multimodal transportation

In Vienna 39 % of all journeys are made by public transport – more than elsewhere in Europe. Car-free residential zones have a long tradition here. The city’s first car-free residential complex with at total of 244 rental apartments was opened back in 1999. The pilot project “model car-free housing project“ is an alternative for residents willing to live without a car of their own. What makes the development so special is that, upon signing their rental agreements, tenants commit themselves to giving up their own car.

The MVV-App is a journey planning application created by the Munich transport association (MVV). As well as the MVV-internet journey planner, it provides entire bus and train connections quickly and reliably. The journey planning information will help you to find the quickest connection from A to B. Just enter the name of the stop, the address or the point of interest as your start or destination or use your current location as your starting point. The result includes footpath directions to your starting or destination point. You can even mark a preferred connection as your favourite.

‘Rekola’ (could be translated as rebike) is a community bikesharing. It’s a very recent project which started in April 2014 and initiated by two young men from association Rekola.cz. They are using old bicycles which are repaired and painted in pink. It’s for everyone, without any bike stands, just find a bike in one of four Czech cities – Prague, Brno, Olomouc and Pardubice – and go! How does it work? Every rider has a mobile phone application where he or she can see the availability of pink bikes near their surroundings.

A free public bicycle system started with an approach integrating universities and mass transit, along with other key destinations of the city to serve tourists.

The Travel CO2 Calculator aims to promote climate-friendly travelling modes in Lithuania. It is a web-based tool, integrated into a popular Lithuanian route planner at www.maps.lt/CO2. Whenever a site-visitor is planning a trip, the calculator provides information on travel carbon footprint for the most popular transport modes and highlights sustainable options. Passenger transport is responsible for a significant share of CO2 emissions, which, however, can be highly reduced through our individual choices.

The idea addresses personal multi-modal mobility and proposes a system of credits to act, at a certain extent, on personal mobility and, thus, to control urban traffic. In our idea, credits could be earned by people when using a specific bus, an extra-urban parking, as an award for off-loading a congested route, or for sending instantaneous traffic information. On the other hand, credits could be spent as discounts on the transport facilities, or to purchase the possibility to enter a restricted traffic area.

Oyster is a plastic smartcard which can hold pay as you go credit, Travelcards and Bus & Tram Passes. You can use an Oyster card to travel on bus, Tube, tram, DLR, London Overground, TfL Rail and most National Rail services in London.

HopOn was established in Israel in 2012 and has developed a unique, low cost solution that can be integrated with public transport operators fast and easily. Our system is secured, simple to use with a one button click solution. Using the ultrasonic HopOn Beacon, our patent pending innovative system offers the operator and the passenger the best experience in public transport ticketing. The HopOn system is already in use with more than 7 public transport operators in Israel installed on a total of more than 2,000 vehicles, including buses, BRT, LRT and bike rental stations.

The aim of the Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance is to enable the vision of ‘Register once, travel anywhere’ by developing open, interoperable standards with payment vendors and transit operators.The overall objective of the OMTA is to define and promote an open, standards-based solution for mobile ticketing, based on an alternative and open mobile ticketing solution. The Open Mobile Ticketing Alliance builds on top of open payment systems, replacing cards with a mobile device. This device (usually a mobile phone) is used as an identifier to gain access to the public transport system.

The SMILE Project will develop and test a prototype of what will be - from the user perspective - a pioneering integrated, multi-modal information, booking and payment system, linking individual e-mobility services with those of public transport; characterized by uniform usability and with a consistent guidance system - virtual and on-site. Standardized interfaces will allow and facilitate other mobility provider access to the system.