Traffic Assessment - Renfrewshire Council

Table 4.22 Proposed Employment Development People Trip Distribution
Distance
Band
Percentage by
Band
Resident Location AM Trips PM Trips Comments
0-5km 36% Bishopton 280 220
Erskine West 108 85
Erskine Central 106 83
5-10km 22% Shotroods 32 25
Erskine SEast and Inchinnan 90 70
Linwood (East and West) 68 54
Bridge of Weir 86 67
Houston/Craigend/ Langbank 36 28
Dumbartonshire / Clydebank 73 57 4%
10-20km 26% Paisley 176 138
Johnstone 71 56
Glasgow 238 187 13%
Port Glasgow plus part
Inverclyde
20km+ 16% Remainder of Inverclyde and
other Local Authority Areas
37 29
Kilmalcolm 12 9
Renfrew / Braehead 52 41
366 287
Total 100% 1831 1436
4.76 The mode share which has been applied to the above people trips has been taken from the 2001
Census, where mode of travel by distance travelled to work is provided. For Bishopton, the
Census details for mode share by distance are indicated by Table 4.23.
Table 4.23 Mode Share by Distance Travelled to Work in Bishopton
Percentage Mode Share Total 0-5km 5km-10km 10km-20km 20km+
All Modes 100% 36% 22% 26% 16%
Train 4% 0% 1% 10% 10%
Bus 19% 21% 28% 13% 13%
Car / Taxi 52% 37% 50% 65% 65%
Car Passenger 16% 19% 20% 12% 12%
Motorcycle 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Bicycle 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%
Foot 9% 23% 1% 0% 0%
4.77 The application of the above mode share to the trip distribution identifies the following total trip
movements by mode associated with AM and PM peak hour employment development related trips
respectively.
4.78 The resulting trip distribution patterns by mode associated with the employment development at
Bishopton are indicated by Table 4.24 and Table 4.25 for the AM and PM peak scenarios.