Evaluation Report – Graz local activities June 2006, Graz Trendsetter Report No 2005:15 Trendsetter External Deliverable No 4.4b Contract No: NNE-2001-00323 Contractors 1. City of Stockholm, Environment and Health Administration 2. City of Graz 3. Lille Metropole 4. City of Prague 5. Stockholm Transport 6. Spedition- und Internationale Transport GmbH 7. Swedish National Road Administration, Stockholm Region 8. Stockholm Real Estate and Traffic Administration 9. Public Transport Company of Graz 10. Taxi Group 878 Cityfunk Ltd 11. Styrian Transport Association, STVG Ltd 12. Erlach Consulting & Engineering 13. Province of Styria 14. Austrian Mobility Research 15. City of Pécs 16. Pecs Municipal Operations and Property Management Company 17. Syndicat Mixte des Transports 18. Statoil Detaljhandel AB 19. AGA Gas AB 20. Home 2 You AB 21. Project Coordination City of Stockholm, Environmental Health Administration, P. O. Box 380 24, SE-100 64 Stockholm, Sweden Contact information Project Coordinator Assistant Project coordinator E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +46 8 508 28 916 Phone: +46 8 508 28 946 Project website www.trendsetter-europe.org 2 PART A - Report summary ............................................................................................... 5 PART B – Common Trendsetter introduction ................................................................ 6 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................. 6 2 Overview of the Evaluation Framework.............................................................. 13 3 Trendsetter objectives.......................................................................................... 15 3.1 Trendsetter High level objectives ....................................................................................... 15 3.2 Demonstration objectives.................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Scientific and technical objectives...................................................................................... 18 4 Overview of city .................................................................................................... 19 4.1 Local context (Description of city) ..................................................................................... 19 4.2 Problems to be solved within city....................................................................................... 20 4.3 Local policies and actions on sustainable mobility............................................................. 23 4.4 Trendsetter in Graz ............................................................................................................. 23 4.5 Description of local consortium.......................................................................................... 34 4.6 Contact information ............................................................................................................ 34 PART C – Results and Analysis..................................................................................... 36 5 Indicators............................................................................................................... 36 5.1 Indicators and results .......................................................................................................... 36 5.2 Analysis of results on indicator level.................................................................................. 37 6 Fulfilment of objectives........................................................................................ 60 6.1 Achievement of city objectives........................................................................................... 60 6.2 Contribution to Trendsetter objectives................................................................................ 61 7 Results on city level ............................................................................................. 63 7.1 Common Core Indicators on City Level ............................................................................. 63 7.2 Potential up-scaling the measures....................................................................................... 64 7.3 Conclusions......................................................................................................................... 67 8 Economical aspects, cost benefit ....................................................................... 67 8.1 Per measure......................................................................................................................... 67 8.2 Conclusions......................................................................................................................... 71 9 Synergies between measures.............................................................................. 72 9.1 Overview of synergies within the city ................................................................................ 72 9.2 Conclusions......................................................................................................................... 72 10 Dissemination activities ....................................................................................... 72 10.1 Overview of dissemination activities.................................................................................. 72 10.2 Assessment of the dissemination activities ......................................................................... 73 11 Assessment of all measures................................................................................ 74 PART D - Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................... 75 12 Lessons to consider for replication and take-up by other cities..................... 75 12.1 Technical issues .................................................................................................................. 75 12.2 Synergies............................................................................................................................. 75 12.3 Political and Administrative issues..................................................................................... 75 12.4 Economical issues............................................................................................................... 75 13 Recommendations to decision makers .............................................................. 76 Appendix 1 – List of Trendsetter measures ................................................................. 79 Appendix 2 – Wordlist .................................................................................................... 81 4 PART A - Report summary Graz is one of the five demonstration cities from the Trendsetter project – which is one of the four demonstration projects of the CIVITAS 1 initiative. From 2002 to 2005, Graz has implemented a range of projects in all 8 working fields of CIVITAS. This report describes the results of these measures. As the measures are very diverse, it is not possible to give a concise overview of the results – it is easy to find under the subheadings in the various chapters. On the whole, Trendsetter has been very successful in Graz. There were the usual problems and delays that come with a project of this size, but all measures have been implemented at least partly, most of them fully and some have even exceeded expectations. In a chapter 13 in the end of the report, there is a whole range of recommendations that also stem from the experience and conclusions that could be made in the Trendsetter-Graz projects. 5 PART B – Common Trendsetter introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 Background Satisfying mobility for both people and goods is essential for the vitality of our cities, and a well functioning transport system is vital for a good life in the city. However, increased traffic may actually decrease mobility when people and goods get stuck in congestion. Increasing emissions and noise levels threaten citizens’ health and make the cities less attractive. In the long term, the issues of climate change and energy scarcity also puts a demand to ameliorate the negative sides of traffic, while keeping the flow of people and goods high. The Trendsetter project – one of four projects financed by the Civitas I Initiative – has tackled these problems. By setting good examples, the five participating cities Graz, Lille, Pécs, Prague and Stockholm can inspire other cities and show them how to facilitate sustainable mobility. Trendsetter also shows that by following our examples, cities can meet the Kyoto and EU goals for emissions. Trendsetter has implemented 52 specific measures in different thematic areas that complement and reinforce each other. Advanced mobility management schemes and clean vehicle fleets are among these measures. The project has also promoted the use of public transport, other alternatives to private cars and showed new ways to improve goods logistics and efficiency. Furthermore, Trendsetter has increased the acceptance for bio-fuels among citizens and encouraged operators, politicians and social groups to use innovative, low-noise and low emission technology. Trendsetter and other European projects have shown efficient ways to reduce car use, introduce clean vehicles and make public transportation efficient and thus make European cities healthier, less energy demanding, less oil dependent and more attractive. There are immense