Travel Planning An Educational Experience

1. Travel Planning An Educational Experience Jayne Cornelius Swansea University Travel Plan Coordinator

2. Making the ‘SWWITCH’ from Supporter to Player • Can be compared with being an ‘expert’ from the side-lines and being a player on the field! • Quite different!

3. Step 1 • Finding out the Structure of the Organisation

4. Identify existing measures: • BayCycles • Bike to Work Scheme • Swansea Bay Online Cycle Maps • Cycle Maps • Free Cycle App

5. Step 3 • Do they have an existing Travel Plan? • Travel Plan written in 2007 and 2010 for Singleton Park Campus • Outline Travel Plan written for The Bay Science and Innovation • Campus

7. Facts about the Bay Campus The Singleton and Bay Campuses are some three miles equidistant from Swansea City centre resulting in a six mile journey between the Campuses.

8. Section 106 and Planning Conditions • An average of 763 car park movements in morning peak • An average 677 car movements in afternoon peak • These are averaged out over the week • There are Trigger points and financial penalties incurred when these car movements are exceeded! They are substancial!

9. Some Info on the Bay Campus • We will have 500 Staff Parking spaces and 100 Pay and Display Parking spaces. • On opening we will have 914 students resident at the Bay Campus in September • 545 moving from Hendrefoilan Student Village from February 2016

10. Dual Campus Working • This means that Singleton Campus has to be included. • The Data Science 2 building is working towards the BREEAM Standard.

11. Current Travel Habits- Singleton Current mode of transport used to travel to Singleton (565 staff, 801 students)

12. Current Travel Habits- Bay Campus Staff • 25.3% live within 2 miles of Singleton • 37.4% of staff between 2 and 5 miles • 48.3% of staff currently drive to work alone • What do these figures tell you?

13. The Travel Plan • Includes Feedback and Results of Survey (Autumn 2015) • Existing Measures • Measures introduced as an result of the Survey • Measures for the future • Examples of Partnership working to date and ongoing • Aims and Objectives • Targets for the future

14. Bus Ticket options and Prices 2014/15 and 2015/16

15. Bus it More for Less • Swansea University have negotiated excellent rates for bus ticketing for both Students and Staff.

16. Area Covered by the tickets • FirstStudent Swansea City– will provide unlimited access to First Cymru services within the following boundary area. • Swansea City tickets are valid in the area bounded by Jersey Marine Village, Bowen Arms (Skewen) , Birchgrove, Ynysforgan Roundabout, Morriston Hospital , Penllergaer Roundabout, Gorseinon Bus Station, Loughor (Ship & Castle). • FirstStudent Outer Zone- will provide unlimited access to our services within the following boundary area. Swansea Bay tickets are valid in the area bounded by Pontardawe (Cross), Crynant (Pen-y-Bont Bridge), Blaengwynfi, Resolven (Turn), Glyncorrwg, Croeserw, Pontrhydyfen, Bryn, Margam Park, and also out as far as Ammanford and Llanelli.

17. What this means to students (and Staff) • Findings show that the majority of students only travel within the Swansea City Zone, the majority of students will benefit from savings:

18. Students living further afield • Students (and Staff ) living further away will see the following changes to their prices: ST UDEN T S

19. Two Ways to purchase the ticket • In the Travel Shop (as is currently the case) • New for 2015 - M-Ticketing, where customers with a compatible smart phone can have bus tickets fulfilled electronically rather than a conventional bus ticket, providing many convenience and security benefits. Customers purchasing these tickets electronically would need to validate their entitlement via means of a “swansea.ac.uk” e-mail address within a set period following purchase.

20. Proposed Bus Routes from 2015/16

21. Cycling from Singleton to Bay Campus (27 minutes)

22. Travel BUDi- Not Just Car Share

23. Initiatives that are available from Partners • .

24. In Swansea several taxi firms have online booking services and for when you are on the move mobile phone Apps. Downloadable Apps are free to download from the App store to any Android or iPhone Using the App you can: Book your taxi – You are told the registration and colour of the taxi Track your taxi along its journey You get a text or phone call when it arrives Three examples: DatacabsYellow CabsEastside Cabs Taxi Travel

25. Upgraded Cycle Route - • Work started on the 8th of June • Due to be completed first week of August

26. University Campus Bus stop Codes Hendrefoilan Student Village Ty Beck Student Accommodation Singleton Campus swatdad Swansea bus station, Morriston Hospital. swapgap Swansea Bus station swagpdtSingleton University main campus swadgwm Hendrefoilan student village Sswatgat Dunvant, Three crosses Bay Campus nptjwta Codes for Bay Campus too

27. Active Travel Days • Working with Partners: Sustrans and Cycle Training Wales • Dr Bike sessions saw 70 staff bring their bikes along for servicing • 2 Mechanics sessions • Seven 1-1 Bike Training sessions

28. Travel Champion Training • Over 50 Staff have been trained so far including: • Green Impact Coordinators • Staff from College of Engineering • Staff from School of Management • Estates Staff

29. Communication is the Key! Bay Campus Staff

30. Communication is the Key! Singleton Campus Staff

31. Questions/ feedback