Planning for Travel at The Easter Bush

Campus

The Easter Bush Campus

• More than doubling the number of people travelling to the site from 660 to 1,800.

• Limited number of car parking spaces (765 for general use)

• Current provision of public transport is limited

• Walking and cycling routes into the site were poor

• Detailed assessment undertaken

Walking and Cycling• 6% Easter Bush staff and students walk or

cycle

At the new building:

• Covered cycle parking (50 spaces plus 8 for motorbikes)

• Plus 20 cycle parking spaces at HfSA

• Shower, changing and locker facilities

• Segregated walk/cycle way connecting the campus with Seafield Moor Rd and Bush Loan

Public Transport• Focus on improving existing routes

–15A, 37/47 and 67

• Serving the main clusters of staff and students

• Working closely with Lothian Buses

• First wave of enhancements: April 2011

• Second wave: September 2012

Car Parking

• 765 spaces available for staff and student use across the Campus

• 51 for visitors and clients only

• 21 for disabled users only

• Essential that access to parking is managed

• University Parking Management System to be used

Parking Management System• Used across all other University managed car

parks

• Criteria based:

– Business need– Care of dependents– Access to non-car modes– Distance– Tripsharing

• No charge for permits

Permit allocation: staff

• Our Parking Management Strategy and Travel Plan identifies there will be approximately 700 (70%) staff out of 1,000 who will receive a permit.

• 13% will carshare with permit holders – equating to 130 staff.

• Therefore 830 staff (83%) will travel to Campus by car.

Permit allocation: students

• Our Parking Management Strategy and Travel Plan identifies there will be approximately 142 (17%) students out of a total of 788 who will receive a permit.

• 36% will carshare with permit holders – equating to 284 students.

• Therefore 426 students (54%) will travel to Campus by car.

Other travel options?

• Detailed assessment of bus routes, home postcodes and travel behaviour has identified that:

• 45% of students and 9% of staff will be able to utilise direct bus services within easy walking distance of home.

Next steps..

• Detailed travel information, advice, one to one advice available during January and February 2011

• Permit applications invited in late January

• Public transport improvements commencing April 2011

• Parking Management commences in full from August / September 2011