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1 slide 1 traffiq Local Public Transport Authority Frankfurt am Main General information on traffiq Holger Reich Study Visit of the delegations from Podravje und Thessaloniki

2 slide 2 traffiq Local Public Transport Authority of Frankfurt am Main Agenda Frankfurt / Main: Impressions and Facts Organisation of public transport

3 slide 3 traffiq Local Public Transport Authority of Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt / Main: Impressions and Facts

4 slide 4 Impressions of the City Frankfurt Frankfurt and its river Main: traditional & dynamic

5 slide 5 Impressions of the City Frankfurt Frankfurt fair: trade and economic center

6 slide 6 Impressions of the City Frankfurt Frankfurt international Airport worldwide hub

7 slide 7 Impressions of the City Frankfurt Frankfurt - Central Business District

8 slide 8 General Informations about Frankfurt >> Population: (25 % foreign people) >> City area: 248 km² >> Population density: per km² >> car density: 606 per inhabitants >> Jobs in town: >> Major financial centre with over 300 banks (e.g. domicile of the European central bank and an international stock exchange) >> International trade fair >> International airport (over 53,5 Mio. passengers per year) >> Main railway station: over passengers daily >> 36 museums, 46 cinemas >> 70 theatres (7 foreign-language theatres)

9 slide 9 traffiq Local Transport Authority of Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt / Main Facts (summary) International Capital of Finance High density of Jobs International airport Hub Skyline

10 slide 10 traffiq Local Transport Authorityof Frankfurt am Main Organisation of public transport in Frankfurt / RheinMain (local / regional)

11 slide 11 Transport Modes in Frankfurt and the Rhein-Main-Region Regional and long distance Mobility

12 The Frankfurt Rhine-Main Public Transport Association (RMV) Zone-based fare and tariff system Example: A trip starting from the city of Frankfurt (zone 50) to the city of Wiesbaden (zone 65, yellow) = Price level 5 The Rhine-Main Public Transport Association (RMV) integration of about 110 different fare and tariff systems in 1995 approximately 150 transport operators RMV-Supervisory Board: 26 local authorities and the province of Hesse

13 Fares Without an Integrated System The St. Petersburg example Approx 35 km Pavlovsk St. Petersburg Pay at the driver Metro: 17 Rubles Train: 43 Rubles Minibus: 13 Rubles = 73 Rubles

14 Integrated Fare System The Frankfurt example Approx 40 km Frankfurt Wiesbaden 1 fare / 1 ticket 7,30 Euro + Integrated timetable

15 Advantages of integrated Public Transport Systems Advantages for the customers >> free choice of transportation mode (e.g. bus, tram, regional rail) >> combined transport chains with ONE ticket >> comprehensible strategy one tariff - one ticket >> coordinated timetables (best connections) Advantages for the Public Transport >> synergy effects for marketing, customer information etc. >> standardisation of distribution (e.g. ticketing) >> simple tariff system for all public transport modes >> consistent market presence Experience of Integrated Public Transport Associations in Germany increasing demand and revenues

16 slide 16 traffiq - Different Tasks City of Frankfurt >> Integrated Transportation Masterplan >> Developing new city areas >> Pre studies of public transport >> City parliament decides on city developing, transportation plans, financing of public transport Carrier traffiq >> Planning (Network & Capacity) >> Local Transportation Plan >> Tendering, Contracts and direct award >> Communication, Marketing >> Setting Quality Standards >> Carrier: Operating the Public Transport bus companies and VGF (city owned pt-company) VGF Infrastructure >> Planning, building, maintenance and operating bus and lightrail Infrastructure

17 slide 17 Local PTA (traffiq) - Organisation chart Division 20 Financial policy and tariff CEO Dr. Hans-Jörg von Berlepsch Division 110 Municipal Matters, Corp- Orate Communication, Legal Services Division 120 Human Resources Facility Management Division 210 Financial Management Division 220 Service Planning (Network & Capacity) Division 340 Service Placing and Ordering Division 310 Marketing, Market and Traffic Research Division 330 Customer Services Division 410 Information Technology & Data Management traffiq altogether has 68 employees

18 Financing of Public Transport in Frankfurt/Main Deficit: - Service Charge for contracted bus services (by CoF) - Deficit transfer within the municipal utility holding Direct Subsidies by City of Frankfurt Subsidies by Province (Hesse) 3% Compensation payments for - Learners - People with disabilities by National and Province Gov. 16% 19% 6% 56% Fare income

19 What is the EU Regulation 1370? Regulation No. 1370/07 by the European Parliament and Council in force since 3 Dec 2009 New legal basis for awarding and funding of public transport services Clearly separating authorities and operators Defines how authorities can act in public transport according to EU law Enables transport services that are safer, cheaper, more numerous and of higher quality than those that market forces alone would have allowed Authorities can decide between direct awarding, internal operators or tendering of lots have to In both cases, direct awarding and tendering be announced at least one year in advance in the official journal of the EU competition and tranparency increase!

20 Contracts in Public Transport Fundamental Contents of the Transportation Contracts Duration of services, scope of services (including operating schedule, time schedules, routes) Compliance with all laws, standards and requirements Quality requirements Reporting obligations Gratifications and Penalties Bonus-Malus System Financing, provision of collaterals Bids are not allowed to contain public subsidies in order to be comparable Observance of high environmental standards are obligatory

21 Kinds of Contracts in Frankfurt Public Transport Buses Light rail (trams and light metro) Direct awarding to VGF (city owned public transport company) Local bus lines tendering in 5 lots Several private bus companies are on the market Easy accessibie infrastructure Mergence between infrastructure and vehicles, difficult for other companies to run on Frankfurts rails More jobs (drivers and maintance of infrastucture vehicles)

22 Local Public Transport Systems - impressions Nahverkehr in Frankfurt am Main

23 Local Public transport systems - important facts Passengers 257,9 Million passengers Lines 9 Light metro lines (U-Bahn) 9 Tram lines 50 Bus lines 10 Nightbus lines Rolling stock & Network 352 rail vehicles 220 kilometres rail network 292 busses 530 kilometres bus network traffiq Lokale Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main

24 slide 24 traffiq Local Transport Authority of Frankfurt am Main Organisation of public transport (summary) Regional and local Authorities 3-Level-Organisation with Management Level Tendering of Buslines Direct award of light metro and tram lines

25 slide 25 traffiq Local Transport Authority of Frankfurt am Main We hope you ve enjoyed this presentation! Please feel free to ask any questions.