TRAVL Review

TRAVL Review

TRAVL User Group and Conference

Jane Hills | 28 February 2007

TRAVL User Group | 28 February 2007

TRAVL User Group

Review of 2006 / 07 Forthcoming 2007 / 08

Your Input


Review of This Year 2006/07


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


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


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


Bureau Service

Increased Use of the Bureau Service by several smaller consultancies

Borough Officers and TfL Land Use Planning request use for Transport Assessments


Seeking Opportunities to Improve

Working with TfL Travel Demand Unit TfL Freight Unit

Operationally Data Input and Analysis Upgrade


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


Forthcoming Year – 2007/08


Overview

Survey Programme Travel Plans Freight – Servicing and Deliveries Software Delivery User Questionnaire


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


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


Travel Plan Development

Site and Staff Survey Information Electronic Download from iTRACE + Consideration of reporting techniques for

TRICS and TRAVL to standardise where possible


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


Travel Plan Site Comparison


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


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


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


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


Recording Freight Information

Historically – Arrival and departure observation, (sometimes) vehicle type

Recently added – Purpose – delivery, collection, waste collection


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


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?


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


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


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


Thank You

Any Questions?


Contact us

Name: Jane HillsTelephone number: 01483 742963Email: [email protected]

Office address:MVA HouseVictoria WayWokingSurreyGU21 6DD

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