The “Car park –> Centre shuttle” is a regular and frequent (roughly once every ten minutes) public transport system connecting one or more car parks on the outskirts directly to the town centre. These car parks are usually close to the town centre (approx. 1 to 3 km).

In 2007, Certu and the French federation of mayors of medium-sized towns (FMVM) launched a survey to examine Car park –> Centre shuttles, a concept particularly well-suited to this size of urban area.

The decision of implementing a Car park -> Centre shuttle could involve several issues:

· Relieving congestion in the town centre,

· Ensuring that town centre shopping facilities remain accessibile,

· Giving space back to cyclists and pedestrians

· Redeveloping public spaces and breathing new life into the town centre.

You will find below :

• the leaflet in english

• the presentation made by Certu during Polis Conference in Brussels in December 2009

Download:

• Leaflet (PDF 2 Mo)
• POLIS_presentation (PDF 3 Mo)

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• Collective transport
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