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Smart
moves
A
prospering metropolitan
region like the “Vienna
Region” lives
through the activities
of its citizens
and economy. Mobility
is a key prerequisite
towards this goal,
although it must
never impair the
current or future
quality of life for
the population.
The Transport Master
Plan Vienna 2003
defines this need
for mobility under
the heading “intelligent
mobility” and
prioritises “smart
moves”. The
following strategies
can be derived from
this claim:
- “traffic
reduction”: “mobility-reducing“ urban
development minimises
the length and
number
of trips undertaken
by promoting local
shopping or allowing
for a combination
of housing and
work in close proximity.
- “traffic
redistribution”:
it is an ambitious
objective of the
City of Vienna
to shift the main
thrust of traffic
from motorised
individual traffic
to public transport
and bike traffic.
In
concrete figures,
this means:
- reducing
private car traffic
to 25 % of all
journeys made by
2020,
- increasing
the share of bike
traffic to 8 %
by 2015,
- increasing
the share of public
transport to 40
% by 2020, and
- keeping
the share of trips
undertaken on foot
at the current
high level of 27
% until 2020.
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