Dr Wyn HughesAssociate Director – Capital Developments18 November 2010

Travel Planning in Action

Welcome to Addenbrooke’s

• 62 acre site, 2 miles south of City Centre bordering Green Belt

• Site shared with University and MRC

• 9,000 staff employed on site• Over 20,000 trips to and from

site each day• 3416 on-site car parking

spaces• Over 1200 residential units

• Development pressure due to:– Scientific research– Increasing demand for

healthcare– Higher expectations of

healthcare quality• Potential need for huge

expansion for car parking• No demand management• No funding to improve

infrastructure• Non-car access very poor• Road network at capacity

Cycle17%

Motorcycle1%

Bus4%

Walk4%

Car74%

1993 – 3,992 staff

Phase 1 – Doing our own bit

• Staff car parking charges introduced – 20p a day

• Patient and visitor charges introduced

• S106 signed with city – 3365 ceiling on car parking spaces

• Commitment to undertake annual monitoring

• Trust Board steering group established

• Interest-free loans introduced for cycles and motorcycles

• Ad hoc bus promotions• Car parks resurfaced and CCTV/

lighting installed

Cycle22%

Motorcycle2%

Car share16%

Bus10%

Car alone46%

Walk4%

1999 – 4,856 staff

Phase 2 – Managing parking

• Staff car parking charges – 30p a day

• Patient and visitor charges – city centre levels

• S106 re-signed with city – 3900 ceiling on car parking spaces

• S106 target for reducing car alone trips to site - staff

• 300 additional cycle parking spaces – showers, cycle lanes

• Car park management introduced

• Babraham Road Park & Ride opens one mile south of site

Cycle18%

Motorcycle2%

Car share9%

Bus16%

Car alone47%

Walk8%

2001 – 4,631 staff

Segregation of Parking

Staff parking• Entry barriers - smart card entry• 2358 spaces - 30p a day (2000)• Staff priority parking groups

Patient and Visitor parking• Entry barriers - pay on foot• 820 spaces - scaled parking charges

Priority Staff Groups

Consultants and Executive Board Shift Workers Childcare (7 years and under) Liftshare  Senior Clinical Residents

2 mile exclusion zone

Applies to: All staff not in priority

groups

Applies between 00:00 and 15:30

Monday to Friday operation

Cycle18%

Motorcycle1%

Car share11%

Bus13%

Walk7%

Car alone50%

2000

StaffTarget 1 - Reduce % of staff travelling to the site in single occupancy cars from 50% in 2000 to 45% by 2005

Phase 3 – Partnerships

• Staff car parking charges – 50p a day in 2003

• Improved public transport network

• New bus station• Closure of 119 staff parking

spaces• Discounted weekly bus

tickets with Stagecoach• Trumpington Park and Ride

opens 1.5 miles west of site with new bus link

• Cambridgeshire Travel For Work Partnership

Cycle26%

Motorcycle2%Car share

7%

Bus22%

Car alone38%

Walk5%

2003 – 5,676 staff

StagecoachEast

Cambridge University Hospitals

CambridgeshireCounty Council

Partnerships

Phase 4 – Communication

• Staff car parking charges – £1.40 a day (2006)

• On-site staff parking charges same as Cambridge P&R by 2007

• S106 target patients & visitors• Publish travel plans• New multi storey car park opens• Launch of ‘Space programme’• New Addenbrooke’s Shuttle• Upgrade remaining bus stops• 10% train ticket discount• National Cycle Network –

10,000th mile opens• New Security Contract - APCOA

Cycle25%

Motorcycle2%

Car share5%

Bus23%

Car alone35%

Walk10%

2004 – 5,588 staff

Visitors and Patients Target 2 – To reduce % of visitors and patients arriving at Addenbrooke’s by car from 90% to 86% by 2006

2002 – 9,639 visitors

Cycle3%

Car share54% Bus

4%

Walk2%

Motorcycle0%

Car alone37%

Objectives

• To reduce the need to travel

• To improve travel choices and make them safe and accessible for all

• To reduce demand for car parking and traffic congestion on the site and on the surrounding road network

• To encourage healthy travel options

• To reduce the environmental impact arising from the travel needs of the Addenbrooke’s campus

National Cycle Network – Route 11

• Opened September 2005• Partnership SUSTRANS,

Cambridgeshire County Council and Trust

• Harlow (Essex) to Kings Lynn (Norfolk)

• Stripes represent 10,257 genetic letters of Human Genome BRCA2

• Current Usage (2009) about 700 cycle trips / day.

Phase 5 - Carbon Management

• Sustainability Manager Appointed• Increased patient and visitor charges• Think Green Campaign launched• 2138 staff parking spaces• New staff survey – understanding

carbon impact• BUG-WAG re-formed• Cyclescheme, Liftshare, Streetcar• 210 cycle parking spaces – PFI and

Rosie• 1055 space NCP multi storey car

park opens• Free bus travel (over 60’s)

Phase 6 - Carbon and Health Management

• Staff car parking charges £2 a day (Comparable to Cambridge P&R)

• Addenbrooke’s Life Programme• Work with MRC on research into

Health & Commuting• OWL Cycle Surgery on site• Improved pedestrian routes and 150

additional cycle stands (300 spaces)• Development of healthy, sustainable

travel incentives• Addenbrooke’s ‘A’ bus service• Patient Courtesy Bus• Planning Permission

– Cambridge Biomedical Campus

AAR Ph1(£6m)

AAR Ph2(£19m)

CGB(£97m)

Challenges ahead

• Integrated travel plan for Cambridge Biomedical Campus• Targets for Clinical• Targets for R&D• Targets for MRC• Targets for CR-UK

• Procurement of new infrastructure• Carbon Reduction Commitment• Premises Assurance Model (PAM)• Business Mileage• Goods and Services

Summary

• Commitment from the Board• Strong leadership in introducing unpopular car park

management• Linked to Development Control Plan - a Vision• Innovative procurement• Partnership • Ring-fenced income• Union support