city & metropolitan planning Zurich,Switzerland

BEST PRACTICES
CASE STUDY: ZURICH’S TRANSPORT SYSTEM
CITY AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING
Group Members-
Sangge Nangkar
Savitri Kumari
Yassna Gautam
Assignment-1
School of Planning and Architecture , New Delhi
Semester-II
Masters of Urban Planning
Session-2016-17

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
 OVERVIEW
 INTRODUCTION
 TRANSPORT POLICY
 PUBLIC TRANSPORT
 LESSON LEARNT
 CHALLENGES
 WAY FORWARD
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION TO ZURICH TRANSPORT SYSTEM

 Public transport in Zurich is provided by VBZ, a multi-modal operator
of trams ,trolleybuses and buses. Trams form the backbone of the
system.
 Since the mid-1970’s,the city of Zurich has committed to a strongly
pro-public transport policy giving it high priority in streets and at
junctions.
 The basic concept is that the city provides an excellent operating
environment and VBZ should operate on time service within that
frame.
 ITS is central to Operations Management and high-quality, on-time
services , VBZ first implemented ITS in the early-1970’s.
 The ITS is integral to the VBZ operation and to the organization
,business processes, operating procedures, data and management.
 VBZ has evolved from using ITS to just know where their vehicles are
to precision operation with on –time running and transfer assurance.
 Passenger information is extremely well-developed, prior to the trip,at
stops and in the vehicles . It provides a seamless and ubiquitous
guidance.
OVERVIEW

Switzerland
Inhabitants 8.3 Mio.
Area 41‘000sq.km
1700 sq.km-Zurich
Density 200 Inh./km2 Switzerland
837 Inh./ km2 Zurich
Cars per 1000
inhabitants 497 Switzerland
INTRODUCTION
Population
• City: 378,000 (City Area 91.9 km2)
• Agglomeration: 1.25 million
• Metropolitan area: 1.68 million
• Greater Zurich Area: 3.2 million
Transport
• Motorisation: 376 Cars / 1000 Inhabitants
• Network public transport: 288 km
• Network streets: 740 km
• Network bike routes: 340 km
• Parking: public ground 51,000 . private
220,000
Economy
• Economic engine: generates 20% of
Switzerland’s GDP
A systematic approach for increasing public
transport efficiency:
– Public transport priority
– S-Bahn regional rail system (commuter rail)
– Coordinated ticketing and schedules
– Sustainable mobility program

PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Modal-Shift in the Canton of Zurich
1994 - 2010
Number of Cars per 1000 Inhabitants
City of Zürich
Public transport grows –private car traffic
stabilized Zurich City Limits
Modal Split(inner city)

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IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSPORT POLICY IN ZURISCH

 One ticket for all public transport means in the entire metropolitan area
 Strong suburban railway system
 Attractive tram & bus service within town
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION –BACKBONE OF URBAN MOBILITY SYSTEM
Attractive network
 Competitive journey time
 High frequency
 Dense network
 easy access
 100% integrated regional ticket system
 Infrastructure investment fund and financing of
operations
Zone-based fare system
Unlimited within zone & time period
Free choice of transport mode
Uniform price level

Based on three principles:
 Limitation of the number of private vehicles entering downtown .
 Canalisation of the car traffic on the principal axes, speed and access limitation on secondary
roads.
 Improvement and encouragement of the public transport and pedestrian mobility
108 Departures per Hour in an empty
Station
TRANSPORTATION POLICY

Story of Zurich is not just about the current state of transit in the city but also a 40-
year history of constant upgrades to transit and a lessening of the impact of cars on
the city over that time and the concomitant flowering of the city as one of the most
livable in the world.

Dynamic traffic management
 A "speed up program" was started: reserved tracks were created for tram and
bus, the traffic lights were programmed to give way to public transport
vehicles (through a sensor system), and a central control room was created
for the management of the public traffic in real time.
 To manage the private traffic all traffic lights of the town are connected to an
electronic traffic management system.
Improvement of the suburban public transport
 To create a network of 320km (200 miles) with 13 radial lines departing at
Zurich Main station every 15, 30 or 60 minutes.
 The service is carried out with 120 two-floor train units, 400 seats each.
Restricting the private traffic
Marketing
Promoting sustainable mobility behaviour
• Building and cultivating public awareness
• Innovative products and advertising
• Event management
• Mobility consulting for companies and schools

 100% integrated regional ticket systems
 100% open system: no reservations, no
supplements, no access gates, no time
restrictions
 Consolidated ticketing for 313 trams, 80
trolleybuses and 261 urban buses.
ITS Applications:
 automated vehicle location;
 operations management
including incident management;
 traffic signal priority;
 electronic fare collection (smart cards);
 real-time passenger information
pre-trip, at stations and in vehicles;
 automated passenger counting;
 timetabling; and
 vehicle and driver scheduling.
INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM
Easy Memorizeable Timetable
main national public transport hubs
00/15/30/45
 +/- integrated ticket system nationwide by law

Parking management
• Historic compromise (public parking
places frozen and shifted from street to
underground public parking garages)
• Private parking: trip-counting models
• Routing system for public parking garages
• Variable parking fees (time, congestion)
Low-speed zones in residential
areas
Until 2014:
• Expand area of 30 km/h for
noise protection

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LESSONS LEARNED
Maintaining the efforts
Implementing a Mobility Strategy
• It is not a one time action, but a
continuous task
• Rather a lot of little and modest
steps than few large steps
• Keep up political and public
awareness
• Early and persistent education
among age groups
• Teaching ways for sustainable
mobility behaviour
The project level
Sub-strategies are not prioritized
• Trade-offs between sub-strategies
have to be solved on a project level
• Rules of conduct are necessary for
efficient implementation
• Development of a Transport process

–Public spaces
Functionality vs. appearance in public spaces
• Public spaces in cities are generally very limited
• Mobility Strategy aims to rearrange public spaces in a rather functional manner
• Urban planning strives for a high quality of p. s. (perception, aesthetics…)
• Broad analysis of public spaces
Strategy «Public Spaces», vision and aims
• Vision: «Functionality, Sensuality, Aesthetics, Quality of stay»
Clear hierarchy
Coherent design
High quality of time spent in public spaces

WAY FORWARD
New Cross City Link
Main goals
 more capacity on 2 access routes
 more capacity at main station
 speed up trough running trains to reach next hub
Western Access Bridge
New 4-track Underground Station

WAY FORWARD
ENVIGASED ZURICH CITY IN 2025

WAY FORWARD

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Railway Network and Trains saturated
CHALLENGES and OPPORTUNITIES
CHALLENGES
 completely saturated
network
 traffic grows faster than
the network
 complexity of
regulations
OPPORTUNITIES
 high political and public
acceptance
 further extension
projects planned
 financing still
comfortable

Thankyou

city & metropolitan planning Zurich,Switzerland

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