Edinburgh Park Travel Plan (2015-2025) | Travel Plan
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Edinburgh Park Travel Edinburgh Park (Management) Plan (2015-2025) Ltd Travel Plan Our ref: 22745701 September 2015 Client ref: Prepared by: Prepared for: Steer Davies Gleave Edinburgh Park (Management) Ltd 28-32 Upper Ground 4 Lochside Place London SE1 9PD Edinburgh EH12 9DF +44 20 7910 5000 www.steerdaviesgleave.com Steer Davies Gleave has prepared this work for Edinburgh Park (Management) Ltd. This work may only be used within the context and scope of work for which Steer Davies Gleave was commissioned and may not be relied upon in part or whole by any third party or be used for any other purpose. Any person choosing to use any part of this work without the express and written permission of Steer Davies Gleave shall be deemed to confirm their agreement to indemnify Steer Davies Gleave for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. 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Edinburgh Park Travel Plan (2015-2025) | Travel Plan Contents 1 Background ........................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 The role and function of the travel plan ....................................................................................... 1 2 Existing Travel Situation...................................................................................................... 3 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 3 Facilities for walking and cycling .................................................................................................. 3 Bus services ................................................................................................................................... 3 Rail services .................................................................................................................................. 4 Vehicle access ............................................................................................................................... 4 Travel information ........................................................................................................................ 6 3 Travel Survey Results .......................................................................................................... 7 4 Aims, Objectives and Targets ............................................................................................ 10 Aim of the travel plan ................................................................................................................. 10 Objectives of the travel plan ....................................................................................................... 10 Travel plan targets ...................................................................................................................... 10 5 Travel Plan Measures ....................................................................................................... 12 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 12 Management measures .............................................................................................................. 12 General promotion and marketing ............................................................................................. 13 Walking ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Cycling ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Bus .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Tram ............................................................................................................................................ 15 Rail .............................................................................................................................................. 15 Car Share, Car Club & Electric Vehicles....................................................................................... 16 6 Management .................................................................................................................... 17 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 17 Travel plan coordinator .............................................................................................................. 17 Edinburgh Park travel plan forum .............................................................................................. 17 September 2015 | i Edinburgh Park Travel Plan (2015-2025) | Travel Plan Delivery mechanisms .................................................................................................................. 17 7 Monitoring & Review........................................................................................................ 20 8 Action Plan ....................................................................................................................... 22 Figures Figure 3.1: Walk catchment for Edinburgh Park ........................................................................... 8 Figure 3.2: Cycle catchment for Edinburgh Park .......................................................................... 9 Figure 3.3: Public transport catchment for Edinburgh Park ......................................................... 9 Tables Table 2.1: Allocation of access tags .............................................................................................. 5 Table 3.1: Mode split (2014 travel survey compared to 2013 target) .......................................... 7 Table 4.1: Objectives, targets and indicators [DRAFT] ............................................................... 11 Table 6.1: Overview of forum topics .......................................................................................... 18 Table 8.1: Action Plan (2015-2025) ............................................................................................ 23 Appendices A Overview of public transport services Figures No table of figures entries found. Tables Table .1: Bus services to/from Edinburgh Park .......................................................................... 32 Table .2: Rail services to/from Edinburgh Park via Airdrie and Bathgate .................................. 33 Table .3: Rail services to/from Edinburgh Park via Falkirk and Dunblane .................................. 34 Table .4: Rail services to/from Edinburgh Park via Fife .............................................................. 34 September 2015 | ii Edinburgh Park Travel Plan (2015-2025) | Travel Plan Executive Summary Background 1. This travel plan for Edinburgh Park is an update to the original plan which covered the period from 2003 to 2013. This updated travel plan has been developed on behalf of Edinburgh Park (Management) Ltd, in consultation with the park's current occupiers, City of Edinburgh Council, SEStran, public transport operators and Cycling Scotland. It aims to: i. provide a long term, sustainable travel management plan for Edinburgh Park that remains relevant by responding to changing conditions and opportunities as the Park develops; ii. provide a framework for existing and new businesses at Edinburgh Park to adopt their own site-specific measures and encourage sustainable travel behaviour at individual workplaces; and iii. be a working document for the Edinburgh Park travel plan coordinator to plan and undertake actions. 2. The travel plan is an overarching framework for Edinburgh Park, and will provide a mechanism for the development of more strategic level measures that are relevant to Edinburgh Park as a whole. 3. Individual occupiers will have an important role to play in ensuring that their employees can fully benefit from the initiatives and measures that are developed via the travel plan, and in implementing those measures which are employer-specific. Occupiers arriving on site since 2003 are legally obliged to agree to the plan in accordance with the conditions agreed with City of Edinburgh Council. Occupiers present before then are requested to contractually agree with the plan. 4. The travel plan will focus on employee commuting, business and visitor travel. It will be implemented from 2015 to 2025, and reviewed annually to ensure it remains relevant. Existing travel situation 5. Edinburgh Park is already well connected to the transport network, with two rail stations providing direct connections across the Central Belt and ten bus services providing local links into Edinburgh and West Lothian. In May 2014, the Edinburgh Tram service began, providing an alternative link to the city centre, and airport. Facilities on the park for cyclists and pedestrians are of good quality. A range of measures have been implemented on the park, including shuttle buses to connect the park to the nearby stations, high quality bus shelters, a