Citycard Cycle Club Proposal Andy Gibbons Public Transport Manager Nottingham City Council June 2011

Citycard Cycle Club Proposal

Andy Gibbons

Public Transport Manager

Nottingham City Council

June 2011

Content

Strategy and objectives

Funding opportunities

Draft proposal

Progress to date

Issues

Future

Policy and objectives

• Accessibility priority

• Work, education, health

• Buses and safety

• Cost/sustainable

• Outside City Centre

• Workplace parking levy

• Citycard scheme

• No leisure, no Boris, no loads of cash…

Peak: Access to city centre and employment sites

• Access to bus/trams that operate every 30 minutes or better;

• 92% within 400m;• Interchange available

in city centre to employment sites beyond city centre;

• No more than one change of service necessary

Current issues

• Gaps too costly to make attractive

• Extended working hours

• Cul de sacs, difficult access

• Connections across whole of City Centre

• Overcrowding

• WPL funds – NET, Trains

• Citycard funds – diversify/integrate

• Cycle hire from main hubs, some staffed• Integrated with bus/tram/rail ticket, info etc• Secure storage for own bike too• Only for Citycard club members• Block book remotely• Responsible for workplace storage• Lock and Citycard• Electronic hub docking station • Use monitoring/planning

Proposal

Proposed hubs

Queens Dr P&R HubSecure car parking and frequent buses link

to:

• Boots,Imperial Tobacco,

• Harrimans Lane/ Abbeyfield Rd,

• Lenton Lane (Games Workshop, Nottingham Uni Kings Meadow), Queens Dr, Crossgate Dr, NG2

• Castle Marina

• Queens Medical Centre

• Nottingham University (main campus) + University Science Park

• Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus

• City Centre

Broadmarsh Bus Stn Hub

Long distance bus/coach services

connecting to:

• Castle Marina

• Trent Bridge

• Meadow Lane/Eastcroft/London Rd

• Island Site/

• Eastside

Midland Train Stn Hub

Suburban Rail and Tram connecting to:

• Castle Marina• Trent Bridge • Meadow Lane• Island Site/Eastside

Racecourse P&R

Car park and regular buses connecting to :

• Daleside Road employers• Colwick Ind Estate• Lady Bay Retail Park• Meadow Lane/Eastcroft• Island Site• (City Centre)

Wilkinson St P&R Hubs

Car parking and Tram connecting to:

• Nottingham University Jubilee Campus• Speedo• Clarendon College• City Hospital• Djanogly College• Bluecoat school

Phoenix/Forest P&R/Bulwell Hubs

Secure car parking and regular trams to:

• Clarendon College• Djanogly College• Nottingham High School

• Nottingham Business Park• Bilborough College

• Blenheim

Main employers• 99%+ located within 1.5 miles of

hubs

• 99% on safe flat traffic free routes from hubs

• Many already have high cycle usage/profile for cycling

• Some informal linking already

• Interchange works with bus:bus if little wait

Progress to date

• Citycard compounds• Bikes purchased• Trialling docking station• Information centre• Trials• Training • Insurance• Maintenance contracts

Issues to resolve•Size•Booking system•Deposit, T&C’s•Insurance•Lock•Balancing•Publicity and information•Security overnight•Docking stations•Maintenance/cleaning contracts•Flexibility•Citycard links

Future

Proposed live date : April 2012

LSTF expansion : docking stationsMore hubs

Electric bikes?

Leisure : Queens Dr and Broadmarsh Bus Station

More details?

• andy.gibbons@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

• 0115 8764674