Dr Wyn Hughes Associate Director – Capital Developments 18 November 2010 Travel Planning in Action
Mar 31, 2015
Dr Wyn HughesAssociate Director – Capital Developments18 November 2010
Travel Planning in Action
Welcome to Addenbrooke’s
• 62 acre site, 2 miles south of City Centre bordering Green Belt
• Site shared with University and MRC
• 9,000 staff employed on site• Over 20,000 trips to and from
site each day• 3416 on-site car parking
spaces• Over 1200 residential units
• Development pressure due to:– Scientific research– Increasing demand for
healthcare– Higher expectations of
healthcare quality• Potential need for huge
expansion for car parking• No demand management• No funding to improve
infrastructure• Non-car access very poor• Road network at capacity
Cycle17%
Motorcycle1%
Bus4%
Walk4%
Car74%
1993 – 3,992 staff
Phase 1 – Doing our own bit
• Staff car parking charges introduced – 20p a day
• Patient and visitor charges introduced
• S106 signed with city – 3365 ceiling on car parking spaces
• Commitment to undertake annual monitoring
• Trust Board steering group established
• Interest-free loans introduced for cycles and motorcycles
• Ad hoc bus promotions• Car parks resurfaced and CCTV/
lighting installed
Cycle22%
Motorcycle2%
Car share16%
Bus10%
Car alone46%
Walk4%
1999 – 4,856 staff
Phase 2 – Managing parking
• Staff car parking charges – 30p a day
• Patient and visitor charges – city centre levels
• S106 re-signed with city – 3900 ceiling on car parking spaces
• S106 target for reducing car alone trips to site - staff
• 300 additional cycle parking spaces – showers, cycle lanes
• Car park management introduced
• Babraham Road Park & Ride opens one mile south of site
Cycle18%
Motorcycle2%
Car share9%
Bus16%
Car alone47%
Walk8%
2001 – 4,631 staff
Segregation of Parking
Staff parking• Entry barriers - smart card entry• 2358 spaces - 30p a day (2000)• Staff priority parking groups
Patient and Visitor parking• Entry barriers - pay on foot• 820 spaces - scaled parking charges
Priority Staff Groups
Consultants and Executive Board Shift Workers Childcare (7 years and under) Liftshare Senior Clinical Residents
2 mile exclusion zone
Applies to: All staff not in priority
groups
Applies between 00:00 and 15:30
Monday to Friday operation
Cycle18%
Motorcycle1%
Car share11%
Bus13%
Walk7%
Car alone50%
2000
StaffTarget 1 - Reduce % of staff travelling to the site in single occupancy cars from 50% in 2000 to 45% by 2005
Phase 3 – Partnerships
• Staff car parking charges – 50p a day in 2003
• Improved public transport network
• New bus station• Closure of 119 staff parking
spaces• Discounted weekly bus
tickets with Stagecoach• Trumpington Park and Ride
opens 1.5 miles west of site with new bus link
• Cambridgeshire Travel For Work Partnership
Cycle26%
Motorcycle2%Car share
7%
Bus22%
Car alone38%
Walk5%
2003 – 5,676 staff
StagecoachEast
Cambridge University Hospitals
CambridgeshireCounty Council
Partnerships
Phase 4 – Communication
• Staff car parking charges – £1.40 a day (2006)
• On-site staff parking charges same as Cambridge P&R by 2007
• S106 target patients & visitors• Publish travel plans• New multi storey car park opens• Launch of ‘Space programme’• New Addenbrooke’s Shuttle• Upgrade remaining bus stops• 10% train ticket discount• National Cycle Network –
10,000th mile opens• New Security Contract - APCOA
Cycle25%
Motorcycle2%
Car share5%
Bus23%
Car alone35%
Walk10%
2004 – 5,588 staff
Visitors and Patients Target 2 – To reduce % of visitors and patients arriving at Addenbrooke’s by car from 90% to 86% by 2006
2002 – 9,639 visitors
Cycle3%
Car share54% Bus
4%
Walk2%
Motorcycle0%
Car alone37%
Objectives
• To reduce the need to travel
• To improve travel choices and make them safe and accessible for all
• To reduce demand for car parking and traffic congestion on the site and on the surrounding road network
• To encourage healthy travel options
• To reduce the environmental impact arising from the travel needs of the Addenbrooke’s campus
National Cycle Network – Route 11
• Opened September 2005• Partnership SUSTRANS,
Cambridgeshire County Council and Trust
• Harlow (Essex) to Kings Lynn (Norfolk)
• Stripes represent 10,257 genetic letters of Human Genome BRCA2
• Current Usage (2009) about 700 cycle trips / day.
Phase 5 - Carbon Management
• Sustainability Manager Appointed• Increased patient and visitor charges• Think Green Campaign launched• 2138 staff parking spaces• New staff survey – understanding
carbon impact• BUG-WAG re-formed• Cyclescheme, Liftshare, Streetcar• 210 cycle parking spaces – PFI and
Rosie• 1055 space NCP multi storey car
park opens• Free bus travel (over 60’s)
Phase 6 - Carbon and Health Management
• Staff car parking charges £2 a day (Comparable to Cambridge P&R)
• Addenbrooke’s Life Programme• Work with MRC on research into
Health & Commuting• OWL Cycle Surgery on site• Improved pedestrian routes and 150
additional cycle stands (300 spaces)• Development of healthy, sustainable
travel incentives• Addenbrooke’s ‘A’ bus service• Patient Courtesy Bus• Planning Permission
– Cambridge Biomedical Campus
AAR Ph1(£6m)
AAR Ph2(£19m)
CGB(£97m)
Challenges ahead
• Integrated travel plan for Cambridge Biomedical Campus• Targets for Clinical• Targets for R&D• Targets for MRC• Targets for CR-UK
• Procurement of new infrastructure• Carbon Reduction Commitment• Premises Assurance Model (PAM)• Business Mileage• Goods and Services
Summary
• Commitment from the Board• Strong leadership in introducing unpopular car park
management• Linked to Development Control Plan - a Vision• Innovative procurement• Partnership • Ring-fenced income• Union support