University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510-1

University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update
Journey Duration
Table 3.17 illustrates the time taken for staff car drivers to travel to work. 55% of staff car drivers
take less than 30 minutes to travel to the University compared to 57.8% for all respondents. This
shows that the journey by car takes less time and could go some way to explaining why staff
choose the car to travel to work.
Time
0 to 15 minutes
16 to 30 minutes
31 to 45 minutes
46 to 60 minutes
Over 60 minutes
Total
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Table 3.17 17 – 2009 Time taken to Travel to Work – Staff Car Drivers
Table 3.18 below shows the time taken to travel to work for car drivers that live less than 4 miles
from the University. . It can be seen that 339
of the 110 respondents in this category spend over 16
minutes utes travelling to work. These staff could potentially experience a faster j jjourney
by public
transport or cycle.
Table 3.18 - 2009 Time taken to Travel to Work by those that Live within 4 Miles – Staff Car Drivers
Time
0 to 15 minutes
16 to 30 minutes
31 to 45 minutes
Total
3.1.2.2 Work Patterns
The percentage of car drivers that work full time (80.6%) is in line with the proportion of all
respondents working full time (81.3%). Car drivers start and finish times are similar to results for
all staff.
3.1.2.3 Parking
Number of Respondents % of Respondents
In 2007, 86.4% of respondents who usually dr drove to work held a University parking permit. In
2009, this has risen to 90.4%. The figures are illustrated in Table 3.19 (over page).
77
132
97
58
16
380
Number of Respondents % of Respondents
71
38
1
110
20.3%
34.7%
25.5%
15.3%
4.2%
100%
64.5%
34.5%
0.9%
99.9%