University of Glasgow Strategic Transport and Travel Plan 2016—2025
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University of Glasgow Strategic Transport and Travel Plan 2016—2025 April 2016 1 Contents Introduction Page 3 Context Page 5 Baseline Review and Existing Travel Patterns Page 10 Travel Plan Targets Page 21 Travel Plan Measures Page 22 Building Specific Travel Plans Page 27 Monitoring and Evaluation Plan Page 29 2 1. Introduction Background Stakeholder Engagement In 2006, as part of its environmental commitment to reducing the impact of travel and The STTP has been informed by extensive engagement with a range of stakeholders from transport associated with its operations, the University of Glasgow (UoG) published its first within and outwith the University. This included various departments within the University, Travel Plan covering the period 2006 - 2008. The overall aim was to ‘encourage staff, students such as Estates and Buildings, Central Services, Transport Services, Residential Services, HR and and visitors to make travel choices other than single occupancy car modes for travelling to the the Student Representative Council, as well as Glasgow City Council, East Dunbartonshire University premises’. Council and SWESTRANS (Dumfries and Galloway). This was updated when the University of Glasgow Strategic Travel Plan 2010 – 2015 was It has also drawn on case studies from other leading universities to identify best practice from published in March 2010. It was set in the context of relevant University policies and best similar institutions and ensure that the targets and measures adopted are both contemporary practice at the time, drawing on the findings of a staff and student travel survey undertaken in and consistent with similar establishments. May 2008. Supporting Documents The 2010—2015 Travel Plan identified aims, objectives and targets for travel behaviour change and defined a series of interventions which would assist in delivering these. In preparing this STTP a wide range of transport issues has been considered. While the STTP covers each of these, the underlying detail is included in a set of supporting documents as This Strategic Transport and Travel Plan (STTP) follows: Travel Survey Report which provides an overview of staff and student travel patterns In the period since the 2010-2015 Travel Plan was developed, the needs of the University have from October / November 2015, awareness of University initiatives and the measures changed significantly. The University’s Strategic Plan ‘Inspiring People, Changing the World – that would encourage more sustainable travel choices; University Strategy 2015-2020’ sets out the vision of the University to enhance its position in the global higher education and research sector. To support the Strategic Plan the University Car Parking Baseline Review which provides robust evidence on parking supply and has agreed a new Estate Strategy which seeks to develop a campus that is “...fit for today and demand across the University to inform the rationale for changing the strategy for car the future, is innovative and courageous in design, and is reflective of the University’s history parking and the way it is managed and enforced; and of its ambition, inspiring current and future generations” (Campus Estate Strategy Vision, Gilmorehill and Garscube Site Audit Reports which consider the layout and 2012). infrastructure provided within these campuses and how they link to the wider network; Within the context of these strategic documents, the University has updated and developed and the 2010-2015 Travel Plan to include wider issues of campus transport management, Deliveries & Servicing Baseline Report which provides the evidence that currently henceforth to be the Strategic Transport and Travel Plan (STTP). exists on the complex issue of deliveries and servicing across the University. In developing the STTP, cognisance has been taken of the University’s Development Frameworks, its Carbon Management Plan and the expanding and changing use of the Estate. Action Plan The STTP sets the context for considering transport matters across the University including The STTP includes a section on Travel Plan measures which presents a high level summary of providing overarching policy guidance for the development of specific campus masterplans and the measures the University will take to achieve its travel objectives across different themes. future building specific BREEAM compliant Travel Plans. An accompanying Action Plan sets out the detailed actions to be taken forward. The STTP covers the full Estate with particular consideration given to the University’s three While this STTP covers the period 2016 to 2025, the Action Plan focuses on the period to 2020. main campuses: Gilmorehill, Garscube and Dumfries. 3 1. Introduction Purpose of a Travel Plan Approaches to Travel Plans A Travel Plan is: The approach to Travel Plans, and changing peoples’ travel patterns in general, has been mixed over the past 50 years. It has only been in relatively recent years that the importance of Travel “a general term for a package of measures tailored to the needs of individual sites and aimed at Planning, to deliver transport sustainability and preserving the environment and natural promoting more sustainable travel choices and reducing reliance on the car. Travel Plans help resources, has been fully on the agenda. This can be, in part, attributed to greater reduce the impact of travel on the environment; they also make good business sense. They can environmental awareness, the cost of fuel and transport as well as planning requirements. cut congestion around a site and save money on business travel. They can help to attract staff to sites which would otherwise be difficult to access. They can also help to make your workforce There are generally four approaches to Travel Plans, all healthier.” Scottish Government of which are adopted as part of this STTP, these are: The purpose of a Travel Plan is therefore to define a package of practical measures designed to incentives and disincentives (‘carrots and influence transport to an individual site or within an organisation. sticks’); Benefits of a Travel Plan hard and soft measures; travel blending; and A Travel Plan can bring a number of benefits to the organisation responsible for its implementation, and also to other organisations, the local community and the environment as flexibility. a whole. The benefits can be summarised as follows: Aims staff – benefit from improved health, potential cost and time savings, reduced stress related to travelling and a general improvement in quality of life; The aims of the STTP are to: organisational – benefits from increased production and attainment generated by a Identify and eliminate unnecessary travel and healthier, more motivated workforce and student population, potential cost savings, reduce the impact of transport generated by the reduced congestion, reduced demand for car parking and improved access for building University on the rest of the community, the local and wider environment; users and deliveries; Widen the choice of means by which staff, students and visitors may travel to and from improved access – to sites for employees, students, emergency vehicles, visitors and the University in a safe, comfortable and sustainable way, simultaneously improving the contractors; working environment for staff and students; local community – benefit from reduced congestion, lower journey times and free flow Identify, support and promote alternatives to single occupancy car travel to and from of traffic, reduced likelihood of accidents, improved public transport services, reduced the University for staff, students and visitors; overspill parking in residential areas, whilst also addressing issues of nuisance and noise; Improve the active travel routes to and around University premises for users of the environment – a general benefit from improved air quality, less noise, dirt and sustainable modes of travel; fumes, and reduced impact on other national and global environmental problems such Positively influence the health and fitness of staff and students by encouraging more as global warming, due to lower carbon-based emissions; and walking and cycling as a means of travel; and health promotion – by encouraging physical exercise such as walking and cycling. Develop and implement strategies that support future applications for planning The aim of the Travel Plan is primarily based on identifying the existence of ‘win-win’ scenarios permission. and the ability of well informed groups of employees to detect the advantages of making a modal shift towards more sustainable travel modes. A shift away from a single occupancy vehicle (SOV) is frequently the core objective of a Travel Plan. 4 2. Context The STTP has been prepared in the context of a range of University policies and documents as In line with its Sustainable Development Policy the University will endeavour to minimise its well as national, regional and local policies. These are outlined in this section. impacts associated with travel. University Strategy 2015 – 2020 Its Policy on Travel will complement the University’s mission and its Environmental Policy; help foster good community relationships and support government policies and local strategies. The University Strategy 2015 – 2020 reveals an aspiration to connect with other prestigious institutions and expand their reach and reputation worldwide. It specifically states an aim to The objectives of the Travel Policy are addressed through a range of initiatives and measures steadily grow the