University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510-1

University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update
3.2.3 Public Transport
3.2.3.1 Journey to University
Distance Travelled
As shown in Table 3.53 and Figure 3.23 below, approximately pproximately 45% of student who use public to
get to the University travel less than four miles miles, 20.5% travel between five an and ten miles and the
remaining 32.5% % travelling over ten miles.
Distance
Up to 1 mile
1-2 miles
3-4 miles
5-10 miles
11-20 miles
Over 20 miles
Total
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
Journey Duration
Table 3.53 – 2009 Distance Travelled to the University – Student PT Users
Figure 3.23 - 2009 Distance Travelled to the University – Student PT Users
Table 3.54 illustrates the time taken for public transport users to travel to University University. 51.1% of
public transport users have a travel time of less than 30 minutes minutes, , compared to 67.2% for all
student respondents, , indicating it takes longer to travel to the University by public transport than
other modes.
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Number of Respondents % of Respondents
Up to 1 1-2 miles 3-4 miles 5-10 miles 11-20 20
mile
miles
37
94
69
87
76
62
425
8.7%
22.1%
16.2%
20.5%
17.9%
14.6%
100%
Over 20
miles