Making the invisible visible on the Swiss-Austrian border
FC-01x Future Cities (1st Run) - Exercise 1 : "Making the Invisible - Visible"
Uploaded on 2014-11-14 by tamworth6
**Invisible information** - Commuting patterns: There is a notable asymmetry in commuter volumes in this region. Attracted by higher salaries and the high demand, tens of thousands of people travel from Germany/Austria to Liechtenstein/Switzerland daily but only a few hundred commute in the other direction. Mixed-mode commuting is very widespread - with longer distances covered by train then the final leg of the journey completed by bus. - Public transport use (bus stop at the centre of the image, obscured slightly by tree): Schoolchildren and students dominate bus ridership at commuter times. Whereas a majority of age and means prefer commuting by private car, ridership analysis could illuminate the clear demographic split of public transport use in the region. **Possible implications for future planning**][1] In the first example, the distances covered by commuters are often significantly longer than commuters around major cities, with mixed-mode public transport being a major conveyor of workers. Typically, workers travel as far as possible by train but, as Liechtenstein is not served by long-distance trains, are forced to change to busses at border stations for the final leg. This represents a serious amount of lost productive time as busses are simply much slower. This shortcoming in the commuter network, once fully understood, could underpin a reform of the public transport infrastructure and in turn take some cars off the road. [1]: https://edxuploads.s3.amazonaws.com/14159968035428169.jpg