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Colin Buchanan (CB) with its dedicated SustainableTravel team has unrivalled experience in university travelplanning: we understand the transport issues that aceall who travel to academic institutions. University travelpatterns are complex and include sta commuter travel,ull and part time student travel, occasional visitors andbusiness travel. By introducing an eective travel plan, auniversity can help reduce trafc and parking congestionswhilst achieving environmental objectives and oeringreal travel choices to sta and students.

Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)

CB is developing travel plans and a car park management strategy or the

Universitys capital estates programme or the next 5 years, which involves

consolidating seven existing campuses into just two sites, covering 35,000

students and 4,500 sta. This project involves the creation o a voluntary

over-arching travel plan or the whole University, two development-related

travel plans, a robust and specialised car parking management strategy anda needs-based permit allocation system. CB has also worked with the wider

local authority on a project involving MMU, the University o Manchester, The

College o Music and Manchester Royal Infrmary, to create a Higher Education

Precinct (HEP) o Sustainable Travel programmes.

Kingston University

CB is currently working with Kingston University to update its travel plan

across all campuses. A sta travel survey was launched online and has been

promoted at all university sites by Sustainable Travel Team members, to achieve

a high student response rate. These results will then eed into the travel plan to

provide an indication o where reviews o the current travel options available

are needed. This travel plan will provide an overarching strategy to promote

travel by sustainable transport, taking into consideration the varying transport

inrastructure and accessibility o all sites.

St Georges University London

CB recently worked with St. Georges University o London to develop a travel

plan or the entire organisation covering 2,000 ull time students and 1,200

sta. The project will encourage sta and students to use sustainable travel

options to travel to the main campus with St. Georges hospital and must

include the nearby halls o residence which are situated on the same site. This

site is a huge trip generator and the transport planning approach has had to be

extremely robust.

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University o Edinburgh Travel Survey

CB was commissioned by the University o Edinburgh to undertake a detailed

survey and to estimate the carbon ootprint associated with University travel.

The survey included a carbon ootprint methodology to calculate commuting

carbon emissions. We designed a web-based questionnaire to capture detailed

inormation about the sta and student travel, including inormation on

multi-modal journeys. Individual carbon ootprints were calculated, providing

immediate eedback to participants. An overall travel to work/study carbonootprint or the entire university was calculated as a benchmark.

University o Edinburgh Saety, Access and Mobility Audit

CB undertook a scoping review o the implications o the Health and Saety

Executives (HSE) Workplace Transport Saety guidance within the wider

context o access and mobility at each o the main university sites. The

work involved an access and mobility audit o entrance and egress acilities

available or all road users together with a prioritised list o recommendations

on aspects to be improved.

University o Brighton Travel Plan

A travel plan or the whole o the University o Brighton (UB) has been

commissioned by the Universitys Estates & Facilities ManagementDepartment. The UB travel plan will seek to reduce single occupancy car

travel to, and between, campuses, by enabling and promoting use o public

transport, car share, walking and cycling or sta and students, as well as

visitors. The travel plan will be developed in 2009 and implemented in 2010.

Jewel and Esk College

CB developed campus specifc travel plans in support o the redevelopment

o the Jewel and Esk College in Midlothian and Edinburgh. A ull sta and

student travel survey was undertaken using both on-line and paper based

survey techniques.. An accessibility assessment was undertaken using the

postcode inormation collated rom the travel survey results. The results were

used to determine the most appropriate transport provision to access the

college.

Stirling University Parking Management

CB undertook detailed surveys to review a number o parking concerns

at the universitys Bridge o Allan campus. A number o parking control

strategies were examined with a recommendation that an access control

regime involving permits and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) be

implemented. CB drew up the specifcation, managed the tendering process

and tested and commissioned the system prior to its ull introduction. It was

one o the frst ANPR systems to be implemented in the UK. CB continued to

help the university by providing a sotware tool to manage permit issue and

parking inringements at the campus.

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The Dedicated Sustainable Travel Team

Our Sustainable Travel Team (STT) comprises dedicated proessionals

throughout the company who have extensive experience o preparing and

implementing travel plans throughout the whole o the UK. This has included

both voluntary and development related travel plans spanning a range o

uses and include universities, acute hospital trusts, primary care trusts,

mental health trusts, local authorities, private businesses and residential

developments. We have written travel planning best practice or Transport

or London and the Department or Transport and are regularly called upon

to present at conerences to talk about the work we have undertaken to

urther this discipline. The team has also assisted the Energy Saving Trust in

developing a monitoring toolkit or travel plans.

Sustainable Travel Team

Rose McArthur, BA (Hons), Associate Director, is head o the companys

national Sustainable Travel Team. Rose has managed this team since joining

CB in early 2006. Her responsibilities include management o all the

dedicated STT sta based in the UK and the development o this area o the

business. In previous employment with Surrey County Council (SCC) she

was in charge o ensuring the implementation and monitoring o over 270travel plans as part o the Development Control process. She also developed

a Centre o Excellence or travel planning within SCC. Rose also sits on the

board o ACTTravelWise and the strategic advisory board o WorkWise.

Keri Stewart, BA (Hons) MBA DipM, Associate Transport Planner, has over 20

years experience working in the public and private sector. She recently joined

CB rom SPT where she was responsible or developing and implementing

SPTs Active Travel and Smarter Choices Action Plans. She also had

responsibility or developing and implementing SPTs Access to Healthcare

Action Plan. This work was recognised by the award o a Scottish Transport

Award in 2008 or the integration o transport and health policies. Keri has

undertaken substantial consultation during the development o the RegionalTransport Strategy or the west o Scotland.

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Chris Hanley, BSc MSc MIHT, Principal Transport Planner, has a high level

o experience in developing travel plans or local authorities, the NHS and

universities, as well as developing business travel planning networks. He

has particular interest in delivering NHS travel plans, developing integrated

transport units and the delivery o transport efciency projects. Since joining

CB Chris has delivered a robust travel plan and car parking management

strategy or Manchester Metropolitan University. This orms part o the

Universitys Estate Strategy to condense the number o major teaching

sites rom seven to three sites. The University currently accommodates over

30,000 ull and part-time students and 3,500 sta. He is the project manageror the MMU project.

Ruth Mustard, MEng MSc, Principal Transport Planner, has a wide range o

experience in the development o travel plans and is a Travel Plan Site Specifc

Advisor or the DT. She has recently been working on the development o

travel plans or educational establishments, healthcare establishments, the

Scottish Government and the private sector. Ruth has frst hand experience

in liaising with clients, public transport operators and the public. She has

excellent consultation skills including surveys, questionnaires, workshops and

ocus groups.

Susanne Ara, BA (Hons), Senior Transport Planner, has been working in the

travel planning and the travel awareness feld or the last fve years. She hasworked on a variety o projects or the London Borough o Kingston and

Surrey County Council. Whilst at Kingston, Susanne helped develop and

implement their Travel Awareness campaign and associated events, including

Walk to Work Week, Walk to School Campaign, Bike Week and European

Mobility Week ensuring synergy with national and London wide activities as

well as locally instigated initiatives. She is an expert in travel survey design

on LimeSurvey and marketing o travel surveys to users. She is the currently

managing the Kingston University travel plan project.

Adrian Webb, BSc (Hons) MSc MIHT, Consultant Transport Planner, has

worked on a variety o projects including travel plans, GIS analysis and

transport strategies or NHS clients, universities and local authorities. Heworks closely with Susanne to ensure surveys are designed to achieve the

most representative and inormative results. He has developed a carbon

ootprinting methodology which is attached to travel surveys to link in with

travel plan targets