for a High Quality of Living

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Zurich’s Transport Planning for a High Quality of Living

Norwegian Study trip

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Zürich‘s Transport Planning – «City traffic 2025» Qualität

Facts and Figures about Switzerland

 Population (2011): 7.95 million

 26 cantons, 2396 municipalities

 GDP (2011): CHF 587 bn

 Road network (2012): 71‘519 km

 Motorisation (2012): 535 cars per 1000 inhabitants

 Railway network (2011): 5233 km

Source: Verkehrszahlen Ausgabe 2013, Litra.

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Facts and Figures about Canton of Zurich

 Population (2013): 1 406 083

 Employed (2013): 955 859

 Walking trails: 2 750 km

 Network bike routes: 2032 km

 Network streets(2013): 7 276k m

 Motorisation (2010): 491 cars per 1000 inhabitants

 Network public transport incl. night lines (2012) : 4090 km

 Surface area 1729 km²

 170 municipalities

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Facts and Figures about the City of Zurich

 Population (2014): 400‘028

 Surface Area (2013): 91.88 km ²

 Road network (2013): 737 km

 PT Network of VBZ (2013): 279 km

 Signposted Bicycle routes (2012): 205 km

 Commuters into Zurich (2010): 213’000

 Public parking places (2011): 67’000

 Private parking places (2007): 200’000

 Motorisation (2012): 355 cars per 1000 inhabitants

 Number of employees (2012): 379‘500

 Economic capital of Switzerland

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Urban Space and Efficiency

land consumption per person and transport means:

PT, bicycle and

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Modal Split

All trips in between city limits

pedestrian bicycle PT MPT

Anteile der Verkehrsmittel an den zurückgelegten Wegen, 2005

und 2010. Quelle: Stadt Zürich (TAZ), Mobilität in Zahlen 2012/2

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Daily Traffic crossing the City limits

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Transport policy as an important contribution to the quality of living

Mercer’s quality of living ranking 2014:

1. Vienna (Austria)

2. Zurich (Switzerland) 3. Auckland (New Zealand) 4. Munich (Germany)

5. Vancouver (Canada)

Source: http://www.mercer.com/qualityofliving

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Municipal voting

4 big infrastructure & mobility projects have been put to the vote the same week-end

 Railway station Zurich North

 Covering of motorway

 Revision of car parc reglementation

 Initiative for a new tramway

„Rosengarten“

High legitimation of transport policy

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Usually long Planning and Political Processes

1963: First study on upgrading pedestrian zones

1987: Voters oppose blocking through traffic in combination with tunnel bypass

1999: Voters accept change of transport plan: no «continuous quarter street» anymore 2002: Voters authorizes credit (1.75 Mio. CHF) for upgrading bypass (existing streets) 2003: Administration court rejects objection against project

2004: Blocking through traffic

2005: Municipal council authorizes credit (14 Mio. CHF) for upgrading Limmatquai 2006: Opening after nine months rebuilding

Limmatquai: 30 years

20‘000 cars/day 950 cars/hour

No through traffic anymore 150 cars/hour

AFTER

BEFORE

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Population development

Scenarios

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How are we organised and what is our job (1/4)

Part of the City Administration

City Council

Legal Counsel City Clerk

Mayor’s Department

CO

Department of Finance

CO

Police Department

CO

Health and Environment

Department

CO

Civil Engineering and Waste Management

Department Consultative Office

Structural Engineering Department

CO

Department of Industrial Operations

CO

Education and Sports Department

CO

Social Welfare Department

Central Administration

Residents’

Office

Archives and Statistics

Museum Rietberg

Culture

Urban Development

Office for Equality

Financial Controls

Representatives and Debt Enforcement Offices

Justices of the Peace

City Police

Protection and Rescue Zurich

City Medical Service

Office of Transportation

City Judicial Office

Waid City Hospital

Triemli City Hospital

Care Centres

Municipal Health Service

Retirement Homes

Environmental and Health Protection

City Kitchens

Elderly Housing Foundation of the City of Zurich Advisory Office for Elderly Housing

Civil Engineering Office

Waste Management + Recycling Zurich Geomatic Engineering +

Surveying City of Zurich

Green City Zurich

Office of City Construction

Office for Structural Engineering Real Estate Management

Office for Building Permits

Water Resources

Municipal Power Authority

Transportation Operations

Energy Officers

Office of Education

School Health Services

Office of Sports

Transitional Opportunities and Adult Education

Youth Music School

Office for Social Services Support

Career Guidance Centre Social Welfare Institutions and Operations

Office for Supplementary Social

Security Services Social Welfare

Services Finance

Administration

Zurich Disabled Transport Foundation

Zurich Asylum Organisation Property

Administration

Tax Office

Human Resources Management

Organisation and Informatics Foundation for

Housing of Large Families

Insurance Office Accident Insurance

Agency of the City of Zurich

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We are the authority in charge of planning, design, construction and maintenance of public spaces and infrastructure

 Mobility, transport planning

 Planning, construction management, implementation and maintenance

 Coordination of all civil engineering projects in the city

 with other city offices, the federal government, canton and private individuals

 Oversight of structural use of public grounds

How are we organised and what is our job (2/4)

”Mobility and public spaces for people”

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How are we organised and what is our job (3/4)

RUN Design +

Development

Project Planning

Execution Maintentance

C ust omer Satisfact ion

BUILD DESIGN

DEFINE

Management Functions (Leadership, Planning, HR, Communication, Finance, Law, PRM,PO, Controlling)

Cu stome r Ne ed s Mobility +

Planning

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How are we organised and what is our job (4/4)

Infrastructure to be maintained

Total city ø-lifetime ø remediation-demand

Roads/streets 740 km 45 years  approx 16 km/year

Bridges, tunnels etc. 710 pieces 65 years  approx 11 pieces/year

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«Stadtverkehr 2025»

Goals

b y 1 0 % p o i n t s

p o p u l at i o n

o f fe r a n d

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«City traffic 2025»

Strategic overview _GOALS

E G Y

STRATEGIC PROJECTS

PLAN OF ACTION An appropriate

urban mobility

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Zürich‘s Transport Planning – «City traffic 2025»

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Tiefbauamt

Qualität ISO 9001

 Early PT-Opening in development areas: Tramway Zürich West

 Development of S-Bahn: „Durchmesserlinie“

 Tangential connections in city network: next tram route launch in 2017

…by developing public transport

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…by promoting pedestrian traffic

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…by promoting cycling

FUTURE

NOW

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 Parking regulation

 Historical compromise for the inner city: transfer of on-street parking places into underground parkings to increase the quality of space

 Example: Sechseläutenplatz

…by a restrictive parking policy

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 Zurich has already today almost citywide speed 30 km/h in residential areas

 Enlarging 30 km/h zones for noise protection purposes until 2014

 Main streets remain in general 50 km/h, only a few selected districts 30 km/h

 Test: Speed 30 km/h on selected main streets at night

…by reducing the speed in the city

AFTER

BEFORE

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 Cover the Highway A1 (main entrance MPT from the north)

 105 000 cars daily

 30 000 pers. suffer from noise and air pollution

 Basic project: 300 millions Swiss Francs

 Increase of quality of live

…by decreasing noise emissions

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…by offering new public spaces

AFTER

BEFORE

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 we consult companies,

 instruct in schools

 and inform the population

in terms of awareness raising regarding the mobility of every person and to cause changes in their behaviour.

…by instructing and consulting

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Plan of action

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for a High Quality of Living

Zurich’s Transport Planning for a High Quality of Living

Norwegian Study trip

Facts and Figures about Switzerland

 Population (2011): 7.95 million

 26 cantons, 2396 municipalities

 GDP (2011): CHF 587 bn

 Road network (2012): 71‘519 km

 Motorisation (2012): 535 cars per 1000 inhabitants

 Railway network (2011): 5233 km

Source: Verkehrszahlen Ausgabe 2013, Litra.

Facts and Figures about Canton of Zurich

 Population (2013): 1 406 083

 Employed (2013): 955 859

 Walking trails: 2 750 km

 Network bike routes: 2032 km

 Network streets(2013): 7 276k m

 Motorisation (2010): 491 cars per 1000 inhabitants

 Network public transport incl. night lines (2012) : 4090 km

 Surface area 1729 km²

 170 municipalities

Facts and Figures about the City of Zurich

 Population (2014): 400‘028

 Surface Area (2013): 91.88 km 2

 Road network (2013): 737 km

 PT Network of VBZ (2013): 279 km

 Signposted Bicycle routes (2012): 205 km

 Commuters into Zurich (2010): 213’000

 Public parking places (2011): 67’000

 Private parking places (2007): 200’000

 Motorisation (2012): 355 cars per 1000 inhabitants

 Number of employees (2012): 379‘500

 Economic capital of Switzerland

Urban Space and Efficiency

land consumption per person and transport means:

PT, bicycle and

Modal Split

All trips in between city limits

pedestrian bicycle PT MPT

Anteile der Verkehrsmittel an den zurückgelegten Wegen, 2005

und 2010. Quelle: Stadt Zürich (TAZ), Mobilität in Zahlen 2012/2

Daily Traffic crossing the City limits

Transport policy as an important contribution to the quality of living

Mercer’s quality of living ranking 2014:

1. Vienna (Austria)

2. Zurich (Switzerland) 3. Auckland (New Zealand) 4. Munich (Germany)

5. Vancouver (Canada)

Source: http://www.mercer.com/qualityofliving

Municipal voting

4 big infrastructure & mobility projects have been put to the vote the same week-end

 Railway station Zurich North

 Covering of motorway

 Revision of car parc reglementation

 Initiative for a new tramway

„Rosengarten“

High legitimation of transport policy

Usually long Planning and Political Processes

1963: First study on upgrading pedestrian zones

1987: Voters oppose blocking through traffic in combination with tunnel bypass

1999: Voters accept change of transport plan: no «continuous quarter street» anymore 2002: Voters authorizes credit (1.75 Mio. CHF) for upgrading bypass (existing streets) 2003: Administration court rejects objection against project

2004: Blocking through traffic

2005: Municipal council authorizes credit (14 Mio. CHF) for upgrading Limmatquai 2006: Opening after nine months rebuilding

Limmatquai: 30 years

20‘000 cars/day 950 cars/hour

No through traffic anymore 150 cars/hour

AFTER

BEFORE

Population development

Scenarios

How are we organised and what is our job (1/4)

Part of the City Administration

City Council

We are the authority in charge of planning, design, construction and maintenance of public spaces and infrastructure

 Mobility, transport planning

 Planning, construction management, implementation and maintenance

 Coordination of all civil engineering projects in the city

 with other city offices, the federal government, canton and private individuals

 Oversight of structural use of public grounds

How are we organised and what is our job (2/4)

”Mobility and public spaces for people”

 Surface Area (2013): 91.88 km ²

Strategic overview _GOALS