Together we create The best citybus line in Sweden
But Sorry, it s not Curitiba
What is MalmöExpressen? MalmöExpressen is the result of a collaboration between Skånetrafiken, City of Malmö and Nobina with a view to introducing a new bus concept for Skåne region s biggest city bus line - line 5 in Malmö. The vision was to create "Sweden's best city bus line. The ambition was to offer an attractive alternative way of travelling through high frequency, high accessibility, high comfort and high mobility.
Purposes Follow the strategy from The future public transport in Malmö by developing the current bus system Contribute to the nationwide challenge of doubling the ridership of public transport Be a first step towards tram traffic in Malmö Reaching important objectives in social, environmental and economic sustainability
Organization Letter of intent between: Skånetrafiken (Transport Committee, region) / City of Malmö (Technical Committee) Separate financial responsibility of each participating organization, all decisions by consensus Head executive Group CEO/Director Steering committee Heads of Divisions Head Project team Head Project Manager, assistant Head Project Managers Project leaders Projects Vehicle & Technology Infrastructure Sales & Communications Operation All parties are represented at all levels
Preconditions Line 5 in Malmö is the most frequented line in the region, and in great need of improved capacity and quality. 4 million trips / year Articulated buses running in 3.75 min-traffic, 16 buses/h 800 people per hour, total capacity Especially on the leg Rosengård - Centralen
Comfort Capacity
A long-term endeavor The long-term ambition is to introduce light tramway to Malmö The new line 5 is adapted to one of two lines of the first planned stage of the proposed tram network 5 minute frequency
Mobility Embarcation at all doors Self-service validation machine in bus Traffic signal priority Existing 3.5 km bus lanes extended to 10.5 km of the line's total 16.6 km (2 * 8.3 km) Whereof new bus lanes mid-street with 3 stops (1,5 * 2 km) Speed support ISA instead of speed-bumps where new bus lanes are built Existing bus-lanes New bus-lanes
Basis for infrastructure Mobility measures Bus-stop measures Paving measures Traffic safety measures
Construction under way
Construction under way
Mission completed
Vehicle Gas hybrid Infotainment ISA WiFi APC
Vehicle outline
For the customer on board Infotainment Bus-stop information, time to stop and connecting lines News Commercials WiFi
Square events 31 May Rosengård, Västra hamnen, Stortorget Launch Operation start 1 june 2014 Media/ads/posters/competions www.malmoexpressen.se Bus-stop hosts at major stops, Skånetrafiken /Nobina Onboard hosts for 2 weeks in June and August, Special job project Malmö stad
Trafikstart 1 juni Torgevent 31 maj Rosengård, Västra hamnen, Stortorget Lansering Media/annonser/planscher/tävling www.malmoexpressen.se Hållplatsvärdar vid större hållplatser, Skånetrafiken/Nobina Ombordvärdar i 2 veckor juni och augusti, Jobb Malmö och projektet
Results The number of trips has increased by 27% (Oct 2013 Oct 2014) Average speed increased by 3 km/h (1,9 mph) on the section where the heaviest mobility measures were introduced Impact on environment is good, now below EU norm for NOx
Results Total motor vehicle flow on surrounding arterial streets has slight increase Decline in total motor vehicle flow on Amiralsgatan (2013 2014 2015), slight return in 2015 2013 in red 2015 in purple
Achievements Customer satisfaction higher compared to other city buslines Local media coverage Wide interest from other Nordic cities
Trafikstart 1 juni Aktiviteter Torgevent 31 maj Rosengård, Västra hamnen, Stortorget Lansering Media/annonser/planscher/tävling www.malmoexpressen.se Hållplatsvärdar vid större hållplatser, Skånetrafiken/Nobina Ombordvärdar i 2 veckor juni och augusti, Jobb Malmö och projektet
Trafikstart 1 juni Torgevent 31 maj Rosengård, Västra hamnen, Stortorget Lansering Media/annonser/planscher/tävling www.malmoexpressen.se Hållplatsvärdar vid större hållplatser, Skånetrafiken/Nobina Ombordvärdar i 2 veckor juni och augusti, Jobb Malmö och projektet
Trafikstart 1 juni Torgevent 31 maj Rosengård, Västra hamnen, Stortorget Lansering Media/annonser/planscher/tävling www.malmoexpressen.se Hållplatsvärdar vid större hållplatser, Skånetrafiken/Nobina Ombordvärdar i 2 veckor juni och augusti, Jobb Malmö och projektet
Trafikstart 1 juni Torgevent 31 maj Rosengård, Västra hamnen, Stortorget Lansering Media/annonser/planscher/tävling www.malmoexpressen.se Hållplatsvärdar vid större hållplatser, Skånetrafiken/Nobina Ombordvärdar i 2 veckor juni och augusti, Jobb Malmö och projektet
The best citybus line in Sweden??? - At the moment, YES! But now in hard competition
Thank you! Björn Wedeby, Skånetrafiken Tom Olsson, Nobina Per Wisenborn, Malmö stad bjorn.wedeby@skanetrafiken.se tom.olsson@nobina.se per.wisenborn@malmo.se