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Projekte Zwettl and Wienerwald

As part of the project Take-ÖV by the Ministry of Transpor, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT), a partial project is being undertaken together with Verkersverbund Ostregion (VOR), the ÖBB-Postbus GmbH and CoCo Software Engineering GmbH, where the city area of Zwettl, Rastenfeld and the area of the Wienerwald are being equipped with BEHA-Points.

The internal test operation began in December 2004, the BEHA Terminals have been installed at the end of February 2005.

Zwettl

In Zwettl, 9 BEHA Points are used in the city traffic. The goal is to reduce the overall time taken by the bus to drive the whole course, so that the round course has less delays and the punctuality as well as the service quality get better. Additionally, the BEHA Poinst allow to serve new stops and to enhance the area served by the bus that way, without giving up the cycle time of 1 hour. As a result, stops like the train station are now integrated in the service area of the city bus. Some of the less frequently used of the old stops are now only served on demand, which results in the necessary time savings.

Rastenfeld

In Rastenfeld, one BEHA Terminal is used in the centre of the village in a classic detour scenario. The bus does not have to leave the main route unless there is an order at the BEHA for him. That way, besides less fuel is burned and less time wasted, also noise exposure in the centre is reduced.

Wienerwald

In the area of the Wienerwald south to Vienna, 10 BEHA Points were installed on the regional bus lines 354 and 255. Most of the courses of these lines did not serve the end of the valleys very frequently, so the villages at the end of the valleys suffered from a poor service and had only a very few busses a day.

In Wienerwald, the BEHAs are used to allow the busses to drive to the end of the valley on request, greatly enhancing the service offered in the area. This enhancement of approximately 33% (of potencial miles driven) does not require additional human resources of drivers, because the payed driving times of the drivers are utilized more efficiently which allows to serve the additional trips in the rest times.