www.cbuchanan.ieColin Buchanan
A Mobility Management Plan for the
National University of Ireland, Galway
About the Company
A leading independent multi-disciplinary practice
Aim is to find long-term solutions
Integrated approach
Over 200 staff; offices in the UK and Ireland
Study team based in Galway and Bristol
NUIG
Our Track Record
Mobility Management Planning GroupExtensive Experience:
Employment Education Residential Leisure
Higher Education: University of Glamorgan Heriott-Watt University Stirling University
Winner of Welsh National Transport Award 2004
Strategic Planning at NUIG
Nuig Expansion Efficient site utilisation Ensure maximum return for investment Prepare for future growth Planning consents
Planning for Growth University Masterplan Mobility Management Strategy
Mobility Management Plan Parking Management Policy
Queen Elizabeth Park
Peer Review
United Kingdom Extensive uptake Demonstrable best
practice University of Bristol University of
Glamorgan University of East
Anglia
Europe Widespread uptake Established practice
Glamorgan Bus Service
For NUIG
What is Mobility Management?
Management Tool Safeguarding Access Maximise On-Site Resources Minimise Impact on
Local Network Engage With Stakeholders Partnership Working
Queen Elizabeth Park
Outline Objectives for NUIG
To ensure access and improve choice of transport options to staff /students to the NUIG;
To ensure the optimal utilisation of NUIG car parking resources;
To reduce number of cars arriving at the NUIG; and
To reduce the environmental impact of the NUIG’s travel demands.
NUIG
Initiating Mobility Management at NUIG
Identify Opportunities Site Assessment Existing transport infrastructure
Marketing and Awareness Promotional Strategy
Engaging Stakeholders Reference Group University Community Wider Galway ‘Community’ User Groups
Public Consultation
Marketing and Data Collection
First stage of awareness raising
Engage stakeholders Provide information Tackle prejudice and
misinformation ‘Prime’ audience for
further stages, including travel surveys
Involve User Groups
Mobility Management ‘Roadshows’
NUIG
Data Collation and Analysis
Travel Surveys Staff (and Student) body Attitudinal and qualitative data collection Electronic delivery and response
Traffic and Parking Surveys Multi-modal access counts Parking supply and demand
Analysis Questionnaire data Home address and accessibility assessment
Identifying a Mobility Management Strategy
Synthesise Thinking Into Draft Plan Report on Data Collected and Analysis Devise Objectives and Targets Mobility Management Plan Strategy
Management and Resourcing Marketing and Promotion
Measures Implementation Programme (Phased with University Masterplan and
Parking Policy) Monitoring Strategy
Stakeholder Consultation Surveys
Parking Management Policy
Compliments Mobility Management Plan
Coherent vision for parking resource
Key aspect of successful demand management
Phased strategy to reflect University Masterplan
NUIG
Work Schedule
Benefits
The plan will seek to reduce car reliance – it will not be anti-car.
Mobility Management Plans are effective - an average 18% reduction in single occupancy vehicles is recorded in UK and Europe.
Mobility Management Plans make commercial sense – a cohesive strategy that encompass all elements of access, travel and parking.
Effective consultation allows staff input to designing the right solutions.