University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510-1

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University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update 3. Current Travel Patterns To better understand how existing facilities and planned improvements cater for the needs of staff and students at the University University, a travel survey was undertaken in November / December 2009. The survey gathered data on place of work / study, work / study patterns and type of work, main mode of transport to work and journey to and from work, parking and potential incentives to encourage staff to use public transport, car share or cycle. This section analyses the results, enabling a revision of the Travel Plan’s objectives, targets and measures. Where possible, the 2009 survey results have been compared with results from 2007. In 2007, the staff and student travel survey was undertaken using tthe he web based HEEPI model. For the 2009 surveys, a web based questionnaire was also undertaken, with a link to the survey page emailed to all staff and students in late November 2009. . The survey could be completed over a four week period. . TTwo wo weeks after the survey went live, a reminder was sent to all staff and students, , encouraging them to complete the survey. A prize draw was organis organised as part of the survey to encourage a high response rate, where staff and students could win a share of £300 of Bridges Shopping Centre Vouchers. In 2009, a total of 709 staff rate 33 staff returned a valid survey rvey form, which represents a 46.6% response . This very good response rate is considered to be representative of University staff travel patterns. In 2007, 605 staff completed the travel survey, a response rate of 37.8%. In 2009, a total of 1075 students returned a valid s rate 34 students returned a valid survey urvey form, which represents a 7.8% response . Although a large number of students completed the survey, the response rate is still below the desired 10% threshold for a survey of this type and therefore the results do need to be treated with some caution. . In 2007, 843 students completed the travel survey, a response rate of 5.8%. 33 This response rate is based on the headcount number of staff for which 1523 for the 2009/10 academic year, which enables a di direct comparison with the response rate for 2007/08. 34 This response rate is based on the headcount number of students which is 13,869 for the 2009/10 academic year, which enables a direct comparison with the response rate for 2007/08. 5087709/University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510.docx 59
University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update 3.1 Staff Travel Patterns 3.1.1 All Staff 3.1.1.1 How do staff travel to work Staff were asked questions on the modes of transport they use to travel to work. This included the following: • Main mode of travel in a typical week; and • Occasional modes of transport used to travel to work. Respondents could choose between thirteen different modes of transport, including car/van driver (on your own), car/van driver (with others), car/van driver (as passenger), motorbike/ scooter, train, bus, campus bus, metro metro, park and ride, cycle, walk, taxi and other. Main Mode of Travel Staff were asked to specify the mode of transport they used to travel to work most frequently. The results esults are illustrated below in Table 3.1 below. Mode of Transport 5087709/University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510.docx 60 Table 33.1 – 2009 Modal Split (Main Mode of Transport) – All Staff Car / Van Driver (on your own) 381 Car / Van Driver (with others) 47 Car / Van (as passenger) 30 Motorbike / Scooter Train Bus Campus Bus Metro Park and Ride Cycle Walk Taxi Other Total Number of Respondents The he 2007 questionnaire was prepared using the HEEPI model and contained fewer possible modal options for respondents to choose. IIt was therefore necessary to group modal categories to enable a viable iable comparison between the 2007 and 2009 data as shown in Table 3.2 (over page).. 6 10 78 0 80 2 19 54 2 0 709 % of Respondents 53.7% 6.6% 4.2% 0.8% 1.4% 11% 0% 11.3% 0.3% 2.7% 7.6% 0.3% 0% 100%
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