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John ElliottConsultancy
University of Hertfordshire
The Future – Rewarding Sustainable Travel(and removing rewards for driving)
EAUC Conference - 6th December 2006John Elliott
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancyContents
1. Travel Plans - the why, how and & what
2. Parking
3. Travel allowances
4. Strategic transport planning
5. Concluding remarks
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy1.The Why, How and What
• Why - sustainability, environment, can’t meet travel desires, costs
• How – culture change, sticks and carrots and integrated holistic approach
• What – walking, public transport, cycling, car share, infrastructure, parking and incentives, information
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy2. Perverse Incentives
“Please Travel Green - but if you don’t we will provide you with …”:
• A parking place free or highly subsidised • A mileage rate that gives you an
enormous incentive to drive on company business as much as you can.
• A road network that makes it much easier to drive than use other modes
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy
Other Perverse Incentives(by organisation)
• Privileged/ Reserved space closer to office• Essential car user allowance (and must bring
car to work)• Company/leased car• Non direct walking routes on Campus• Priority to cars over pedestrians and cycles• No assistance for PT use
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy
Other Perverse Incentives(by others)
• LA insists on better parking arrangements• Development not planned to help sustainable
travel• Highway priorities (and spending) given to cars
rather than pedestrians, buses and cycles• Stamp duty on moving
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy3. Parking
• 68% Staff arrive as a car driver car24% students arrive as a car driver (2005)
• Average charge11p/day (scaled system) by season ticket• The subsidy to those using the new park and ride works out
at about £10/day (including share of P&R buses)• If have to build new MS car park - similar cost• Very few surface car park spaces cost less than
£500/year/space• Parking management one of most powerful tools
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancyLevelling the playing field
• Charge a real rate for parking (could you do it?)
• Reward for giving up a space for a period (BAA)
• Daily reward for not driving (Pfizer) (could you afford it?)
• Reward for green travellers and charge for parkers?
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancyConsiderations for PMS
• Scale of the problem• Cost of management of system • Mechanism for payment • Use and abuse• Justification (fairness/levelling the playing field)• Sufficient incentive to change behaviour• Potential diversion elsewhere• Public/staff acceptance
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy4. Travel Allowances
• Mileage rate up to 54p/mile (IR rate 40p) -Cost of extra mile typically only twice fuel cost
• Leased cars - cost of extra private miles only fuel cost
• 20p/mile cycle allowance (12p at UoH)• PT only recover basic cost• Is there a way of rewarding re-use of travel
time for PT users?
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy
5. Strategic Transport Planning
• A1(M) cut cycle route, put half hour on some walk trips – to save a few seconds for cars in Herts and add congestion in London
• New design for roundabout didn’t consider peds or cyclists• Traffic light phasing always designed to minimise car
delays not peds• Appears no real stomach for bus or even high occupancy
lanes• DfT didn’t like a big P & R site – threat of S14 notice
EAUC Conference: December 6, 2006University of Hertfordshire
John ElliottConsultancy6. Concluding Remarks
• Desirable to reduce car use and parking – (cost, sustainability, environment, congestion and health)
• Need for Culture change, Sticks and Carrots and Integrated holistic approach
• Incentives to support the transport heirarchy• Leadership is critical• A small change in traffic has big benefits