Staff Travel Survey - April 2011
Staff were last surveyed on travel in April 2011. Between November 2007 and April 2011 the following changes occurred:
- Single occupancy vehicle use had decreased by 17%
- Car sharing had increased by 17%
- Bus use had increased by 71%
- Cycling had increased by 8%
- Female cycling had increased by 35%
- Business use of train travel had increased by 17%
Since the staff travel survey in May 2003:
- Bus use has doubled from 9.5% to 18.8%
Staff Survey - 2003-2007
- Sole-occupancy car use has dropped by 2.4% to 55.7%
- Cycling has increased by 1.6% to 13.1%
- Bus use has increased by 1.6% to 11.2%
Additional findings include:
- 21% of male staff cycle to work compared with 6% of female staff
- 95% of car share arrangements are made informally between colleagues
- 50% of staff surveyed live under 5 miles from the University
Off-Campus Student Survey - February 2006-November 2007
- Cycling almost doubled from 5.4% to 10.4%
- Walking almost doubled from 3.1% to 6.1%
- Car use dropped by 4.8%
- Bus use accounts for 55% of student travel
Additional findings include:
- 30% of postgraduate research students cycle as their main mode of travel
- More postgraduate research students cycle than travel by car, either as a driver or as a passenger
- Male students cycle and walk more than female students
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