LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY GREEN TRAVEL PLAN FEBRUARY 2018 LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY GREEN TRAVEL PLAN February 2018 Version Control Owner: Rachael Hanmer-Dwight Last modified: 29/03/2018 Review Date: 2019 @LJMUGoGreen @Merseytravel @LiverpoolSU [email protected] LJMU Green Travel Plan 1. Overview p.1 1.1. Aim of the Travel Plan p.2 1.2. LJMU Estate Masterplan and Student Connected Village p.2 1.3. Sustainable Travel Policy p.2 2. What we Monitor p.2 3. Objectives p.3 4. University Travel p.4 4.1 Business Travel p.4 4.2 University Fleet p.5 5. Travel Surveys and Targets p.6 5.1 Staff Travel p.6 5.2 Student Travel p.7 6. Getting to and From University p.8 6.1 Walking and Cycling p.9 6.2 Buses p.13 6.3 Trains p.14 6.4 Ferry p.17 6.5 Merseytravel Passes p.18 6.6 Public Transport Journey Apps p.19 6.7 IM Marsh Travel Grant p.20 6.8 Taxis p.21 6.9 Car Sharing p.22 6.10 LJMU Car Parking p.23 7. Accessibility p.24 7.1 Accessible Journey Planning p.25 7.2 Access between buildings p.25 7.3 Accessible Public Transport p.26 7.4 Accessible-friendly Taxis p.26 7.5 Disabled Car Parking p.27 7.6 Long Term Aims p.27 8. Working Together p.28 8.1 LJMU Travel Initiatives p.29 8.2 Working in Partnership p.29 LJMU Green Travel Plan 9. Campus Guides p.31 9.1 City Centre Campus p.32 9.2 Mount Pleasant Campus p.33 9.3 IM Marsh Campus p.34 9.4 Lairdside Maritime Centre p.35 9.5 Copperas Hill p.36 10. Going Forward p.37 10.1 Next Steps p.38 10.2 Get in Touch p.38 Appendices p.39 Policy Context p.40 Merseytravel and Merseyrail Maps p.44 LJMU Location Map p.47 Travel Plan Action Plan p.49 Tables and Charts: Business Travel Emissions 2014-2017 p.4 Business Travel Emissions 2016-17 p.4 University Fleet – total emissions p.5 University Fleet – Diesel and Petrol Consumption p.5 How do our staff travel to work? p.6 How do our students travel to University? p.7 Approximate walking times between LJMU buildings p.9 Approximate walking times between Halls and LJMU p.10 Cycling facilities on campus p.11 Stagecoach bus fares p.13 Arriva bus fares p.13 PlusBus fares p.13 Merseyrail train fares p.14 Train stations closest to Student Halls p.15 Train stations closest to LJMU campuses p.16 Ferry fares p.17 Merseytravel ‘Walrus’ Card – bus travel p.18 Merseytravel passes – bus, rail and ferry p.18 Private Hire Taxi Operators p.21 Car Parking Provision p.23 Disabled Car Parking Spaces p.27 Staff Travel Schemes p.29 0 LJMU Green Travel Plan Overview: Monitoring Objectives Staff/Student Travel Data University Business Travel 1 LJMU Green Travel Plan 1. Overview – what is this Travel Plan for? 1.1 Aim of the Travel Plan This Travel Plan has been developed by Liverpool John Moores University to assist with the delivery of related initiatives and communications to staff and students, promoting the use of sustainable transport in order to minimise the impact on the environment, and achieving carbon and cost savings for the University. The Travel Action Plan (Appendix D) incorporates a package of measures and recommendations to encourage the use of alternatives to single-occupancy car-use and promote increased accessibility and sustainable modes of transport 1.2 LJMU Estate Masterplan This Travel Plan aligns with LJMU’s current Estate Masterplan, which aspires to unite several LJMU campuses by creating a new route from Lime Street Station, through the Copperas Hill site to the Mount Pleasant campus. This will strengthen the connectedness of different buildings, and in part contribute to LJMU’s carbon emissions reduction obligations. Extending from this, the bold plans for a new city centre development around Copperas Hill will transform an underused area of Liverpool, creating a new focal point for University operations plus exceptional facilities and services for students, staff and the wider community. The Copperas Hill development will address current problems such as pedestrian access, acting as a gateway to the LJMU campus and Knowledge Quarter. It will further assist with improved transit across the estate and a reduced need to depend on high-emission modes of transport (e.g. single passenger car journeying). From a location perspective, Copperas Hill will be extremely supportive to future travel plan: the site is adjacent to Lime Street station and within a few minutes’ walking distance of the other city train stations, all bus route stops, bus stations, and Citybike posts. 1.3 Sustainable Travel Policy The University’s Sustainable Travel Policy was introduced in November 2016 as the University recognised its environmental impact on university-related travel, and the Policy commits the University to identify, monitor and reduce these impacts. The Policy can be viewed at https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/about-liverpool-john-moores-university/sustainability/travel Appendix A provides a more detailed outline of relevant internal and local policy. 2 What we monitor As part of the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Estate Management return, LJMU annually monitors the following: • University-owned vehicle fleet emissions • Estimated staff commute emissions (from and fuel usage (petrol and diesel) car, rail, bus and other) • Business travel emissions – air, rail, car/van • Estimated student study travel emissions hire and grey fleet (personal vehicle use (from car, rail, bus and other) for business trips) 2 LJMU Green Travel Plan 3 Objectives The Travel Plan’s objectives draw on those outlined in a number of policy documents, (see Appendix A for fuller details): Objective To improve access to all LJMU buildings for all staff, students and visitors. Objective To increase the travel survey participation rate. Objective Promote active travel (walking and cycling) to enhance health and wellbeing of LJMU students and staff. Objective To put measures in place to reduce potential negative impact of travel on the environment, by encouraging the use of more sustainable modes of transport. Objective To reduce the number of single occupant car journeys and car dependency, and consequently ease car parking congestion at the University. 3 LJMU Green Travel Plan 4 University Travel 4.1 Business Travel The chart below indicates emissions arising from the University’s business travel. Air travel accounts for the greatest proportion of these aggregated emissions; grey fleet (use of personal vehicle for business trips with mileage claimed through expenses) has stayed relatively static; and both car/van hire and rail emissions have gradually reduced. 4 LJMU Green Travel Plan 4.2 University Fleet Overall fuel consumption and emissions from the University-owned vehicle fleet have both gradually increased over the past four years, as indicated by the charts below. LJMU has incorporated two Lexus NX300h hybrid cars within the University vehicle fleet. Both vehicles are estimated to complete 20,000 miles per annum. LJMU are currently seeking commercial offers for the replacement of both its light commercial vehicle (LCV) and executive vehicle fleets and have included an option for up to 3 LCV’s to be all electric and for one of its executive fleet to be equipped with hybrid technology. LJMU has two electric vehicle charging stations situated at Byrom Street. 5 LJMU Green Travel Plan 5 Surveys and Targets The chart below illustrates LJMU’s staff and student travel preferences since 2005 as a long-term monitoring exercise, including a comment on participation rates. The most recent Staff and Student Travel Surveys were conducted in March 2018 with a participation rate of 15% and 12%, respectively. Staff and Student Travel Surveys will be conducted every two academic years. This will reduce conflict with other surveys (e.g. the National Student Survey) and will deliver data for extrapolating carbon emissions for the annual HESA (Higher Education Statistics Agency) Estate Management Return which operates a 24 month validity period for travel data entered. Target A robust approach for effective communication, promotion and potential incentivising will be undertaken to support the aim for minimum participation rates of 20% in Staff Travel Surveys, and 10% in Student Travel Surveys. 5.1 Staff Travel Staff areas for improvement: A postcode plot (a mapping exercise which illustrates the radius that staff are commuting within), walking challenges and overall promotion of the fitness and wellbeing benefits of walking up to 5 miles a day could encourage higher walking rates. Exploring options for encouraging and supporting car share amongst staff, or promoting affordable public transport options, could be effective in reducing single-passenger car journeys down to 25%. This is important as the proportion single-passenger car journeys is slowly creeping up since 2014. 6 LJMU Green Travel Plan Target Reduce staff single passenger car journeys to 25% Target Increase staff public transport commuting to at least 50% 5.2 Student Travel Student areas for improvement: LJMU as a predominantly city-based university lends itself to walking (which is now the modal choice for more than a third of LJMU students) and public transport. Single passenger car is slowly increasing since 2015, however. This presents an opportunity to look at how the University can better support alternatives such as car sharing, cycling (which remains a minimal modal choice for LJMU students), and affordable public transport options. Target! Reduce student single passenger car journeys to at most 10% Target! Increase student active travel (walking and cycling) to at least 40% 7 LJMU Green Travel Plan Getting to and from University: Walking and Cycling Buses Trains Ferry Journey Planner Apps IM Marsh Travel Grant Taxis Car Sharing Car Parking 8 LJMU Green Travel Plan 6 Travel and Transport in Liverpool 6.1 Walking and Cycling Walking and cycling – also known collectively as active travel – are simple ways of incorporating physical activity into our daily lives.