TRAVL ReviewTRAVL User Group and ConferenceJane Hills | 28 February 2007
TRAVL User Group | 28 February 2007
TRAVL User Group
Review of 2006 / 07 Forthcoming 2007 / 08
Your Input
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Review of This Year 2006/07
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Our Work Over the Last Year
Survey Programme Promotion of the Database User Helpdesk and Training TfL Workplace Travel Plan Guidance TfL Benchmarking Study Bureau Service Improving the Database Seeking Opportunities to Improve
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Survey Programme 2006/07
St George Wharf Mixed housing, affordable, private
Kew Residential Mixed housing, affordable, private
East Ham Leisure Centre Holiday Inn, Stratford Asda, Wembley The Colonnades, Croydon,
Leisure Park, Health Club, Hotel, City Limits Kew Retail Park
Retail Park, M&S, Boots, TK Maxx MVA Office, Westminster Pizza Express, Richmond Backpackers Hostel, Camden Wandsworth Southside
Shopping Centre, Cinema, Health Club
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Promotion of the Database
Presentation to PTRC Annual Conference Damian Price and Jane Hills, July 06
Liaison with TfL for Workplace Travel Plan Guidance and iTRACE
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Bureau Service
Increased Use of the Bureau Service by several smaller consultancies
Borough Officers and TfL Land Use Planning request use for Transport Assessments
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Seeking Opportunities to Improve
Working with TfL Travel Demand Unit TfL Freight Unit
Operationally Data Input and Analysis Upgrade
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Software Data Input and Analysis Upgrade
Aims Enable simpler data input and analysis More versatile database for continued
development
Results Time Savings Ability to Design new Reports in Future
Ready to be used on future surveys
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Forthcoming Year – 2007/08
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Overview
Survey Programme Travel Plans Freight – Servicing and Deliveries Software Delivery User Questionnaire
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Survey Programme 2007/08 1 of 2
Residential Osier Crescent, 1st survey in July 2001 revisit Grand Union Village, Private and
Affordable, before Travel Plan Project Greenwich Millenium Village, Private and
Affordable, with Travel Plan (monitoring) The Chimes Shopping Centre, Uxbridge Health Centre Thelma Golding, Hounslow Backpackers Hostel Construction Sites Emphasis on Freight
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Survey Programme 2007/08 2 of 2
Land Use Suggestions – Site Suggestions Please! Construction Sites Walk In Clinics Hospitals Industrial Nursery Schools Mini-cab Offices Faith Schools Mosques (Fridays)
Other Focuses – Suggestions Needed Thames Gateway Area Impact of Olympics – long term – before, during,
after
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Travel Plan Development
Site and Staff Survey Information Electronic Download from iTRACE + Consideration of reporting techniques for
TRICS and TRAVL to standardise where possible
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Travel Plans – Travel Plan Only Info
Upgrade to Store Travel Plan Only Data Site and Staff Survey only data (No Count data) Increasingly available via iTRACE + TRAVL ideal facility to hold data for
comparative use Additional to normal TRAVL survey
programme and opportunities for full data collection
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Travel Plan Site Comparison
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Travel Plans – Information sharing
Electronic Download from iTRACE+ Site Management Data – size, parking,
travel plan elements Staff Survey Results – Main, final modes,
postcode = distance travelled by mode Permission / Data Confidentiality to be
assured
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Travel Plans – Standardisation of Info
TfL commissioned ‘Whitelegg Report’ on TRICS – TRAVL Benchmarking
Positive towards the TRAVL survey methodology and database meeting the needs of London
Recommendations for standardisation Freight classifications incorporate DfT
Transport Statistics Great Britain classifications
Review trip rates Review travel plan reports, raw data, %
difference and/or % change
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Freight Driver Questionnaire
A Cars / Small Vans
B Single rear wheel transit type vehicles
C 2 axles <7.5 tonnesTwin rear wheel transit
D 2 axles >7.5 tonnes with reflective plates
E Rigid 3 or more axles
F Articulated 3 or more axles
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Freight in TRAVL
Aims: To collect information to enable assessment of the
impact of freight vehicles at particular land uses Inform Loading Plans / Construction Logistics Plans
Definition of Freight ‘the physical movement of goods, waste and utilities /
servicing vehicles’
Discussions with TfL Freight Unit (TfL FU) To establish useful observations To establish driver questionnaire How to present the Data
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Recording Freight Information
Historically – Arrival and departure observation, (sometimes) vehicle type
Recently added – Purpose – delivery, collection, waste collection
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Freight Observation Record
Location Service Yard / On St Legal / On St Illegal / Other
Arrival Time Departure TimeActivity Start Time Activity Finish Time
Trip Purpose Delivery / Collection / Servicing / Waste collection / Other
Vehicle TypeLivery on Cab Livery on TrailerCountry of Registration UK No PlateChiller/frozen food storage Y/NLoading Mechanism Crane/Tail lift/None/Other
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Freight Driver Questionnaire
Where was your depot/other starting location today?Where was your last stop?Where is your next stop?How many stops in total are being made today?How many stops are in London?Where will you finish today?
What type of goods are being transported?How are the goods packed? Pallets / Boxes/Crates /
Sacks / Loose / OtherApproximate Weight of goods?
Who is your Employer?
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Freight Development Programme
Discussions on data collection with TfL FU Pilot Survey
16 February 2007 Wandsworth Southside Shopping Centre
Presentation of Data Initially coded into text description of
Survey Site Additional Information Freight will have own page and reports
Specification to be developed with TfL
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Software Delivery
Appreciate some organisations have problems with internet downloads and even from CD’s
Study to investigate the possibility of TRAVL being Web Based
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TRAVL User Questionnaire
Initially Undertaken in 2004 when MVA first took on management of TRAVL
Later in 2007 Aims to explore:
Ease of use Range of Surveys Additional Reports Use of Information already collected User Suggestions
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Thank You
Any Questions?
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Contact us
Name: Jane HillsTelephone number: 01483 742963Email: [email protected]
Office address:MVA HouseVictoria WayWokingSurreyGU21 6DD
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