see in the separately created partly reports / 2 / / 3 / and / 4 / and some of them are summarized in this report. The main focus is the representation of structural features to note both similarities and regional characteristics of the four regions. Regarding the source of information for the detailed statements – please observe the explicit literature-reference in the above reports. 2CE179P4 – QUALIST Status and best practice report on Small Towns mobility in PP regions- Saxony/ South Bohemia/Lower Austria Fig. 1.1: Geographical location of study areas of the project "Qualist" 2 Brief description of study area 2.1 Saxon Vogtland 2.1.1 Geographical location The Vogtland region consists of the Free State of Saxony, Thuringia and Bavaria. For the project Qualist the county "Vogtland" is the study area. The county is located in southwestern boundary of the Free State of Saxony. The area is bordered to the north-east by the districts of Zwickau and “Erzgebirge”. In the northwest it is bordered by the state of Thuringia. In the Southwest joins the Free State of Bavaria. To the southeast is located the inland border with the Czech Republic. The Vogtland is characterized in its southern region by a low mountain range. The north is dominated by hill country with deep river valleys. 2 2CE179P4 - QUALIST Status and