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
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