Basel, Switzerland

Michael DeJohn, Michael Disla, Ryan

Wolpo, Chris Dionne, Aldo Rodhani

Basel’s Overview

● Federal Parliamentary Republic

● One of the 26 cantons of Swiss

● Basel Stadt - half canton

● Borders France and Germany

● Rhein River

● Basel Metropolitan Area

● High dense area (7000p/km^2)

Intermodal Transportation

★ Intermodal Transportation - key to a

sustainable transportation system.

● Most of modal share covered by:

public transport, cycling, and

pedestrian traffic.

● S.T. modes show a high level of

quality to local public traffic network

and cycling routes.

● 10 years ago Basel shifted focus on

improving the exchange between

the individual modes.

● 76% of modal share goes to

sustainable transport.

● Carry-on bikes shifted transportation

Transportation system

● Dense bicycle network, dense pedestrian zones in city center

● Quiet traffic zones around residential areas

● City or short distance, narrow streets, small squares, shared

spaces

● Great quality of public transport

● 40% of households without a car

● 56% of population owns a season ticket for public transport

● Priority given to public transport

Pedestrians Cyclists Public transport Motorized private

transport

29% 20% 28% 23%

“Basel is a city of cycling. Bicycles are the means of transport used

for 20% of all trips within the city. A clearly marked network of bicycle

routes covering 130 km and cycling paths criss-crossing both of the city

itself and the surrounding region makes Basel a truly bicycle friendly

city” - Hans Peter Wessels, State Councillor of the Canton of Basel-Stadt,

Switzerland

Bicycling in Basel

Bicycle Routes

● Green lines- on road

biking with little traffic

● Yellow lines- road with

heavy traffic

● Blue area- Ban on

bicycle and motor

vehicles

Bicycle Infrastructure

Mission:

● Fast and secure cycling

● Separate bike lanes on main street

● Improvement of dangerous crossing

● Close and easy parking

● Improvement of the parking situation

Bicycle Parking

● About 19,500 places for parking

● Two central parking facilities on both side of the SBB tracks

o Velo parking St. Johann

o Velo Station Central Railway Square

Bicycle Parking

The Tram Network

● Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)

■ Owned by Canton of Basel-Stadt

● Baselland Transport (BLT) ■ Owned by Canton of Basel-Landschaft

Trams:

-40.8 miles

-Ticketing

changes

-Interconnectivity

How does it work?

Tariff Association of Northwestern

Switzerland (TNW)

● The operational management of the TNW is

coordinated by a committee composed of 6 members

from: BVB, BLT, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the

Swiss Post Bus service, Autobus AG Liestal and

Waldenburgerbahn AG

● Allows for coordinated ticket pricing and timetables

Pricing

Multi-ride Example

Single Ticket Example

The U-Abo

International Commuting

● Regio Basiliensis (1963)

o Goal to develop cohesive

European border region

● Trinational Conurbation Basel

Association, TAB (2001)

o Public transportation and

regional planning projects

International Commuting

● Trinational Eurodistrict Basel,

TEB (2006)

o Non-profit association

comprised of members

from all 3 governments

o Strengthened cooperation

from France and Germany

TEB Development Areas

International Commuting

● 60,000 international commuters

that cross the border everyday

to work

● Cross-border commuters of

foreign nationality working in

Switzerland has been

increasing since 2001

Basel’s transportation

1.It takes me where I want to go

2.It takes me when I want to go

3.It is a good use of my time

4.It is a good use of my money

5.It respects me in the level of safety, comfort, and amenity it

provides

6.I can trust it

7.It give me freedom to change my plans

Cons?

Questions?

Work Cited

● http://www.stgotthardbaselhotel.com/basel/transportation/

● http://urbact.eu/fileadmin/Projects/Egtc/documents_media/PPT_Launch_conf_Urbact.pdf

● http://iclrd.org/web/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Basel-Metropolitan-Area-Three-Borders-One-Metropolitan-Area-Dec10.pdf

● http://www.ecf.com/wp-content/uploads/Auer-Barbara-Intermodal-Transport-Key-Factors-for-a-Successful-

Cooperation____.pdf

Notes to self

Should expand on 6 partners.

Regio Basiliensis- Deserves attention

http://www.regbas.ch/d_Information_in_English

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