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Jane Hills 14 March 2006
TRAVL User Group Conference
TRAVL and the Coming Year
TRAVL User Group Conference 2006
Plans for this Year
Add around 25 surveys a year to the database
Opportunities for Increasing data collection
Travel plans
Monitoring the use of Blue Badge spaces and bicycle parking
Subdivide some land use categories
Expand freight information on the database
Data input upgrade
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TRAVL Survey Programme
Around 25 surveys this year
depends on survey types
mixed use with residential surveys are more expensive
software upgrade for data input
Plan for 50 iTRACE travel plan monitoring surveys this year
Aim to concentrate on ‘what the market requires’
NEED Suggestions from YOU!
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Market Requirements
Housing
modern mixed use developments,
affordable and private
differing parking availability - car free, permits, unlimited
(nearby?)
all parts of London
Saturday surveys
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Other Market Requirements
Mixed Use Developments
whole site
office, small/medium size
retail
all parts of London
outer London – need to identify sites??
Out of town retail
What else?
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Opportunities to Increase Data
iTRACE = increase demand for surveys
50 this year?
approved list of survey companies to undertake surveys using the
TRAVL methodology
trained and moderated in undertaking TRAVL surveys
Surveys privately undertaken may be purchased
must be considered to be of value to TRAVL Users
must meet TRAVL methodology standards
Surveys funded in partnership
All are subject to separate validation
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Travel Plans
Add Travel Plan information with all new surveys
necessary for iTRACE Development Control surveys
also for our ongoing survey programme
details recorded even if there is no travel plan!
Continue to refine travel plan details reported in the
database
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Blue Badge and Bicycle Parking
Currently collect data on number of
Disabled Blue Badge Spaces
Number of Bicycle parking spaces
Future monitoring throughout the day
usage of blue badge spaces by
number of vehicles displaying blue badges
number of vehicles not displaying blue badge
number of bicycles parked
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Increase Land Use Categories
Residential
subdivide by type
modern mixed apartment development
housing only - apartments/flats - mixed
affordable - private
number of bedrooms
comparison technical note
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Increase Land Use Categories
Non-Residential Education
sub divide by type
higher and further (adult) education
schools and academies
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TRAVL and Freight
Improve the information available
The Issues
Some surveys do not have any delivery details
Few surveys have freight vehicle category data
No information is available on
delivery type
origin – destinations
number of other deliveries
Freight vehicles not included in Parking Count at start and end of survey
Overnight deliveries need to be recorded
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TRAVL Freight Categories
A Cars / Small Vans
B Single rear wheel transit
type vehicles
C 2 axles <7.5 tonnes
Twin 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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Data Input Upgrade
User software updated last year
Data Input and Converting to TRAVL uses historic software
Can continue to use existing method
Desirable to upgrade this year – long term advantages, time savings and reduced complexity of analysis
Two stages
Standardise the Data Entry
Improve the Data Import Method
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Data Input Upgrade
TRAVL User Group Conference 2006
Data Input Upgrade
Advantages
speed up and reduce the cost of inputting data
input by others other than the database managers
automated validation of data where feasible
replace historic code by industry-stanadrd code and
software
enable all data to be stored rather than summaries
improve the ability to expand data entry items and
modify reporting
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Users Database
Happy to consider suggestions to enhance the
database!
Thank you
Jane Hills
01483 742963
