University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510-1

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University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update provides safe and reliable transport throughout the day as well as evening and special event services. A copy of the full Campus Bus ttimetable can be found in Appendix DD. The Campus Express is a quick and regular service between the City and St Peter's campuses. Services run from Clanny House via the Design Centre, Sir Tom Cowie to Murray Library. It takes approximately 15 minutes to tra travel from Clanny House to the Murray Library, the service frequency is every 15 minutes and runs from Monday to Friday. The first service of the day is at 09:25 and the last is at 15:25. The Campus Circular takes in all halls of residence and University buildings. This service is free to use for staff and students and runs between the Forge and Clanny House (student residences), Design Centre, Scotia Quay, Sir Tom Cowie, Ashburne House and the Murray Library. The service runs from Monday to Friday (daytime and evening) with the first bus at 08:00 and the last at 19:00. An Out of Term Vacation Express service runs between the Design Centre, Sir Tom Cowie and Ashburne House. This service runs from Monday to Friday, with the first bus at 09:30 and the last aat 16:30. An additional Bar Shuttle service operates from Mondays to Sundays. This service runs from the Forge via Clanny House, the Precinct, Bonded Bar to Sir Tom Cowie. The first bus leaves the Forge at 20:30 and the last is at 22:50 19 . Since the 2007/08 /08 travel plan was produced, a number of improvements have been made to the Campus Bus Services. This has included the following: • Installation of new bus stop signage at all ma main in / problematic bus stops. The signage explains to the user the details of the queuing system; • Improvement to timetable information with a section that outlines how best to use the service, for example highlighting peak travel periods, where it is explained that people should go for earlier buses; • An increase in the frequency of Campus Bus services stopping at Clanny House House, from 27 services per day in 2008/09 to 40 services in 2009/10. The Clanny House stop has also been added to the Campus Express route; • Frequency requency of services from halls between 08:00 and 10:00 has been increased from 6 to 99; • An increase in the frequency of daily stops at the Forge from 24 to 27; and • An increase in the number of buses stopping at Ashburne on an evening In addition to the above, the University has also investigated the possibility of using bigger buses. Unfortunately, the cost would prove prohibitive, , so it was agreed that the smaller 16 seat mini buses would uld continue to be used as they offer greater flexibility, frequency and value for money money. 19 On Wednesdays and Sundays the first service is at 19:30. The Wednesday and Sunday services also stop at City Campus 5087709/University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510.docx 29
University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update New Sunderland Sunderland Shuttle Shuttle Bus Service The University of Sunderland, in partnership with Sunderland City Council and Nexus are proposing to implement a Free City Centre Shuttle Bus for Sunderland. . This service would cover the city centre, key locations on either side of the river, main transport interchanges and the University sites of the City and St Peter’s Campus Campuses. The new service is expected to be ope operational by June 2011 and will use a fleet of electric vehicles. This service will run in parallel with a reduced University Campus Bus Service. The new electric buses would operate more frequently than existing Campus Bus services. The buses would be more tha than twice the size (36 seat Optare Solo) ) of the current campus mini buses (16 seats). This new “hop on and off” service will deal with capacity issues that are currently experienced by staff travelling between the two campuses. The preferred route option would operate on a 20 0 minute frequency, 7 days a week until after 10pm, with variations on Saturday and Sundays. The service would be free of charge to Concessionary Travel (CT) pass holders, to students / staff of the University and for Nexus / Sunderland City Council staff holding valid identification. Other passengers would pay a forecast daily fare of £1.50 .50 or standard child CT fare fare. The route would start at Park Lane Interchange, travel up Chester Road to the University Campus Travel Hub and then to the University residence ce at Hylton Road. The service would then return to the Interchange before going north of the river via St Mary’s Way. North of the river the bus would travel to Sheepfolds, with proposed stops at the Stadium of Light and Aquatics Centre. The route would then continue to St Peter’s Heritage site and the St Peter’s campus, linking the National Glass Centre and the Reg Vardy Centre. The final part of the route would return south of the river via West Wear Street, , stopping at High Street East, West Sunniside and the Museum / Winter Gardens on the return to the Interchange. An addition to the service in the summer months would incorporate stopping on Dame Dorothy Street and continu continuing along to Marine Walk via the sea front at Roker. The new service will contribute to the following strategic objectives: • Provide an integrated City Centre Se Service rvice linking key attractions, University sites and transport interchanges; • Provide value for money services to residents and visitor visitors to Sunderland as well as the partner organisations; • Support Sunderland Low Emissions Zone and the achievement of the partners environmental objectives; • Promote the use of public transport and sustainable travel; • Meet the aspirations and objectives of the partners including enhancing the University inter campus service and minimise revenue risk to partners; and • Pilot the use of zero emissions vehicles As a region, the North East England hopes to be at the forefront of electric vehicle development in the UK and launching this service would go a long way to realising this objective. The city centre service, with a full electric fleet will encourage the use of public transport and firmly establish Sunderland as a leader in sustainable transport. A plot of the proposed Sunderland Shuttle Bus Service route and proposed service timetables can be found in Appendix E. 5087709/University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510.docx 30
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