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Mount Druitt Commuter Car ParkTraffic, Transportation and Access Impact AssessmentHousehold Travel Survey conducted by the then Department of Transportation over fiveyears to 2005 of rail commuters, their origin and destination and modes of transport.Origin Destination (O-D) SurveyO-D survey was conducted in Mount Druitt by Opus on Tuesday 31 st August during themorning peak period from 0600 to 0800. The surveys were conducted on both northern andsouthern entries to the railway station, 90 randomly selected commuters accessing theNorth Parade and Beames Avenue station entrances were surveyed.The survey is included as Attachment 1 and was aimed at determining key travel informationsuch as:The mode of transport used to access the station;Access routes to station; andLikelihood of commuters using the new car parks.3.10.1. Travel Flows of CommutersInformation gathered from the O-D survey determined the travel routes and the proportion ofcommuters using those routes to access the station. Figure 3-7 indicates the four mainaccess routes to the site and the proportion of the traffic that use these routes in the AM andPM peaks.2%12%43%4%35%Figure 3–8: Traffic Flows 133.10.2. Analysing Kiss & Ride Traffic13 Source: NSW Land and Property Management Authority © Lands 2007Three kiss & ride sites are currently operating at the Mount Druitt station; on each side of thestation, near North Parade and Beames Avenue entrances.The O-D survey suggests that kiss & ride commuters arriving on the North Parade entries ofthe station are mostly travelling along Mount Street and turn right onto North Parade. TheCCPP-0843-RW-7291-F.docx Page 15 of 46Status: Final CDR4%