jacob martin

2012 AITPM Conference

Parking Supply Restriction and Mode Shift at QEII Medical Centre:A Case StudyJacob Martin, Senior Transport PlannerCardno

Background


Land Use and Location Context

Existing Land Uses> Large health campus> 36 tenants> 8,000 employees> 5,000 patients and visitors

Location> 4km from Perth CBD…> …but not on any high

capacity public transport or vehicular routes


Transport Provision Characteristics

• Historic abundance of on-site parking and high private vehicle mode share

• Traffic impacts felt along several significant arterial connections from the Western Suburbs to the Freeway and Perth CBD

• Not adjacent to high-capacity public transport

• Access to high-capacity cycle links is relatively poor


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Medical

Nursing

Academic

Executive

Allied Health

Hospital Support

Administration

Research

Volunteer

60%

18%

22%

ORGANISATION

SCGH

NMHS

Other

Transport Needs

Groups> Staff> Patients> Visitors> Volunteers

Staff include:> Administration> Researchers> On-call> Consultants> Executives> Shift Workers> Nurses


The Future: a Paradigm Shift

Development> Relocation of Women’s and Children’s Hospitals to QEIIMC underway

– Plus other hospital growth to a total of 1,500 beds

> Growth in ancillary facilities – Medical research and education service providersParking

> Long-term on-site parking supply supplemented by off-site parking to assist with transition

> Agreed parking cap under the Activity Centres Policy of 3,600 staff bays> Requires a 44% car-as-driver mode share (based on current staff profile)

– Significantly less than the unrestrained parking demand revealed in 2009 travel surveys

Public Transport> Short-term: High Frequency Bus> Long-term: Light Rail


Research Completed


Projects Completed> Travel Diary Survey> Stated Preference Survey> Travel Plan and Comparison> Public Transport Demand Assessment> Parking Priority Assessment


Mode Shift Evidence

43%

11%

32%

14%

Mode Choice at Trip End

Drive Alone

Carpool

Public Transport

Walk/Cycle

2009 2012


Travel and Parking Behaviour


Parking ManagementPriority System

> Core hour staff> Green Commuters and Official Car Pool> Shift Workers> Medical consultants> On-call staff> Work vehicles> Cross-campus staff> Commercial tenants> Compassionate grounds> Volunteers and> Motorcycles

Parking Analysis> Peak parking demand has been calculated at

1,600 bays for the existing development…excluding core-hour staff.

> Approximately 80% of staff work core-hours> 2,350 existing bays - but 2,760 bays consumed

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Time

Site Attendance and Parking

Total Staff On-Site

Total Parking Demand


Travel Behaviour by TimeMode share by arrival

Mode share by departure

Drive Alone Carpool Public Transport Walk/Cycle

52%

14%

24%

10%

Before 7am

35%

12%38%

15%

7am-9am

52%

6%

28%

14%

9am-noon

80%

5%

7%8%

Noon-6pm

84%

13%

3% 0%6pm-Midnight

Drive Alone Carpool Public Transport Walk/Cycle

67%0%

23%

10%

Before 7am

62%11%

18%

9%

7am-noon

42%

14%

36%

8%noon-4pm

37%

11%35%

17%

4pm-6:30pm

69%6%

15%

10%

6:30pm-midnight


Travel Behaviour by Need> Core hour staff> Afternoon Shift Workers> Night Shift Workers> Medical consultants> On-call staff> Work Vehicles> Cross-Campus Travel> Commercial Tenants> Compassionate Grounds> Volunteers

Afternoon Shift Workers> Existing staffing ~ 530 employees> Future staffing ~ 800 employees

Night Shift Workers> Existing staffing ~ 165 employees

Future Peak Parking Demand at Current Behaviour

> 4,140 bays, of which 3,600 are provided on-site

Travel Demand Management and Behaviour Change


The ‘Stick’

Supply> On-site parking provision dropped from 75% to 38% of staff attendance figures

during construction> Off-site “Park ‘n’ Ride” available approximately 3.5km from QEIIMC> Additional on-street, informal and ‘private’ parking

Price> Free parking shifted to daily rate> Daily parking fee still well below market rate ($4.80/day in 2014)> Evidenced by high demand for visitors parking @ $3/hr> Note that stated preference surveys showed:

– very little change in demand below $7.50/day– 14% reduction in demand at $12/day

> Ongoing political pressure


Parking Demand Management

The Priority System

Green Commuter Parking> Preferential parking> 200 permits issued in 2013> Limited impact on demand (due to part-time staff and off-site parking)

Official Car Pool> Guaranteed Parking (for groups of 2 or more employees)> Only 100 cars registered

Ride-Sharing> Car pool modes increased to 11% (approx. 700 employees)> Significant growth of 260% as a result of TDM measures and parking

pressures


Walking and Cycling• Despite affluence, local employees (within 5km) drive only 36% of trips• Walk/Cycle share for the closest 5 suburbs is approximately 22% compared to 14%

average (10% in 2009)• QEIIMC has supported these modes through improvements in EOT; currently

oversubscribed• Surrounding cycle network has not undergone any significant improvements• Preference survey results suggested that the existence, rather than quality of EOT is

important


Public Transport

QEIIMC is served only by public bus transport

Funding was provided by the QEIIMC Trust to improve service> Route 79 (Perth CBD – QEIIMC) and Route 97 (Subiaco – QEIIMC)> Capacity is shared by UWA but service was oversubscribed in peak, with

long queues despite high frequency> Increase of 400,000 PT trips per year (32% of all staff travel)> Ticket price subsidised by DoH and PTA (-45%)

Route No. First bus

(arrives QEIIMC)

Service Frequency (buses per hour) Last Bus

(departs QEIIMC)AM Peak Daytime PM Peak Evening

79 to QEIIMC 6:23am 6 4 - - 3:00pm

79 from QEIIMC 9:57am - 2 6 - 6:50pm

97 to Subiaco 7:15am 4 4 4 - 6:45pm

97 from Subiaco 7:08am 4 4 4 - 6:38pm


Public Transport Supply


TravelSmart Junction

Provides advice for> PT> Ped/Cycle> Other transport

Prominent locationPassed by 30,000 people per weekAccessed 10,000 times since 2012

Conclusion and Acknowledgements


Thanks to:

The Cardno Traffic team for their hard work

QEII Medical Centre Trust and particularly Michelina Lawson for their assistance during this project

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