CARAVEL Final Project Report EN - CIVITAS

empleyees
extramural students
full-time students
46%
45%
7%
1%
44%
50%
5%
0%
67%
11%
20%
2%
public transport
car (as a driver
or passenger)
walking trips bike car as a permanent
passenger
(carpooling)
Mobility
consultant
office
Modal split of Krakow in trips to and from Krakow
University of Technology (in 2006, before mobility plan
activities implementation).
The car pooling concept for
employees and students of the
Krakow University of Technology
was introduced through
a competition which involved
getting the maximum number
of people into a car. The record
here was 27 students in one car!
Since then, Krakow’s car pooling
scheme goes under the logo
“Let’s drive together”. The objective
is to reduce the number of car
journeys. The system has made it
possible to increase the occupancy
rate in private cars. To achieve
this, a new Internet-based data
information service on free car
spaces had to be introduced. A
car pooling database has been set
up at the University, and there are
plans to extend it to all residents
via the local authority’s new main
mobility information website.
The introduction of this measure
demonstrates the effects possible
even with relatively low investment
costs: several hundred users
have registered and some now
travel together using this more
environmentally friendly mode of
transport.
6. Car parking policy
As part of the new parking
policy at Krakow University of
Technology, parking charges at
PK campuses were doubled in
2007. A questionnaire conducted
in October 2008 following the
increased charges showed that
5% of employees and 9% of extramural
students declared that
they intend their travel behaviour
in favour of more sustainable
modes of mobility.
7. New bike policy
As a result of the analysis of the
cycling situation, 23 new cycle
racks have been newly installed.
This represents an increase in
cycle parking spaces from 60 to
180. Also the barriers on entry
gates have been shortened to
make life easier for cyclists.
Information boards have been
installed with maps showing the
location of University buildings,
cycle racks and the office of the
mobility consultant.
Results
The Technical University of
Krakow is the first institution in
Poland to implement a mobility
plan and create a post for
a mobility consultant. Moreover,
thanks to mobility plan activities,
the occupancy rates in cars
travelling to PK campuses have
increased - by 4% in the case of
employees and 20% in the case
of extramural students. This
is a significant achievement,
which has come about through
a change from car journeys
with a driver only to carpooled
journeys. The share of car pooling
trips has increased by 4% in the
case of employees, by
7% for full-time students and
by 16% in the case of extramural
students. Car pooling has
therefore become a very popular
means of travel for the University
community. The level of acceptance
for car pooling is as follow:
79% for employees, 93% for
full-time students and 93% for
extramural students (among respondents
who have heard about
the system). There has, however,
been a simultaneous reduction
in the percentage of PT travel to
University campuses: this is 4%
for employees and 2% for fulltime
students It can be explained
by increases in car ownership
and an informal car park near
the PK campus at Warszawska
St. where it is possible to park
free of charge.
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