Smarter Transport Bodø
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Smarter Transport Bodø 1 Smarter Transport Bodø Smarter Transport Bodø shall reduce climate emissions by changing travel habits. We shall offer a seamless travel experience and give the public access to information and services that contribute to more efficient transport solutions. By offering open data, we shall also lay the foundation for local and regional innovation. The project shall: • reduce climate emissions • make it easier to get information and to choose between different transport solutions • increase the use of walkways, bicycle and public transport for traveling • contribute to increasing local and regional innovation. This means Mobility as a Service, car share, bicycles and a new payment solution, and more. We shall offer an individual environment-dashboard for the inhabitants, where they can trace their own consumtion and get tips for making changes. By collecting information about municipal and commercial services, we can also make a «friendly push» to inhabitants and visitors and encourage them to use greener transport. The project is a cooperation between Nordland County Council, Bodø municipality, Avinor and Telenor. 2 Smarter Transport Bodø New City – New Airport Our vision is to During the last ten years, Bodø has had a fantastic – the larger community – will have found «create a smart and attractive mobility growth and it is one of the fastest growing cities out how the airport will be and how the in Norway. Because it is located on a natural travelers will get to and from the airport. system that benefits the environment peninsula, including the location of the main airport, the residential areas are placed on a We also need to know how we want the new and stimulates innovation» narrow band along the coast to the east and the city area to develop and how people travel north. Considering the growing population, the in the future. People’s travel habits develop municipality has had to decide where the future early. That’s why we have to be ready in Bodø citizens were going to live. Would they be plenty of time BEFORE anybody moves in. able to preserve the border to the countryside? How far could the city spread out? How high This is the perspective for the project. Smarter rised and how densely would they live? But then Transport Bodø is all about putting people in something happened. A new runway project the centre. We shall offer new services that started at the airport. The current runway inhabitants and visitors really need. By focusing is worn out, it is operated on excemptional on the inhabitants‘ needs, we will show how permission and it has to be replaced. the development of mobility solutions for the future will make Bodø and other cities It could have stopped there. But then arrived even better places to live and work. the parliamentary resolution that the military airbase in Bodø will be closed down and the We sincerely believe that we can change people’s Ørland base will be prioritized. This suddenly behaviour by enforcing positive actions. Positive creates completely new opportunities for city enforcement has become common in schools, in development. People want to live centrally child welfare services, with psychologists and at and avoid having to drive everywhere. When the workplace. When the boss gives us positive the runway is moved one kilometer to the feedback, we want to do more of the same. We southwest, 3.400 acres of land become believe this also works for people who travel. available. This will solve Bodø’s problem with space. Here is where we can handle That’s why we only want to use positive Bodø’s growth for the next hundred years. enforcement in this project. Our service will be so attractive that it will be the natural choice. The resolution «New City – New We want to reward those who chose public transport and green alternatives. We want to Airport» has put Bodø on the map give them the opportinity to make choices based both nationally and internationally, on updated and available information, and we and this will create new and encreasing shall give them a small, friendly push, with a sense of humour and a glimpse in the eye. activity in the whole municipality for many years. We see that projects for The bonus will be a much more enjoyable the development are already lining up. experience for everybody involved – for nærmest står i kø. those who travel and for theose who operate the service. We think that if we are going to encourage many people to change their In our project, we are planning for the new behaviour, we depend on «the good story» and a city area – in the «old» part of the city. The type of «coolness». In this way, these changes will new airport will open in 2025. By then, we make it a transport technological success story. 3 Smarter Transport Bodø Løpsmarka 67° north Mørkved Bodø city center University Røst 103 km Fauske 45 km Airport close to downtown Saltstraumen RESIDENTS INDUSTRIES TRANSPORT AND VISITOR Road in the center of Bodø: 80 km BODØ MUNICIPALITY Under 18 years: 12.000 • Health and care COMMUNICATIONS Hotel accommodations: 18,000 Public parking spaces: 1.715 Over 67 years: 8.000 • Education and the (ANNUALLY) Residents in the center: 12,000 Number of employed: 28.000 public sector Train: 320.000 Employed in the center: 17,000 Walk and cycle path in 51.558 Number of students • The defense Bus: 1.2 million the center: 6.6 km living in Bodø: 3.000 • Tourism Flight: 1.700.000 Bicycle places: 630 residents • Transportation Sea: 400.000 • Trade High cycling ratio compared with other cities 4 Smarter Transport Bodø Description of Bodø – opportunities «The world‘s» smartest city A smarter Bodø is all about putting people in the projects within sustainable renovation in the The start of the New city – New Airport (NBNF) project was centre of attention. The aim for a smart city and existing city (temporary storage of waste in municipality is to improve the quality of life for pressure containers below ground level) and the decision to close Bodø Main Air Station and the need for a the inhabitants by utilizing new technology. cleaning and recycling of concrete connected new runway. This has now become one of the largest city and to «New city – new aiport». Bodø municipality But it is also about creating change through is also working on a project on sustainable community development projects in Norway. involvement. These processes have to be freight transport in Bodø, which represents anchored in a sustainability perspective, and an important part in strengthening Bodø’s Bodø shall have a role in implementing the green position as an intermodal transport hub also in Closing Bodø Main Air Station and moving the Bodø’s first zero emissions shift. The future of Bodø shall be developed in a low emission society. Bodø airport is already current civilian airport / runway ca 1 km to the south neighbourhood a cooperation between the municipality, the a designated pilot for autonomous plowtrucks west will free up 3.400 acres of land near the city for inhabitants, business and industry, institutions and remote operated control towers. In additon new, innovative and sustainable city development. The «New City – New Airport» development and volunteers. The inhabitants shall be involved to this, a new, modern and smart airport will This area represents the size of around 800 fotball shall contribute to a better environment in order to highlight needs and wishes. In this be built in Bodø during the years 2024 to 2026, fields and a doubling of the existing area in the city locally and support national climate targets way, we will encourage creativity, involvement and the ambition is to be an exhibition of future centre and nearby city areas. at the same time. This is a unique opportunity and a sense of community. This will create oriented technology, logistics and innovation. to develop an inter modal transport hub support and legimitacy to the selected solutions. The result of the first phase was the and a new city area from scratch. Artificial intelligence already plays an important parliamentary resolution in June 2017 about In both of the big development projects, «New part in Bodø municipality‘s city planning and moving Bodø airport. The «New City – New Bodø municipality’s ambition is that the first City – New Airport» and «Smart Bodø», the the planning processes shall be 100 percent Airport» project has now moved to phase II and neighbourhood in the new city area is to be municipality is working actively together with digitalized. Furthermore, artificial intelligence the formal planning process (spring 2018). The planned and built as a zero emissions area / many national and international partners in will be relevant in CityLab Bodø – a physical new city area will handle the biggest part of neighbourhood. This is pioneer work within such order to develop innovative project initiatives. and virtual lab – which will be set up at Stormen the growth in Bodø in a long term perspective an extensive project in Norway and it demands All of the projects share a strong connection library during the spring of 2018. CityLab Bodø (50+ years). The development of the municipal solid expertise from energy and climate, and degree of innovation and they are shall facilitate the citizens’ involvement in the projects for these areas will start during the and not least from the interaction between often involved in full scale pilot testing. development of a smart city today and in the spring of 2018. The project shall ensure the energy systems, buildings and transport. new city area in the future.