MIDAS in Clermont-Ferrand

Summary of Activities in Clermont-Ferrand

  1. MIDAS target area
    • Focus on two areas of the “Grand Clermont”:
      • the "poles de vie" (secondary sub-urban centres which are the "entry doors" to improve public transport network with inter modality opportunities) (about 30 000 inhabitants)
      • the metropolitan area (about 300 000 inhabitants)
  2. Stakeholder Consultation
    • Consultation with local partners was launched with an official event the 14th of November (using the multimodal scheme as a basis for work).
  3. Evaluation (“before” and “after”)
    • Through the Travel Conference – working group and consultation of elected people, technicians from local transport authorities, policy makers, public authorities representing the different territories scales.
    • Urban Travel Plan Communication Campaign
    • Travel Guide consultation (first questionnaire on design prototype – done in spring/summer 06; second questionnaire on awareness of the guide will be reissued in 2007.
  4. Implementation of soft and associated measures
    • The soft measures for Clermont Ferrand concentrate on the provision of information on the alternative transport means, through::
      • The Grand Clermont Travel guide Targets’ two categories of users:
        1. “Existing Users”: are users of public transport who are easy to convince of the relevance of such a tool and who can promote it and main stream public transport
        2. “New Users”: people who are considered as likely to use public transport in the coming months. NOTE: SMTC decided to make the guide available on the Internet; however this is done separately from MIDAS.
          Travel Guide

      • Travel Conference: implementation of a coherent public transport policy The Travel Conference was launched on 13th of February – with around 100 participants. This event started a round of meetings to discuss and implement the Grand Clermont Multimodal Scheme (Schéma Multimodal) which is part of the Urban Travel Plan.
        Travel Conference

      • Communication Strategy on the Urban Travel Plan (Plan de Déplacements Urbain, (PDU) - This communication campaign will deal with the promotion of the Urban Travel Plan orientations and a sensitisation on sustainable mobility behaviours. Different communication tools could be used such as exhibitions, a promotional film, leaflets.

        The MOSTRA modelling tool has been used to test options for the new Urban Travel Plan (PDU). NOTE: The use of MOSTRA is not done as part of MIDAS, but assists in the development of soft and associated measures in Clermont Ferrand as an information tool.

 

 

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