Izarbel is launching an Inter-Company Mobility Plan

The first Inter-Company Mobility Plan (PDIE) has been set in motion at the Izarbel Technology Park in Bidart. It was an initiative taken on 6 April by the Urban Authority’s Transport Syndicate.

The Izarbel Technology Park in Bidart covers over 10 hectares and is home to over 1,000 employees and 750 students. Notwithstanding the enhanced bus network and the 1,000 available parking spots, the park is confronted with parking and congestion issues… “Some mornings, access to the Technology Park is completely blocked from the road, which even creates slowdowns at the motorway exit”, indicated Emmanuel Alzuri, the mayor of Bidart, as a preamble to the press conference presenting the Inter-Company Mobility Plan (PDIE) on 6 April.

The Bidart Technology Park also owes this saturation to its attractiveness. In 5 years, the technology park has recorded an increase of 16% in its businesses, 8.6% in 2016 alone, to reach a total of 116 businesses and 1,015 employees, not forgetting the increase in ESTIA students, as Sylvie Durruty reminds us, the Vice-President of the Urban Authority in charge of technology parks. 

“Faced with this situation in a context in which mobility is a major issue for health and the environment, the Urban Area’s Transport Syndicate has therefore decided to launch the Inter-Company Mobility Plan procedure”, announced Claude Olive, President of the Urban Area Transport Syndicate, and Vice-President of the Urban Authority in charge of transport. “This PDIE, the first on this sort of scale, will be an opportunity to think things through and identify solutions to the current challenges.”

Because of the varied profiles at Izarbel – businesses dedicated to digital technology and students – the methodology will be adapted to their requirements. In April, they will be called to answer an online questionnairediagnosing the existing transport infrastructure to and inside the park (accessibility, interior routes, transport plans and traffic), and studying their transport habits. This diagnostic will be continued until the first semester of 2017. A plan of action will then be drawn up as early as September with measures promoting alternative transport (bicycle, walking, public transport, carpooling, etc.) The goal is to implicate these users in initiatives that limit travel and reduce the environmental footprint,” concluded Claude Olive. “The key to the success of this procedure will be the support of everyone.”

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