The document discusses green urban transport solutions in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. It describes Stuttgart's population and role as a center for the automobile industry. It then summarizes Stuttgart's carpooling system called "Pendlernetz Stuttgart", an online software that matches carpools. Over the years, the system saw significant increases in monthly users. The document also outlines Stuttgart's initiatives to promote carsharing and electric vehicles as part of its sustainable urban mobility plan to reduce private car use. In conclusion, it recommends that public administrators support existing carpooling and carsharing options through communication campaigns and making them a socially accepted transportation option.

1. Effective solutions for green urban transport –
Learning from CIVITAS cities
16 April 2013
Geneva
Dipl. biol. Regina Lüdert, City of Stuttgart

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City of Stuttgart
 600,000 inhabitants
 2.7 million inhabitants in metropolitan
region
 Green city (40% under landscape
protection)
 Leading location of automobile industry
and R&D in Europe
 Host of Cities for Mobility Network

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City of Stuttgart
765 000 commuters per day within the region of
stuttgart
205 300 commuters per day come to stuttgart
57 400 commuters per day drive from stuttgart into
the region
A car is occupied with 1,1 persons on average

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Carpooling Stuttgart „Pendlernetz“
• Geographical referenced maps
• Route planning from door to door
• Automatically generated response via email or SMS
if a matching partner is found
• Data transfer to public transport timetable
• Free of charge service for users
• Event data pool
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Carpooling System in Stuttgart
“Pendlernetz Stuttgart”
• The registered user can enter his travel data
• The system calculates suitable trips right
down to street level
• Personal preferences are considered as well
as
time and cost requirements in a defined route
corridor
• The user receives the entire route on a map
including passenger collection and drop-off
points
• 28 500 visits registered per month in 2006
• 78 600 visits registered per month in 2007

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Carpooling System in Stuttgart
“Pendlernetz Stuttgart”
the online software system to match car pools
• The user data are adopted by the PT information system

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Acceptance
Statistics on hits, files, pages
0
100000
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
2005 2006 2007
Year
Number
Total hits
Total files
Total pages

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Thematic Groups in 2 MOVE 2
 Clean energy-efficient vehicles
and transport systems
 Collective passenger transport
 Demand management strategies
 Mobility management
 Safety and security
 Car independent lifestyle
 Urban freight logistics
 Transport telematics
 Development of SUMPs
(Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans)
& integrated city planning
- carsaharing and carpooling is part of
SUMP

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Mobility Management in 2 MOVE 2
Mobility and Information Service
Centre in Stuttgart
 Mobility plans for local companies and
housing communities incl. models for
sharing of 2- and 4-wheelers.
 Dynamic mobility information on huge
construction sites (e.g. Stuttgart 21)
and special events.

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Carsharing / Carpooling in Stuttgart
Private carsharing
 Autonetzer
 Car2share
Carpooling
 Mitfahrgelegenheit
 pendlernetz
Carsharing
 Car2go – 200 electric smarts - flexibel
 Flinkster – several stations within the city
 Stadtmobil – 390 different vehicles 177
staions within the city and the region

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Conclusion
Knowledge
 Carsharing and carpooling became a very successfull
and dynamic market in the meanwhile
 Dynamic “just in time” solutions via App are asked by
the youngsters
 It is quite an effort to make a product known
 A network of strong partners is usefull who contibute
large usergroups such as
- companies
- organisations
- soccer clubs
- festivals
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Conclusion
Recommendation
 As a public administration it doesn’t make so much
sense to mix into the development of an commercial
product
 Better to communicate existing carpooling and
carsharing products within the society and specially
the companies
 Start awareness campaigns
 Make carsharing and carpooling a wanted and
social accepted option
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Thank you
Dipl. biol Regina Lüdert
contact
regina.luedert@stuttgart.de
www.civitas.eu