Good Practice Category: Mobility

Feedback from action training on the smart village methodology with the Smart Community pilot areas

Taxito is a ride-along system that's been in use in the Napf area since June 2015. It is a supplement to public transport and makes existing capacities in individual transport easily accessible to the general public. In rural areas, weak demand is a major challenge in expanding the public transport offer above the legally established basic offer. Taxito has a low entry hurdle thanks to its easy handling. The Lucerne Transport Authority (VVL) promotes digitisation and sharing projects. Taxito can be seen as a forerunner of autonomous systems or vehicles, since a platform is used to combine journey requests with driving performance. The communities of Luthern and Zell and the city of Willisau actively contribute to the use and awareness of Taxito.The number of trips arranged has increased continuously since its launch to 928 trips in 2018. Compared to the previous year, this is an increase of 100 trips. Also in 2018 no accidents, incidents or damages were reported.At the end of 2017, Taxito passengers waited an average of less than three minutes before being given a lift by a driver. In 2018, the average waiting time was reduced to 2.5 minutes. Contrary to expectations, waiting times also remain short at taxito points with low vehicle frequency.Waiting is at the so-called Taxito-Point. These are marked with display boards where the desired destinations are immediately recognisable. The user enters his destination at the Taxito-Point and it is displayed on the board. This way the driver can immediately see where the waiting person wants to be taken. Thanks to solar and mobile technology, the panels are independent of the mains supply, so there are no additional costs for positioning or relocation.

4 communities in the Viamala region - Thusis, Cazis, Andeer, Rheinwald - took part in the participation process. They were test communities for all 19 communities in the region. The process was coordinated by the region. The Viamala region is an administrative unit of the canton of Graubünden that was created as a result of the local government reform on January 1, 2016.

The citizen company SAS Centrales Villageoises VercorSoleiL, specialized in the production of renewable energies, decided within the Ecological Transition Contract of the Community of Communes of Royans-Vercors by purchasing a ZOE e-car to experiment and launch an E-car sharing service to the inhabitants of the South-Vercors moutaneous area.

ummadum - an innovative toolfor reducing traffic in municipalities

Especially in rural regions it is not always easy to be mobile. Often, people are dependent on their own cars. For older people, who are not able to drive a car anymore, it can be very difficult to get to the doctor or the bakery in the town-center on their own.