CLOSER TO WORK
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CLOSER TO WORK
Max Mobiel - biography
• Started as a part of a project “Sustainable commutertraffic in Gent”
• Initiative of the City Department of Economy• Non-profit organisation (vzw) founded in november
2007 with the support of the Flemish Gouvernment “Pendelfonds” – “Commuting fund”
• Integrated long term project• Social economy
Max Mobiel is active as1. Shuttleservice several buslines to distant industrial sites: Gent - St.Pieters <> Drongen
Gent - Dampoort <> Zeehaven-Oost (Skaldenpark)Gent - St.Pieters <>Zelzate (Arcelor)Gent - St.Pieters <>Zwijnaarde (Technologiepark) New lines + Coördination of the new shuttle service project in the Harbour of Antwerp
2. Fietspunt (Bicycle Point) Gent Sint-Pieters and Gent-Dampoort
Cooperation with the NMBS (Railway Company)• Maintenance and supervision of bicycle parkings• Bicycle renting• Small Bicycle repair for commuters
3. Bicycle renting (short and long term)CommutersTourists – NMBS daytripsCompanies – groups
4. Bicycle delivery service
5. Civitas partnerGent is the leading City in the “ELAN” project.Promoting and improving sustainable mobilityand quality of life in cities.
Max Mobiel shuttle at the 2 trainstations in Gent
1. Shuttle service
How does the shuttle service work ?
• Costumer (commuter or company) reservates a busride on the website
• The bus/taxi company checks online how many vehicels are needed
• The employees are dropped of at the gate of their companies
• After their workingday or –night they are picked up at the same place at the time given in their reservation
CustomersInterimsector: 85 %
Regular employees: 13 %
Other: people applying for a job – trainees 2 %
Rates
3,5 euro (excl. BTW) for a ride back and forth
120% deductable on revenu-tax for employing companies
2. Bicycle Point
Bicycle Points GentSint-Pieters/Dampoort
• Maintenance, clearing and cleaning, supervision of bicycle parkings around the train stations
• Removing abandoned bicycles• Small bicycle repair for commuters• Bicycle registration as anti-theft measure
Subcontracting for NMBS
3. Bicycle renting
• Makes commuting easier (optimising the modal split)• Advantages: efficiënt, fast, fun, less traffic jams, less
CO2, less noise, no parking difficulties, good for one’s health, …
• All bicycle commuters are welcom for small reparations in the workshop of Max Mobiel
• Short term rent (day basis) or for group activities• Renting to companies on a long term basis -
Enhances mobility to and within the company• Tourists visiting the city or the surroundings of Gent
Rates Bicycle renting
• Modern city bike type
• Renting rates incl. BTW:
½ day 7,00 euro1 day 9,00 euro1 week 20,00 euro1 month 25,00 euro1 year 195,00 euro
• Maintenance of the bicycle and surveyed parking place are included in the renting prices
Mailbox serviceDaily emptying of mailboxes on fixed times
Separate rideA one-time ride on call at any time of the day
Scheduled ridesAccording to a prefixed timeschedule
Grafic materiaalPrint materialJudicial documents for courts, lawyers, notariesTicketsMedical photographsLunchesMailPackagesKeys.…
What do we deliver for you?
4. Bicycle delivery service
fast – reliable –sustainable
NIEUW PROJECT
Our costumers
Courts
Lawyers
NotariesCompanies
Docters
Pharmacies
Private persons
Architects
Communication companies
Other delivery services City Departments
5. CIVITAS ELAN
• European project in cooperation with the city council of Gent and other local partners in the field of mobility
• Gent is leading city in a group of five European Cities• Term 2008-2012• 26 measures on sustainable mobility and life quality
for Gent• Max Mobiel is responsable for 5 measures• Emphasis on: Innovatif projects – Citizens engagement
Exchange between partner cities
CIVITAS
1. Vehicel for mobile bicycle repair on sustainable fuel (hybidre: petrol /CNG)
CIVITAS
2. House of the Bicycle centralised information- and service point for all bicycle related matters at the back entrance of the renewed trainstation Gent Sint-Pieters.
CIVITAS
3. Public Bike System feasibility study on public bicycles for short distances in the city – alternatives ?
low rates
CIVITAS
4. Bicycle boxesP+R parkings offer commuters the possibility to swap their car or public transport for a bicycle (P+B)
CIVITAS
5. Neighbourhood bicycle sheds A solution for densly populated neighbourhoods with small housing and lacking private parking spaces for bicycles.
Financial
1) Flemish Gouvernment – “Commutingfund” (50%) 2) Own revenues & subsidised (50%)• Companies (shuttle & bike)• Private clients (bike rental)• Local authorities (infrastructural support)• Other incomes:
- Bicycle Points: NMBS assignment - Bicycle repair shop