Bremen „mobil.punkt“
In Bremen, car sharing stations, called “mobil.punkte”, bring together local public transport, car sharing, bicycles and taxis in a customer-oriented way. The car sharing areas were established via special authorisations to use public spaces for certain purposes.
Context
The high land use by parking or other immobile means of transport causes problems in inner city neighbourhoods.In solving these problems, the general mobility patterns of the inhabitants have to be taken into account. Multifaceted mobility offers should also consider cars, for example via car sharing. By better combining the various mobility offers, areas may be reactivated for social and ecological functions.
In Bremen (547,000 inhabitants), urban renewal, air quality planning and integrative transport planning are combined to improve the quality of the urban life. In doing so, the city uses synergy effects between the related measures. Car sharing plays an important role when relieving inner city neighbourhoods from parking pressure. Integrating car sharing into the parking space management of inner city neighbourhoods and combining it with other transport modes is an essential element.
However, inner city neighbourhoods mostly cannot provide the areas needed for car sharing stations. Often only public street areas are available but establishing car sharing stations in public street areas or giving priority to car sharing cars is currently not provided by law.
In 2009, a car sharing action plan was adopted aiming to increase the use of car sharing. By 2020, the number of car sharers is to be increased to 20,000 - which is four times higher than 2009! Car sharing stations in public street areas play an important role to relieve the strain on the parking space situation in densely built-up neighbourhoods and to improve the residential environment. Car sharing is also to play a more important role in new housing areas, for the mobility management of the public and private sector, for integration in local public transport and in public relations work.
Project description
Source: Stadt Bremen
Bremen has already started to promote and integrate car sharing at an early stage.At the end of the 90s already, a joint offer combining local public transport and car sharing was presented. In order to extend the project, “intermodal mobility stations” including car sharing in public street areas were set up in April 2003. So-called “mobil.punkte” (mobile points) bring together local public transport, car sharing, bicycles and taxis in a customer-oriented way. In order to make a combination of these offers, stations close to local public transport stops, bicycle stands, mobility information points and taxi stands were chosen. Citizens were informed about the project through various media and involved in the context of “urban district parliaments”. One of the stations was even moved at the suggestion of the inhabitants. The car sharing areas were established via special authorisations to use public spaces for certain purposes in the context of a building permission procedure. The special authorisation is based on the definition as “intermodal mobility stations”.
The project also gave reason to amend the national road traffic regulations (Straßenverkehrsordnung StVO). With a consistent national regulation on stations in public street areas, car sharing might even better meet demands and relieve densely built-up inner city neighbourhoods. The draft to amend the national road traffic regulations (“Straßenverkehrsgesetz“ and “Straßenverkehrsordnung”) are currrently being coordinated by the responsible ministries.
The project was initiated and executed by the city of Bremen. The special authorisation for the “mobil-punkte” is owned by the local parking space management organisation letting it to a car sharing provider. Certification of the car sharing enterprise with the environmental label “Blue Angel” is an important prerequisite for setting up “mobil.punkte”. Opening the first few stations was combined with altering the street space so that the pilot projects received an attractive design. Furthermore, the local public transport stops point to the "mobil.punkte". Further “mobil.punkte” are presently being created.
Realising the first “mobil.punkte” was one half each financed by the city of Bremen and by the INTERREG programme of the EU. They are realised by the local parking space management organisation. The technical infrastructure for the car sharing system (electronic key manager, safety latches etc.) is installed by the provider at its own expense. The rental income of the stations is used to finance the operating costs (street cleaning, parking space management costs etc.).
Project chronology
Year | Event |
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1996 | „Bremer Karte plus AutoCard“ (annual subscription for local public transport with car sharing access) as combined local public transport and car sharing offer created. |
1998 | Neutral and checkable definition for car sharing initiated and environmental label "Blue Angel" awarded |
2002 | „Bremer Karte plus“ as combined chip card for local public transport, car sharing and shopping established |
2003 | First two “mobil.punkte” implemented |
2005 | Experiences analysed/two “mobil.punkte” evaluated |
2007 | Third “mobil.punkt” (Leibnizplatz) opened |
2009 | Car sharing action plan in Bremen adopted |
2010 | Presented as urban best practice at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai |
Aims
- to improve the urban quality of lifeto relieve inner city neighbourhoods from the parking pressure
- to use the public space more efficiently
- to recover areas for social and ecological functions
- to combine local public transport, car sharing, bicycle and taxi in a customer-oriented way
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Types of measures
- launching special authorisationssetting
- up car sharing stations in the form of intermodal mobility stations
- altering the street space
Innovations
Source: Stadt Bremen
With the help of special authorisations, car sharing can also be supported in inner city neighbourhoods. By networking car sharing points with other transport modes, the various modes can be better combined. The case of Bremen has shown that the stations are intensively used. Evaluating the first two “mobil.punkte” has revealed that the ten cars available in these places have replaced 95 private cars. All in all, 5,300 customers (as per November 2009) participate in car sharing with over 130 cars spread over 34 stations in Bremen. About 1,000 cars were abolished and replaced by car sharing. If the same relief effect could have been achieved with multistorey or underground car parks, investments of about 10 to 25 million euros would have been necessary.
Sources
- Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung (BMVBS) and Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung (BBR) (editors): Vernetzung im Verkehr. Gute Beispiele der Verbesserung von städtischen Quartieren. BBR-Sonderveröffentlichung, Bonn 2008. (for more information on the publication (in German) please see: http://www.bbr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/Veroeffentlichungen/BMVBS/Sonderveroeffentlichungen/2008/DL_VernetzungVerkehr.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2
Further information
- http://www.mobilpunkt.info
- http://www.carsharing.de/
- http://www.cambio-carsharing.com/cms/carsharing/de/1/stdws_info/stationen/region/72.html?cms_f3=2
The projekt site ist to be found at postal code: 28209 - town: Bremen - street: Hohenlohestraße 60 oder auch unter PLZ: 28203 - Ort: Bremen - Straße: Am Dobben 133.
Poject site on Google-Maps: https://goo.gl/maps/BZeNKkrZM5N2
Last update: 21.02.2018