FLIPPER PARTNERSHIP

SRMNetworks and mobility - Public Transport

Authority BolognaItaly

ATAFPublic Transport Company,Florence Metropolitan Area

Italy

University of AberdeenCentre for Transport Research,

School of GeosciencesUnited Kingdom

Municipality of PurbachAustria

AUThTransport Systems Research Group

Civil Engineering DepartmentAristotle University of Thessaloniki

Kentriki Makedonia, Greece

BOKUInstitute of Transport StudiesDepartment of Landscape,

Spatial and Infrastructure SciencesAustria

Municipality of VolosGreece

CIFInsular Council of Formentera

Illes Balears, Spain

The Municipality of AlmadaAlmada City Council

Portugal

ATLLivorno Transport Operator

Italy

RALRing a Link (Carlow Kilkenny & Tipperary

South Rural Transport Ltd)Ireland

EUROPEAN UNION

FLIPPERFlexible Transport Services and ICT platform

for Eco-Mobility in Urban and European Rural Areas

www.interreg4cflipper.eu

Co-Financed byEuropean RegionalDevelopment Fund

The IINNTTEERRRREEGG IIVVCC Programme is part of the European Territorial CooperationObjective of the Structural Fund policies for the period 2007-2013. It aims, bymeans of interregional cooperation, to improve the effectiveness of regionaldevelopment policies and to contribute to economic modernisation and in-creased competitiveness of Europe, by:

>> Enabling local and regional actors across the EU to exchange their ex-periences and knowledge:

>> Matching regions less experienced in a certain policy field with moreadvanced regions:

>> Ensuring the transfer of good practices into Structural Funds main-stream programmes.

More information about the INTERREG IVC programme can be found at the programme's official address

http://www.interreg4c.eu/

ITALY, Borgo Panigale (Bologna)''FTS for the urban area in Bologna, Italy, with thefunction to link a low density area with main trans-port service line and administrative local office''

The pilot application will be exploited by one operator selected by tenderprocedure. It will be completely flexible with paths and timetables being or-ganised according to ''many-to-few'' principles.

The INTERREG IVC programme Pilot applications

>> the exchange of good practices in the field of Flexible Transport Serv-ices (FTS) for enhancing the efficiency of public transport services andthe overall sustainability of urban and rural areas

>> the understanding of the passengers' point of view and learning aboutthe socio economic effects of FTServices in the served areas

>> the transfer of well consolidated experiences and best practices amongthe involved local authorities and the other entities

>> knowledge raising, both through analytical studies of the local needsand of the possible solutions

>> the increase at local level of the knowledge of new collective transportservices

>> the elaboration of guidelines for an effective European policy and nor-mative for collective transport services for cities and rural areas

>> the promotion at local, regional and European level of the concept, ap-proach and results of FTServices as real component of the overallarea/region transport chain

The FLIPPER main objectives

AUSTRIA, Purbach am Neusiedlersee (Lake Neusiedl)''Ensuring an attractive sustainable mobility servicewhich is affordable and protects the environment''

Based on the results of the feasibility studies, the running system will beadapted in a manner which increases the attraction of using the commu-nity bus and decreases the costs of operation.

GREECE, Kastoria''FTS for meeting demands of locals andtourists in the Municipality's area in Kastoria city''The pilot application will be implemented by AUTh

/ Transport systems Research Group in cooperation with the Municipalityand local transport operators.

GREECE, Volos''FTS for people with disabilities and mobilityneeds''Upgrading of existing FTS service for people with

disabilities and mobility impairements with an additional adapted vehicleand a reservation system.

SPAIN, Island of Formentera''FTS for a Spanish little Island area. The introduc-tion of voice intercoms''The pilot test will take forward the assessment

from the feasibility study and see the implementation and evaluation of voiceintercoms in selected sample scenarios (using various bus stops).

IRELAND, South Tiperary''FTS in Tipperary South focused on Healthand Disability service users''Implement a 5 / 6 day week FTS in Tipperary South

using a 14 seat minibus for the use of health service users forhospital and clinic appointments in Clonmel hospital and for use by the dis-ability sector.

FLIPPER Project Coordination Team

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More info at: http://www.interreg4cflipper.eu

AlmadaFormentera

LivornoFlorence

Kastoria

Langadas

Volos

Bologna

PurbachDefereggental

South Tiperary

Feasibility study & Pilot application

Feasibility study

Participating countries

ITALY, Borgo Panigale (Bologna)''FTS for an urban area in Bologna, Italy, with thefunction to link a low density area with main trans-port service line and administrative local offices''

The service under study will be integrated to conventional main public trans-port lines in order to increase ridership with modal shift from individual tocollective transport.

ITALY, Budrio (Bologna)''FTS for a rural area in the province of Bologna, Italy,with a low level of public transport usage but withthe function of feeding into metropolitan trains''

SRM, in cooperation with the Municipality of Budrio, will prepare the feasi-bility study for FTS in a rural area.

ITALY, Scandicci Hills (Florence)''FTS as feeder of tramway lines'', held in FlorenceMetropolitan area.In the area of the Scandicci hills ATAF will carry out

a feasibility in order to investigate the possibility of setting up a FTS to sati -sfy internal low demand within this area and to act as a feeder with the newtramway lines connecting Scandicci with inner city Florence.

AUSTRIA, Defereggental ''FTS for an alpine rural region as a complementaryservice to existing public transport services, fillingthe spatial gaps and gaps of service operation time''

In cooperation with the three municipalities of the Defereggen valley andbased on both mobility surveys and attitudinal survey, a FTS will bedesigned for this rural alpine region in the Southwest of Austria.

ITALY, Livorno''Urban FTS for serving the historic centre''ATL will implement a feasibility study in Livorno

area concerning the design of the most suitable flexible transport servicefor an Urban Quarter and the verification of the role of FTS as feeder to themain PT lines.

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Feasibility studies

The Flexible Transport Services (FTS) are transport services complementaryto conventional scheduled passenger ones as they are situated among themost flexible but more expensive taxi services and the least flexible con-ventional bus services. Flexible transport means that the service is adaptedto meet the known needs of users and allows some degree of freedom inat least one of its three key dimensions: route, timing and vehi-cle/facility/driver assignment. Flexible Transport solutions include a range of different transport services:

>> Local buses on routes with some flexibility (routes, time, meetingpoints, etc)

>> Real Demand Responsive Transport Services

>> Special customers transport

>> Community Transport

>> Shared taxis and car pooling

>> Some forms of Park and Ride, including those with advanced placebooking

>> Car pooling and organised lift giving

The optimisation of flexible transport services and their integration with usersinformation platforms could lessen the pressure of private motorised tripswith consequent gains in service efficiency and reduction of both energyand fuel consumption and emissions as well as pollution. Moreover it alsohas potential in increasing the overall accessibility of cities and rural areasand in improving the social cohesion of disadvantaged/dispersed areas bythe provision of personalised mobility services acting as feeder service to theconventional public transport (both railway and bus lines).

The FTS concept

The FTS advantages

Feasibility studies

AUSTRIA, Purbach am Neusiedlersee (Lake Neusiedl) ''Further improving the existing FTS in the munic-ipality (small city in rural region) ensuring a sus-

tainable mobility service''.In cooperation with the municipality of Purbach, a direct project partner ofFLIPPER, the existing FTS will be analysed and compared with theother case studies.

GREECE, Kastoria''FTS for meeting demands of localsand tourists in the Municipality's area in Kastoriacity''

The AUTh/Transport Systems Research Group in cooperation with local au-thorities will implement a feasibility study in Kastoria area concerning theapplication of a FTS for the service of local citizens and tourists.

GREECE, Langadas''FTS for a Greek area of relatively low densitypopulation, poorly served by public transport inLangada County''

The AUTh/Transport Systems Research Group in cooperation with LocalTransport Council (SASTh) will implement a feasibility study in the Langadaarea concerning the application of a FTS for the service of local citizens inorder to increase the existing low quality of transport services.

GREECE, Volos''FTS for disadvantaged social groups''Investigation of FTS for disadvantaged socialgroups in the City of Volos, including feeder servi -

ces to future Tramway.

SPAIN, Island of Formentera''FTS for a Spanish little Island area of relativelylow density population in winter season and agreat number of tourists in summer season''.

The feasibility study is an evaluation and update of the new model of pub-lic transport put in place last year, with an analysis and design for the im-plementation of 'voice intercoms' at bus stops.

PORTUGAL, Almada''FTS serving public service facilities and transportinterfaces''

Almada City Council will implement a feasibility study focused in Almada'sold town, concerning the application of a FTS serving local inhabitants andother citizens.

IRELAND, South Tiperary''FTS for a rural area in Tipperary South, SouthEast Ireland, focused on transport for Health Serv-ice users and the disability sector''.

Ring a Link will carry out a feasibility study in the area of Tipperary Southlinking with the general hospital in Clonmel for Health Service and disabili -ty users utilising Ring a Link's existing Travel Dispatch Centre and if possi-ble providing remote access to our booking system from the hospital.