University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510-1

University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update
3.3 Staff Compared with Students
Atkins has compared staff and student main modal split responses. As shown in Table 3.57
below, a considerable proportion of students walk, , use the campus bus or travel by Metro to get
the University. For staff, 53.7 53.7% of respondents drive to the University on their own and only 7.6%
walk to work.
Despite the large differences, it is important to note that staff and students represent very different
travel groups, with different home locations and a different level of income. .
Mode
Car / Van Driver (on your
own)
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Table 3. .57 - 2009 Comparison of Staff and Student Travel Modes
Car / Van Driver (with others) 47 6.6% 31 2.9%
Car / Van (as passenger) 30 4.2% 24 2.2%
Motorbike / Scooter
Train
Bus
Campus Bus
Metro
Park and Ride
Cycle
Walk
Taxi
Other
Total
Staff
Number of
Respondents
Staff
% of
Respondents
Student
Number of
Respondents
381 53.7% 229 21.3%
6 0.8%
10 1.4% 24 2.2%
78 11% 107 10%
0 0% 136 12.7%
80 11.3% 164 15.3%
2 0.3%
19 2.7% 10 0.9%
54 7.6% 339 31.5%
2 0.3%
0 0%
Student
% of
Respondents
4 0.4%
0 0%
5 0.5%
2 0.2%
709 99.9% 1075 100.1%