About Salzburg

The city of Salzburg

Salzburg is the fourth-largest city (150,000 inhabitants) in Austria and the capital of the federal State of Salzburg. Salzburg’s “Old Town” with its picturesque baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved historical city centres north of the Alps and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the most famous son of Salzburg. The great Austrian poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal who founded together with Max Reinhardt and Richard Strauss “The Salzburg Festival” said, “Salzburg is the heart of the heart of Europe. It lies halfway between South and North, between Switzerland and the Slavic countries.”

Due to its geographical position Salzburg is a very important traffic junction.
 

The general public transport situation in Salzburg

The city of Salzburg has a very modern trolley bus system (StadtBus) with eight lines and a route length of 158,4 kilometres. In addition there are several diesel bus lines and the S-Bahn (suburban railway) with three lines. Almost the whole historic centre is a pedestrian zone and invites people to explore the town by foot. Salzburg also provides one of the best urban cycling paths net in Austria.

Older people’s mobility in Salzburg

StadtBus and ZGB started a project for older passengers in public transport in 2003 and have been developing many activities so as

• Mobilityday

• Travel training for senior passengers

• Training for drivers, ticket inspectors and call centre agents

• Brochure for safe mobility in the bus

• Larger maps of the net, larger time tables

• Information about the tariffs for older people

• Coffee parties in senior clubs and old people’s homes

• Information stands

• Lecturers and presentations at congresses

• Improvements in the vehicles

• PR and Marketing activities
  
  

Salzburg activities in AENEAS

• Mobility Management for older people

• Public transport training for passengers and drivers (tool boxes)

• Explore your city!

Further information and contact

ZGB Zentrum für Generationen & Barrierefreiheit
(Centre for Generations and Accessibility)
Reichenhallerstrasse 6, A-5020 Salzburg
Web: www.zgb.at
E-mail: susanne.schinagl@zgb.at

Salzburg AG für Energie, Verkehr und Telekommunikation
Plainstrasse 70, A-5020 Salzburg
Web: www.stadtbus.at
E-mail: angelika.gasteiner@salzburg-ag.at

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About Salzburg

The general public transport situation

Older people and mobility

Salzburg activities in AENEAS

Further information and contact