Modal Split (why do we move?)
Modal Split (how do we moove?)
Definition on Transportation
Transportation planning, or transport planning, has historically followerd the rational planning model of
Other models for planning include rational actor, transit oriented development, satisficing, incremental planning, organizational process, and political bargaining.
Actors in the transport politic
International level
Why do we need transport politic?
With the traffic infrastructure we create mobility and landplaning
Good traffic infrastructures are very important for the competitively of a country or a location
Aims of transport politic
Energy consumption CH 2011
transportation 36%
housholders 27
industry 19
services 16
other 2
External costs of land transport
much more than by rail!!!!!
most of the external costs by road are from passengers! 75%
Mbility and travelchain

Public transport development 1980-2000
Growing netword length (19’000 –> 25’000)
Users 1.2 bil –> 1.7 bill
stops 17’000 –> 22’000
Salves revenues in PT
railway 4700 milion CHF
Regional buses and tramways and trolleybusses 1300
Rack railways and cabelways 1000
shipping 98
Evolution of passencer km since 2000 in %
PT: +50%
Individual Motorised trafic:+10%
total: +15%
Integrated system includes:
Evolution of the number of travel passes in milions (85-11)
Full fare travel card: increased regularly (almost Half milion)
Half fare travel card: fluctuated qith chanes of prices.
Possession of travel pass per linguestic region adn age group in %
German and Romanish own more GA, and halffare
Freanch owns a lot of local
only 30% of italians own a travel cart (german: 70%)
young people owns more that older, but recently retired people owns more than other adult.
Specific condition in CH
Development of supply in milions of train km and jurnery km
increases slighly!!
mosty train and regional bus
2000:
Number of trains per kilomenter and per day on the railway network
CH 1st
share public t vs private t
public: 23%
private: 77%
in 1980 was 20 / 80
in 1956 were 50 / 50 and before more public than private
public transport policy: railway act. art 49
all settlements areas and localities where live at least 100 person during the whole year shall be served by public transport
Remuneration Ordinance ADVF Art. 5
If more than 500 persons are conveyed daily on the most heavily used section of a regional transport route, a continuous hourly interval service with 18 pairs of services daily shall be offered (ordered).
challenges in transportation
The back side of the success stors
Steps taken in CH