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Insights from TRAVL User Group Conference: Reviewing 2006/07 and Looking Ahead to 2007/08

The TRAVL User Group Conference, led by Jane Hills on February 28, 2007, provided a comprehensive review of the past year's activities and outlined plans for the upcoming year. Key highlights included the outcomes of the survey program, promotional efforts for the database, and developments in transportation guidance with TfL. Participants discussed various housing projects, leisure centers, and freight plans impacting the community. Input from attendees was sought to further enhance the database and survey programs for efficient data collection and analysis.

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Insights from TRAVL User Group Conference: Reviewing 2006/07 and Looking Ahead to 2007/08

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  1. TRAVL Review TRAVL User Group and Conference Jane Hills | 28 February 2007

  2. TRAVL User Group • Review of 2006 / 07 • Forthcoming 2007 / 08 • Your Input

  3. Review of This Year 2006/07

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Bureau Service • Increased Use of the Bureau Service by several smaller consultancies • Borough Officers and TfL Land Use Planning request use for Transport Assessments

  8. Seeking Opportunities to Improve • Working with • TfL Travel Demand Unit • TfL Freight Unit • Operationally • Data Input and Analysis Upgrade

  9. 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

  10. Forthcoming Year – 2007/08

  11. Overview • Survey Programme • Travel Plans • Freight – Servicing and Deliveries • Software Delivery • User Questionnaire

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Travel Plan Development • Site and Staff Survey Information • Electronic Download from iTRACE + • Consideration of reporting techniques for TRICS and TRAVL to standardise where possible

  15. 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

  16. Travel Plan Site Comparison

  17. 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

  18. 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

  19. Freight Driver Questionnaire

  20. 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

  21. Recording Freight Information • Historically – Arrival and departure observation, (sometimes) vehicle type • Recently added – Purpose – delivery, collection, waste collection

  22. Freight Observation Record • Location Service Yard / On St Legal / On St Illegal / Other • Arrival Time Departure Time • Activity Start Time Activity Finish Time • Trip Purpose Delivery / Collection / Servicing / Waste collection / Other • Vehicle Type • Livery on Cab Livery on Trailer • Country of Registration UK No Plate • Chiller/frozen food storage Y/N • Loading Mechanism Crane/Tail lift/None/Other

  23. 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 / Other • Approximate Weight of goods? • Who is your Employer?

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

  27. Thank You • Any Questions?

  28. Contact us • Name: Jane Hills • Telephone number: 01483 742963 • Email: jhills@mvaconsultancy.com • Office address: • MVA House • Victoria Way • Woking • Surrey • GU21 6DD

  29. Document control Sheet Type Title Here | Type date here

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