EPFL: 10 Years of Sustainable Mobility

1. école
Polytechnique
Fédérale
de Lausanne :
2005-2015
10 years of sustainable mobility
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2. Introduction
Numbers
5 Schools, 2 Colleges
354 laboratories
10’124 students (Ba/Ma/PhD/
Postdocs) of over 112 nationalities
338 faculty
3’372 staff
TOTAL:13’834
Environmental Impact of
commuting:
30 to CO2 / day
88% due to the cars
Situation:
Located at 10km west of Lausanne
and 10 east of Morges
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3. 10 years of EPFL surveys (student and staff)
# bike
% bike
# pedestrian
% pedestrian
# car/motorbike/scooter/moped
% car/motorbike/scooter/moped
# public transport
% public transport
16000
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
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4. 10 years of EPFL surveys (student and staff)
2005-
2015
+3%
+62%
How did
we get
here?
+1%
+6%
-10%
pedestrian bike
Populationcar
public transport
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5. strategy
Actions
in
Infrastructures
Operations
Communication
Innovation
Planning
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6. Infrastructures
Student housing:
+ 1000 rooms (+ 60%)
500 rooms in Arcades (picture -2014)
+250 for 2018 (Triaudes)
+1’400 for 2020 (Vortex)
Decrease the impact on system tran-
port and environment
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7. Infrastructures
Wide walkways and cycling under the
main road and metro
Extension of the metro station and
additional pedestrian bridge
New speed limit on the campus
30 km/H
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8. Infrastructures
Bike parks
Total number of bicycle parking
spaces: 2287
(= number of car parking spaces)
+1200 in 10 years
Velostation
300 secure sheltered places
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9. Infrastructures
Parking lots
3600 places, deceasing, for all
(students, staff, companies, services,
eldery people, etc.)
2300 for staff and students
(limited to 200 for Ba/Ma)
= number of bike parking spaces
Very low annual rates since 1991 (CHF
150.-/ year)
Rate increase of 240%
on January 1st
2016 (360.-/year)
10% decrease in parking stickers
Intensification of controls
(Culture change)
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10. Infrastructures
Electric parking lots
Creation of :
10 charging stations for cars on 2
spots
10 charging stations for scooters
Electricity for free
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11. Operators
Public transport
Metro and buses
Desynchronisation of course schedule
for peak hours (2005)
Creation in 2015 of a planification
plateform with public authorities,
operators and EPFL + UNIL campus
In the past 5 years, 15% increase of
of the metro’s capacity thanks to
higher frequency and introduction of
additional capacity
Congestion problems at peak hours
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12. operators
Bike sharing
launched in 2009 as the first
bikesharing system in CH.
Today :
10 stations with 140 bikes
(free for 90 min).
Car sharing
EPFL fleet replaced in 2005 with car
sharing system (Mobility).
Today :
17 cars (1 electric)
Opening of an electric carsharing
system in 2012 with 7 stations and 14
cars
Same deployement in EPFL Antenna
Microcity Neuchâtel
Car pooling:
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13. operators
Bike repair shop
In opreation since 2005
Pro Vélo award in 2009
In 2015:
1700 repairs
400 2nd
hand bikes sold
(350 for students), with grant from
the EPFL Student Foundation
10 students involved all year long
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14. Promotion-
Information-
Actions
Discounts
Free 50% railway passes
Discount on new, 2nd
hand bikes and
safety material
Actions
Ça marche (podometers)
10 years of Bike to work
(120 teams in 2015)
Act for change
(Sustainable Challenge for staff in
2015 with 560 participants and
students in April 2016), with mobility
actions
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15. Promotion-
Information-
Actions
Neighborhood
Close collaboration with:
Student associations: AGEPOLY,
UNIPOLY
Universté de Lausanne
Authorities at the communal,
agglomeration, cantonal and federal
level
Neighborhood association (ADHIRE)
Bike Association (Pro Vélo)
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16. Promotion-
Information-
Actions
Safety campaign (2015)
Large poster campaign
5 courses, 120 participants
Main event at the new students
welcome day
Light action on the street in Oktober
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17. Innovation
Electric driverless shuttles
1st
demo with European project CATS
in 2014
2nd
demo with European project City
Mobil 2 in 2015
Official inauguration with Presidents of
France and Switzerland
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18. Innovation
Business travel
Controlling impacts of business travel
with innovativ widget and calculator
(Routerank, spin off company of EPFL)
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19. Mobility Plan
2016-2020
Hiring of a sustainable mobility officer
(done)
Opening of a new Mobility Fund
(additional revenue from parking
passes)
Innovative parking with smartphone
application and electronic payment in
January 2017
(Fees based on consumption)
Grants for public transport passes
and bikes in January 2017 (work in
progress)
Mobility Lab EPFL Sion with driverless
shuttles (2 years project)
New bike repair building (architecture
student competition)
New public transport line: Railway
station - Campus
Close collaboration with
neighborhood, authorities, public
transport operators, NGO’s
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20. Mobility Plan
2016-2020
and beyond
EPFL Objectives
2015Modal share 2020
And beyond, for the Postcar World!
20%
80%
0
15%
85%
-9 %
other transport
car
Emissions de CO2 issues de la mobilité pendulaire
CO2
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