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Mobility in Hasselt
Content of this presentation
• Introduction of Hasselt
• Free Public Transport
• How it started
• Results
• Remarks and challenges
• A common strategy?
Hasselt
• Flemish part of Belgium
• Capital of Limburg
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74.500 inhabitants
• 102,24 km²
• Shopping & fashion
• Free public transport
• Genever
• Pukkelpop
• …
Capital of good taste
Hasselt – Known for:
Hasselt - Infrastructure
• Highways E313 & E314
• Albertcanal
• Crossing of railroads
• Outer Ring Road (R71)
• Green Boulevard (R70)
Hasselt - Infrastructure
1990:
– Need for a third ringroad !?
– Better solution:
Smart mobility (walkability, biking, public transport)
=> Green Boulevard
Hasselt – Green boulevard
• Ancient city wall
• 19th – Boulevard
• 60’s – 2 ring structure
• Adaptation 1997 – Green Boulevard
Public transport
• Free since July 1997
• New network
• 3 main transit stations
• Accessible for the disabled
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Free Public Transport Year Users / year Times more
1996 350.000
1997 1.498.088 4,28 more
2000 3.178.548 9,08 more
2005 4.257.408 12,16 more
2008 4.516.611 12,90 more
2012 4.398.158 12,56 more
• Popularity: – 16% switched from car to bus
– 12% from bike to bus
– 9% pedestrian to bususer
• Social factor – meeting place
– elderly people
– “our bus”
– speakable
Hospital Market
Users before 26,25% 33,90%
Users after 73,75% 66,10%
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Polls Free public transport started 1 June 1997
November 1997: general bus poll
The questioned bus passengers declared the following:
• 16% had switched from the car to the bus
• 12% from the bike to the bus and
• 9% from on foot to the bus
leerlingen leerkrachten / personeel
1996- ‘97 1997 – ‘98 1996 – ‘97 1997 – ‘98
Busgebruik 9,7 % 23,3 % 3,4 % 7,2 %
Autogebruik 26,2 % 21,6 % 51,8 % 49,6 %
Fietsgebruik 38,0 % 27,5 % 31,0 % 31,0 %
Te voet 12,8 % 7,1 % 10,2 % 6,5 %
Jaar Totaal aantal vervoerde reizigers De Lijn
Vlaanderen
Aantal vervoerde reizigers De Lijn
Limburg
Netto vervoer-
ontvangsten De Lijn
Vlaanderen
Netto vervoer-
ontvangsten De Lijn
Limburg
Totaal afgelegde
km's De Lijn
Vlaanderen
Totaal afgelegde
km's De Lijn
Limburg
1991 216 770 950 17 898 277 € 99 819 000 € 10 074 000 116 644 880 18 546 992
1992 217 811 450 18 022 740 € 102 589 000 € 10 349 000 119 217 226 19 404 418
1993 219 081 000 18 044 000 € 104 423 000 € 10 537 000 118 834 735 19 075 676
1994 220 645 684 16 999 000 € 107 250 130 € 10 936 000 118 135 815 19 116 434
1995 218 739 838 16 827 000 € 110 117 454 € 11 210 000 116 857 194 19 271 619
1996 214 846 501 16 630 000 € 111 377 773 € 11 312 000 117 655 258 19 008 509
1997 214 886 064 17 740 422 € 112 888 430 € 11 416 522 119 676 293 19 071 723
1998 216 428 033 18 402 886 € 114 948 645 € 11 282 932 124 737 324 19 943 976
1999 223 232 324 19 007 042 € 117 225 178 € 11 412 856 127 612 036 20 027 461
2000 240 409 886 19 989 864 € 113 143 435 € 11 042 853 130 554 452 21 003 343
2001 265 004 679 23 475 639 € 110 359 723 € 10 871 595
2002 318 000 000
2003 365 000 000
2004 413 014 716
2005 448 717 957
2006 463 100 000
2007 483 000 000
Free Public Transport
• Costs: – 1-2% of the city budget
– 75% regional government
– 25% Hasselt (= ticket price)
Year € % of total cost (=ticket price)
1997 274.379 11%
2000 782.849 23%
2006 1.026.955 25%
2012 1.750.000
25%
Free Public Transport
• Social Factor
• Increased welbeing
• Reduced number parkings
• More trees / greenspots
• Less roadmaintenance
• Reduced number accidents
• Reduced airpollution
• …/…
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REDUCED PARKINGS
• BEFORE 1995
• Small ring road
•Metered: 346
•Free: 186
• City centre:
•Metered: 698
• TOTAL: 1230
• AFTER 2000
• Small ring road, now
HGB:
•Metered: 197
•Free: 000
• City centre:
•Metered: 500
• TOTAL: 697
• 2008
– Small ring road, now HGB:
•Metered: 126
•Free: 000 TOTAL: 457
– City centre:
•Metered: 331
Walkability / Biking
• Car free pedestrian zone – Step by step
– Alley network
– Parkingpolicy
– Deliverie stores
– …
• Biking – Bikes alowed
– Free bicycle parkings
– Free bike rental
Deliveries possible
• Deliveries between 6 & 11h and 17.30 & 20h
• 5 delivery loops
• 53 drop off spots
• Citydepot
Future Lightrail
• Spartacus plan – De Lijn & NMBS
– Reorganize bus network
– Lightrail: 3 routes
• Hasselt-Maastricht ( – 3 stops in Hasselt
– Overpelt & Maasmechelen
Challenges
• High use of private motorised transport – Car possession (91,1%)
– 2,8 transfers/day (31,6 km)
• Improve the use of public transport
• Cost/Benefit
Share ideas
• Idea lanched by Aubagne and Etoile: group cities focusing on Free Public Transport
• Use existing experiences, skills and networks as for example Eurotowns.
Mobility in Hasselt