2. 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)
3. 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
4. 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%
5.
6. Bicycling in Basel
“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
7. Bicycle Routes
● Green lines- on road
biking with little traffic
● Yellow lines- road with
heavy traffic
● Blue area- Ban on
bicycle and motor
vehicles
8. 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
9. 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
11. The Tram Network
● Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)
■ Owned by Canton of Basel-Stadt
● Baselland Transport (BLT)
■ Owned by Canton of Basel-Landschaft
14. 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
20. 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
21. 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
23. 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
24. 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