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The
Langenlois Traffic Reduction Community
Within
the framework of the Lower Austrian State Traffic Concept, the
concept of a „traffic reduction community“ was developed alongside
other proposals for measures against the increase in motorized
individual traffic (MIV). Thanks to a convincing traffic concept,
Langenlois was chosen to demonstrate how this measure could be
implemented in Lower Austrian communities with a population of
less than 7000 (about 95% of all communities in the state).
The
four-year model project “Langenlois Traffic Reduction Community”
aims at the voluntary renunciation of car rides that can easily
be replaced by more environment-friendly means of transportation.
Various well-coordinated measures propagate such alternative forms
of transportation and demonstrate their advantages for the individual
as well as the community (mottos: “It is fun to reduce traffic”
and “It is an advantage to be a traffic reduction community”).
According
to the spirit of the Lower Austrian State Traffic Concept, the
“traffic reduction community” is deliberately designed as a long-term
project that will gradually but lastingly shape the life of the
community. The Traffic Reduction Manual provides a careful and
lucid documentation of the entire project. In it, all of the measures
are laid out in such a way that they can easily be reproduced
by other communities. The effects of the project are analysed
in detail through polls and traffic counts (scientific evaluation).
Already after one year, 27% of the inhabitants affirmed that since
the start of the project, they had begun to use environment-friendly
means of transportation, including walking, instead of the car.
Features
of the project:
- The
promotion of the local economy is an equally important goal.
Attractive shopping and leisure possibilities, and as many local
places of work as possible, are prerequisite for reducing traffic.
- The
will to reduce traffic is central (“Traffic reduction begins
in the head”). In the framewok of a first evaluation (Fall-Winter
1999), 34% of the inhabitants (44% of the drivers) agreed with
the statement that it is possible to motivate people to choose
environment-friendly means of transportation without “compulsion”
(i.e. without the introduction of new laws).
- The
organization of the project as well as the strategies of motivation
are designed to have a lasting effect.
- No
restrictions will be put on driving.
- The
individual measures must be inexpensive, so that they may easily
be reproduced by all communitites. Motto: “Good ideas instead
of high costs.”
For
more information: http://www.vspar.at
Request
your traffic reduction brochure at:
Stadtgemeinde
Langenlois, Alois Gruber, Rathausstraße 2, A-3550 Langenlois,
phone:
02734/ 2101 - 15; fax: 02734/ 2101 - 39
E-Mail:
gde.langenlois@wvnet.at
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