closer to work. max mobiel - biography started as a part of a project “sustainable commutertraffic...
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Max Mobiel - biography
• Started as a part of a project “Sustainable commutertraffic in Gent”
• Initiative of the City Department of Economy• Non-profit organisation (vzw) founded in november
2007 with the support of the Flemish Gouvernment “Pendelfonds” – “Commuting fund”
• Integrated long term project• Social economy
Max Mobiel is active as1. Shuttleservice several buslines to distant industrial sites: Gent - St.Pieters <> Drongen
Gent - Dampoort <> Zeehaven-Oost (Skaldenpark)Gent - St.Pieters <>Zelzate (Arcelor)Gent - St.Pieters <>Zwijnaarde (Technologiepark) New lines + Coördination of the new shuttle service project in the Harbour of Antwerp
2. Fietspunt (Bicycle Point) Gent Sint-Pieters and Gent-Dampoort
Cooperation with the NMBS (Railway Company)• Maintenance and supervision of bicycle parkings• Bicycle renting• Small Bicycle repair for commuters
3. Bicycle renting (short and long term)CommutersTourists – NMBS daytripsCompanies – groups
4. Bicycle delivery service
5. Civitas partnerGent is the leading City in the “ELAN” project.Promoting and improving sustainable mobilityand quality of life in cities.
How does the shuttle service work ?
• Costumer (commuter or company) reservates a busride on the website
• The bus/taxi company checks online how many vehicels are needed
• The employees are dropped of at the gate of their companies
• After their workingday or –night they are picked up at the same place at the time given in their reservation
CustomersInterimsector: 85 %
Regular employees: 13 %
Other: people applying for a job – trainees 2 %
Rates
3,5 euro (excl. BTW) for a ride back and forth
120% deductable on revenu-tax for employing companies
Bicycle Points GentSint-Pieters/Dampoort
• Maintenance, clearing and cleaning, supervision of bicycle parkings around the train stations
• Removing abandoned bicycles• Small bicycle repair for commuters• Bicycle registration as anti-theft measure
Subcontracting for NMBS
3. Bicycle renting
• Makes commuting easier (optimising the modal split)• Advantages: efficiënt, fast, fun, less traffic jams, less
CO2, less noise, no parking difficulties, good for one’s health, …
• All bicycle commuters are welcom for small reparations in the workshop of Max Mobiel
• Short term rent (day basis) or for group activities• Renting to companies on a long term basis -
Enhances mobility to and within the company• Tourists visiting the city or the surroundings of Gent
Rates Bicycle renting
• Modern city bike type
• Renting rates incl. BTW:
½ day 7,00 euro1 day 9,00 euro1 week 20,00 euro1 month 25,00 euro1 year 195,00 euro
• Maintenance of the bicycle and surveyed parking place are included in the renting prices
Mailbox serviceDaily emptying of mailboxes on fixed times
Separate rideA one-time ride on call at any time of the day
Scheduled ridesAccording to a prefixed timeschedule
Grafic materiaalPrint materialJudicial documents for courts, lawyers, notariesTicketsMedical photographsLunchesMailPackagesKeys.…
What do we deliver for you?
4. Bicycle delivery service
fast – reliable –sustainable
NIEUW PROJECT
Our costumers
Courts
Lawyers
NotariesCompanies
Docters
Pharmacies
Private persons
Architects
Communication companies
Other delivery services City Departments
5. CIVITAS ELAN
• European project in cooperation with the city council of Gent and other local partners in the field of mobility
• Gent is leading city in a group of five European Cities• Term 2008-2012• 26 measures on sustainable mobility and life quality
for Gent• Max Mobiel is responsable for 5 measures• Emphasis on: Innovatif projects – Citizens engagement
Exchange between partner cities
CIVITAS
2. House of the Bicycle centralised information- and service point for all bicycle related matters at the back entrance of the renewed trainstation Gent Sint-Pieters.
CIVITAS
3. Public Bike System feasibility study on public bicycles for short distances in the city – alternatives ?
low rates
CIVITAS
4. Bicycle boxesP+R parkings offer commuters the possibility to swap their car or public transport for a bicycle (P+B)
CIVITAS
5. Neighbourhood bicycle sheds A solution for densly populated neighbourhoods with small housing and lacking private parking spaces for bicycles.