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introduction
National and local policy
At national level, the March 2001 publication of Planning Policy Guidance Note 13 `Transport' (PPG 13) introduced a requirement for new development, principally those that are employment based, to be supported by the adoption of a Travel Plan; a management tool to control the distribution of data and information associated with travel to work through a range of modes.
In July 2002, the then Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ("ODPM") and the Department for Transport ("DfT") published a best practice guide for local authorities, developers and tenants, and it is by applying this guidance that Her Majesty's Court Service ("HMCS") has formed the framework for this Travel Plan.
It is, however, acknowledged in PPG 13 that the car will continue to have an important part to play and for some journeys, it will remain the only real option for travel.
Local Policy
The principal relevant local policy documents applicable to the development is the London Borough of Hounslow `Unitary Development Plan' (December 2003).
National planning policy guidance related directly to the proposed development is contained in Planning Policy Guidance Note 13 `Transport' (PPG 13).
Aims and Approach
The principal aim of the Travel Plan for Isleworth Crown Court (the "Crown Court") is to help reduce car usage (particularly single occupancy journeys) and encourage an increase in the use of public transport, walking and cycling.
The plan is based on main phases; firstly to take into consideration the existing transport conditions relevant to the Crown Court and the surrounding environment and secondly; to propose a range of measures designed to increase travel awareness within the Crown Court and to effectively manage and reduce the level of single-occupancy car journeys by staff and court users.
A survey of existing travel patterns was undertaken to gain a full appreciation of the transport modes used by staff and court users for their journeys to the Crown Court. This information is integral to the formulation of the Travel Plan.
existing conditions
This section of the document provides an overview of the existing transport environment and infrastructure in the vicinity of the Crown Court, thereby providing a baseline to the Travel Plan.
The Crown Court location and strategic regional context can be seen in Figure 1.
Background
The Crown Court site comprises approximately 1.76 hectares (4.36 acres) to the west of Ridgeway Road in Isleworth. The site comprises an existing one and two storey building with a floor area of 6,578 square metres. The building also includes roof level walkways and raised roof elements over each courtroom. The wing of the building which extends out towards Osterley Road and The Grove are single storey and currently used for secure car parking. Further car parking is located at this end of the site with access gained off Osterley Road.
There are in total 101 car parking spaces of which 97 are to the rear of the Crown Court building with 4 spaces for disabled users located close to the court entrance. The 97 spaces to the rear of the court building comprise 15 secure spaces dedicated for the use of judiciary and senior staff with the remaining 82 available for use by jurors, legal representatives and defendants friends and family.
The site is bounded to the west by Osterley Road, to the east by Ridgeway Road close to the junction with Borough Road, to the north by Isleworth & Syon School for Boys and to the sound by local residential dwellings.
Local Highway Network
The Crown Court building fronts Ridgeway Road which is approximately 7.5m wide providing a route between the A4 Great West Road to the north and A315 London Road to the south. There are footways along both sides of Ridgeway Road and street lighting is provided. Ridgway Road is subject to a 30mph speed limit. Osterley Road runs roughly parallel to Ridgway Road, before becoming The Grove, which has junctions with London Road (A315) and Grove Road (B363). Osterley Road has a broad carriageway some 13m in width with street lighting and footways on either side.
From the north Ridgeway Road and Osterley Road are accessed from Great West Road by way of left turns, with left turns out only permitted. To the south Ridgeway Road is accessed by way of an all turning movement priority (give-way) junction with London Road.
The Great West Road is subject to a speed limit of 40mph enforced by way of GATSO cameras and comprises part of the Priority (Red) Route Network. London Road (A315) is subject to a 30mph speed limit.
The local highway context is illustrated in Figure 2.
Pedestrian Accessibility
The pedestrian entrance to the Crown Court building is from Ridgeway Road. All local roads in the vicinity of the Crown Court have the benefit of footways along either side and street lighting is also provided. At the Ridgeway Road/Osterley Crescent junction road markings are used to discourage parking too close to the junction, thereby enhancing opportunities for pedestrians to cross.
The entrance to Isleworth Crown Court is illustrated in Figure 3, which also identifies the alignment of the existing footpaths adjacent to the court site. The possible pedestrian routes to the nearby bus stops, Isleworth railway station and Osterley London Underground Station are also illustrated.
Those travelling on foot to or from Isleworth station benefit when crossing London Road (A315) from the existence of a pedestrian 'pelican' crossing. Those travelling on west-bound bus services can also cross using this facility.
For those parking in the Crown Court car park, pedestrian footways are provided adjacent the court site.
Isochrones for a 5 minute (400m) walk and 10 minute (800m) walk are also presented in Figure 3.
Cyclist Accessibility
Three cycle routes exist in the vicinity of the Crown Court, each part of the London Cycle Network ("LCN"). The first of the routes is traffic free (shared use with pedestrians) along the Great West Road, the second is signed for cyclists however is on-road and runs on London Road. The other route is as recommended by cyclists and is located on quieter roads in the area and helps to link the traffic free route on the Great West Road with the on-road route on London Road. Further information is available in the `London Cycle Guide' Area 8 and is produced by Transport for London and is available free of charge.
The local cycle network and LCN is illustrated in Figure 4 together with an illustration of the 6 minute (1600m) cycle distance isochrone.
Public Transport
Buses
The Crown Court at Isleworth is located between two key radial corridors for journeys to and from central London providing key links to such places as Clapham Junction, Hounslow and Heathrow Airport. Consequently the A4 Great West Road and London Road (A315) are well served by frequent bus services. Bus stops on the A4 and A315 are located approximately 490m (6 minutes) and 510m (6.5 minutes) from Isleworth Crown Court respectively. In addition, bus stops are located approximately 360m (4.5 minutes) from the Crown Court in Wood Lane, a short walk along Borough Road.
The local bus services are scheduled below:
117 - Ashford - Hounslow - Isleworth - W. Middlesex Hospital
235 - Sunbury - Hounslow - Brentford
237 - Hounslow Heath - Brentford - Shepherds Bush
H91 - Hounslow - Gunnersbury - Hammersmith
H28 - Hayes(Bullsbridge) - Hounslow - Osterley
The frequencies and routes of these services are summarised in Table 2.1.
Table 2.1 Local Bus Services
Service |
Route Alignment |
Days |
Frequency |
117 |
Ashford - Hounslow - Isleworth - W. Middlesex Hospital |
Mon - Sat Sun |
20 mins 30 mins |
235 |
Sunbury - Hounslow - Brentford |
Mon - Fri |
10 mins |
237 |
Hounslow Heath - Brentford - Shepherds Bush |
Mon - Sat Sun |
8 mins Hourly |
H91 |
Hounslow - Gunnersbury - Hammersmith |
Mon - Sat Sun |
12 mins 15 mins |
H28 |
Hayes(Bullsbridge) - Hounslow - Osterley |
Mon - Sat Sun |
20 mins 30 mins |
An extract of the local bus network can be seen in Figure 5, along with locations of the closest bus stops.
Rail services
Isleworth station is located approximately 530m (6 minutes walk) to the south of the Crown Court from where it is possible to travel by train to Clapham Junction, London Waterloo, London Victoria etc (Figure 6). Train routes are operated by South West Trains and provide a frequency of four services per hour during the day.
London Underground Network (Osterley)
Osterley station provides access to the Piccadilly line which runs to the south-west to Heathrow Airport, to the north-west to Uxbridge and to the east to Cockfosters. The station is located approximately 1100m (14 minutes walk) from the court entrance. The Piccadilly line has a service frequency of one train every 5 to 7 minutes between 7am and midnight for journeys towards Cockfosters.
The frequency increases to one train every 3 to 7 minutes for journeys towards Heathrow between 6am and 11pm. The locational context of Osterley Station is illustrated in Figure 7.
Non-car Accessibility Context
A detailed non-car transport accessibility context of the Crown Court site is presented in Figure 8 which illustrates local bus service routes, the existing rail services, the route of and stops on the Piccadilly Line London Underground service, local cycle routes and pedestrian walk catchment areas.
Planning for Public Transport in Developments (1999)
The Institution of Highways and Transportation ("IHT") publication `Planning for Public Transport in Developments' (1999) provides guidance for defining the catchments for public transport and states “developments should be located so that public transport trips involve a walking distance of less than 400m from nearest bus stop or 800m form the nearest railway station”. It is evident that the extension of the Crown Court at Isleworth is consistent with this guidance.
Transport for London
In the Greater London Borough's the Public Transport Accessibility Level ("PTAL") is used in the definition of acceptable public transport catchments. The PTAL methodology, however, applies an alternative criterion in defining the catchments for public transport with a walking distance of 640m considered acceptable for trips to a nearby bus stop and a distance of 960m to rail, underground DLR services.
objectives and targets
The Focus of the Travel Plan
This Travel Plan is focused on both HMCS staff and court users. Therefore the majority of measures proposed are intended in the first instance to encourage staff to vary, or change, their reliance on the private car for single occupancy journeys to work.
The Travel Plan is firstly focused on staff and this approach has been adopted because the Government's main emphasis for Travel Plans has been employee based and as such, it is considered realistically more feasible to evaluate travel patterns and successfully implement quantifiable initiatives for staff.
It is recognised that there is the potential to influence visitors' travel behaviour to a degree and therefore the measures aimed at visitors are more directed towards increasing awareness of alternatives to private car use through the display and promotion of information on notice boards and leaflets.
Objectives
There are a number objectives, both at national and local level that the implementation of the Travel Plan is intended to help fulfil:
to influence travel behaviour of employees;
to generate fewer staff single-occupancy car trips than would otherwise be the case, by influencing a modal shift in travel to the Crown Court;
to encourage safe and viable alternatives for accessing the Crown Court;
to reduce the need for unnecessary journeys by Crown Court employees;
to help improve the health of staff and visitors; and
to accommodate those journeys that need to be made by car.
Existing Travel Mode Split
The Paul Castle Consultancy ("PCC") was instructed to undertake surveys of the existing transport mode choice of staff and other users of the Crown Court. The questionnaire survey focused on staff, jurors, barristers and other legal professionals, witnesses and other users.
A copy of the journey mode travel questionnaires comprises Appendix A.
The survey was completed over the course of three days from Monday, July 10, 2006, to Wednesday, July 12, 2006.
The results obtained from staff, jurors, members of the public, witnesses and legal representatives are presented in Table 3.1 to Table 3.5. Table 3.6 presents the mode spilt for both staff and other court users.
Table 3.1: Existing Staff Travel Mode Split
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
8 |
12.9% |
Bicycle |
1 |
1.61% |
Car (driver) |
36 |
58.06% |
Car (passenger) |
4 |
6.45% |
Bus |
10 |
16.13% |
Rail |
2 |
3.23% |
Bus/rail |
1 |
1.61% |
Total responses |
62 |
100% |
Table 3.2: Members of the Public
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
2 |
6.67% |
Bicycle |
1 |
3.33% |
Car (driver) |
12 |
40.00% |
Car (passenger) |
5 |
16.67% |
Taxi |
1 |
3.33% |
Bus |
4 |
13.33% |
Rail |
2 |
6.67% |
Bus/rail |
1 |
3.33% |
Motorcycle |
1 |
3.33% |
Underground (Tube) |
1 |
3.33% |
Total responses |
30 |
100% |
Table 3.3: Witnesses
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
2 |
6.25% |
Bicycle |
1 |
3.13% |
Car (driver) |
16 |
50.00% |
Car (passenger) |
9 |
28.13% |
Taxi |
1 |
3.13% |
Bus |
2 |
6.25% |
Tube |
1 |
3.13% |
Total responses |
32 |
100% |
Table 3.4: Legal Representatives
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Bicycle |
1 |
2.00% |
Car (driver) |
24 |
48.00% |
Taxi |
2 |
4.00% |
Bus |
13 |
26.00% |
Bike/Bus |
1 |
2.00% |
Taxi/Bus |
2 |
4.00% |
Motorbike |
1 |
2.00% |
Tube |
6 |
12.00% |
Total responses |
50 |
100% |
Table 3.5: Jurors
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
4 |
3.74% |
Bicycle |
5 |
4.67% |
Car (driver) |
53 |
49.53% |
Taxi |
1 |
0.93% |
Bus |
14 |
13.08% |
Rail |
12 |
11.21% |
Bus/Rail |
4 |
3.74% |
Motorbike |
4 |
3.74% |
Tube |
10 |
9.35% |
Total responses |
107 |
100% |
Table 3.6: Overall Travel Mode Spilt
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
16 |
5.69% |
Bicycle |
9 |
3.20% |
Car (driver) |
141 |
50.18% |
Car (passenger) |
18 |
6.41% |
Taxi |
4 |
1.42% |
Bus |
43 |
15.30% |
Rail |
16 |
5.69% |
Motorcycle |
6 |
2.14% |
Underground (tube) |
18 |
6.41% |
Combined bus, train, tube |
10 |
3.56% |
Total responses |
281 |
|
Whilst the responses to the travel survey were collected over the course of three days, a number of the respondents would have visited the Crown Court on consecutive days, such as jurors and legal representatives. The sample of responses is therefore suitably representative to provide an accurate indication of the travel patterns of those using the Crown Court.
31% of those surveyed travel to the site by public transport (bus, rail or underground) modes. A further 11% travelled either on foot, by bicycle or motorcycle. A total of 42% of visitors travelled to the Crown Court by non-car means. The modal split obtained from the questionnaire surveys demonstrates that the site is amply accessible by a choice of means of transport.
The modal split of existing journeys to the Crown Court by staff, jurors, barristers/solicitors, witnesses and members of the public when seven courts are sitting was calculated. This is summarised below.
The following assumptions were made (per court);
Listed trials
An average of one listed. trial per court per day;
An average of two defendants per trial, involving representation by two barristers and one solicitor;
An average of one interpreter per listed trial, one prosecutor and one solicitor;
Hearings per listed trial
An average of five hearings per court per day;
An average of two defendants, with a two person legal team;
No additional prosecutors or solicitors for hearings;
Committals for sentence
0.75 committals per court per day, comprising one defendants, one person legal team and one interpreters per two committals;
Appeals
0.25 appeals per court per day, comprising two defendants, a two person legal team and one interpreter.
These assumptions equate to 30 persons per court per day, a total therefore of 210 for seven sitting courts excluding jurors, witnesses and members of the public gallery. Inclusive of Jurors, witnesses and members of the public the total number of users of the Crown Court on a typical day when seven courts are sitting, is approximately 450.
This number of users has been distributed by the modal split of means of transport obtained from the staff and visitor travel survey.
The results are presented in Table 3.7.
Table 3.7: Typical Court Day
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
26 |
5.69% |
Bicycle |
14 |
3.20% |
Car (driver) |
226 |
50.18% |
Car (passenger) |
29 |
6.41% |
Taxi |
6 |
1.42% |
Bus |
69 |
15.30% |
Rail |
26 |
5.69% |
Motorcycle |
10 |
2.14% |
Underground (tube) |
29 |
6.41% |
Other (Bus/rail/tube) |
16 |
3.56% |
Total person trips |
450 |
|
Criminal trials, committals, hearings and appeals do not all commence and conclude at the same time. The arrivals and departures of visitors to the Crown Court differ significantly therefore from an office type land use. The volume of visitor arrivals at the Crown Court will be distributed throughout the entire working day.
Travel Plan initiatives
Introduction
To ensure that the opportunities for modal shift can be realistic there are a number of measures that will be implemented and encouraged by HMCS.
This document sets out a range of measures and initiatives designed to influence the modal choice for the journey to work. In addition, it includes initiatives to enhance the dissemination of information to visitors regarding the opportunities for completing journeys to the Crown Court by travel modes alternative to the car.
The following sections of the Travel Plan set out the range of measures and initiatives that are proposed for staff as well as an indication of how travel mode choice information will be disseminated to visitors.
Measures to Influence Staff Travel
Key benefits to staff arising from increased walking and cycling and general physical activity include the significant improvements in general health. The Travel Awareness notice board
Provision of travel information
Information relating to the potential for travel to the Crown Court by non car modes will be disseminated to staff by way of a Travel Awareness notice board. This board will be placed in the staff canteen or recreational areas to increase staff awareness of the travel options available to them.
The Travel Awareness notice board will provide information about the Travel Plan and the reasons for it. It will notify staff of the available public transport provision in the vicinity of the Crown Court, will display bus routes and time tables, illustrate cycle routes close to the Crown Court and provide pedestrian access with definitive routes to public transport services. Additionally, the notice board will provide information for staff regarding the improvements in health that can be delivered.
Measures to promote and facilitate cycling
The Crown Court will provide the following facilities to encourage use of cycling to and from the Crown Court:
a total of 42 visible cycle parking stands provided (implemented by the Crown Court contractor during construction)
provision of lockers for cycle equipment;
washing and changing facilities;
provision of information on the local cycle network illustrated on maps to be produced by the Crown Court and made available to staff through the travel awareness notice board in the canteen or recreational areas; and
Leaflets detailing the health benefits of cycling will be placed on the staff travel notice board, and included as part of a staff employment `Starter' pack for those newly employed at Crown Court.
Measures to promote walking
Measures aimed at increasing the viability of accessing the Crown Court on foot will be based around provision of the following facilities and benefits:
changing and washing facilities;
secure lockers for employees;
provision of information on the `on and off highway' pedestrian network routes to staff, illustrated on maps produced by the Crown Court and made available to staff through the Travel Awareness notice board in the staff canteen and recreational areas;
promote a `walking buddy' scheme for employees, similar to car sharing;
Leaflets detailing the health benefits of walking will be placed on the staff travel notice board.
Measures to promote and facilitate public transport use
Increased accessibility to and the use of public transport is considered to be a key element of any Travel Plan. The following measures will be implemented to encourage public transport use:
provide up-to-date public transport information including time tables and bus company contact information on the transportation notice board;
improved `pedestrian' signing from Osterley London Underground station and Isleworth Rail Station; and
It is the current policy of HMCS to provide employees with interest-free loans to enable staff to purchase annual season tickets for public transport.
The Travel Awareness notice board will illustrate the existing bus service routes in a map format alongside the time table and contact details referred to above.
Car sharing
Car sharing is a good means of reducing single-occupancy journeys to work.
HMCS will promote a car sharing scheme for the staff of the Crown Court to encourage those driving to work to offer lifts to colleagues. Questionnaires and invitations to join the car share scheme will be circulated within a month of the completion of the development, a basic scheme using the Travel Awareness notice board will be adopted in the first instance.
Car sharing leaflets will be made available on the staff travel notice board detailing the car sharing proposals and how employees can get involved and participate in the scheme. A car sharing registration form will be circulated to all those that indicate a willingness to enter the car share scheme. A example of which can be found in Appendix B.
There are recognisable benefits associated with car sharing, including:
reduced travel costs;
opportunities to travel without the stress of daily driving; and,
provides opportunities to socialise.
HMCS also recognise the reasons why employees are often reluctant to car share, including:
no flexibility to travel in unforeseen circumstances;
the need to travel at agreed times and the possible consequential lose of flexible working practices; and,
possible increased journey time and loss of ability to undertake linked trips, (i.e. work-leisure-shopping-home).
A note entitled car sharing `your questions answered' is provided in Appendix C.
Car parking provision will reduce to a total of 85 spaces, of which 25 will be secure spaces provided for the judiciary and senior members of staff, with the remaining 60 available for the use of jurors and the friends and family of defendants. Parking for other staff and legal representatives will be restricted to those members of the car share scheme.
The proposed measures, date of implementation of the Travel Plan, method of monitoring, the identification of individual responsible and the means of publicising the Travel Plan initiatives are set out in Table 4.1.
Table 4.1: Travel Plan Actions
Action |
Target Date |
Method of Monitoring |
Who |
Publicity |
Cycling |
|
|
|
|
Cycle Parking |
On inception |
Ongoing Monitoring |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Washing and changing facilities |
On inception |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Secure Lockers |
On inception |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Cycle Maps |
On inception |
On-going |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Health Benefit Leaflets |
On inception |
Circulation of leaflets to staff |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Walking |
|
|
|
|
Washing and changing facilities |
On inception |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Secure Lockers |
On inception |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Pedestrian route maps |
On inception |
On-going |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Walking Buddy Scheme |
On inception |
Membership of scheme and surveys |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Improved Pedestrian Access and Route Signing |
On inception |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Health Benefit Leaflets |
On inception |
Circulation of leaflets to staff |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Public Transport |
|
|
|
|
Interest Free loans for season tickets |
On inception |
|
|
|
Provide up to date bus timetable |
On inception |
On-going |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Car (Public) |
|
|
|
|
Phone for Taxi |
On inception |
N/A |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
In Crown Court reception |
Provision of travel Information |
On inception |
N/A |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
In Crown Court reception |
Travel Leaflets |
On inception |
N/A |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
In Crown Court reception |
Car (Staff) |
|
|
|
|
Provision of Travel Information |
On inception |
N/A |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Car Sharing |
On inception |
Membership of schemes and surveys |
Travel Plan Coordinator |
Travel Plan Notice board |
Measures to Reduce Car Use by Court Users
Although it is difficult to control the travel behaviour of visitors, several measures will be put in place to increase awareness and encourage visitors to change their mode of travel by making the Crown Court as accessible as possible.
Taxi and private hire vehicles
A -phone will be made available in the Crown Court to allow visitors to easily arrange a taxi home after using alternative means of travel to or from the Crown Court. The contact numbers of local Taxi firms will be provided in close proximity to the phone.
Provision of travel information
A further version of the Travel Awareness notice board will be displayed in the reception area of the Crown Court and will contain details of the local bus network and time tables, public transport network route plans, train time tables, cycle route maps and information, along with contact numbers and other leaflets of relevance. Jurors will be supplied with this information as part of the Jury selection documentation.
Leaflets
To generate immediate awareness of these initiatives, free leaflets will be produced advertising alternative means of travel for the public and these will be placed next to the Travel Awareness notice board.
Cycle parking provision
Cycle parking will be provided the location of which will be implemented prior to the completion of the Crown Court development.
Travel Plan Co-ordinator
Central to the success of the Travel Plan will be the appointment of a Travel Plan Co-ordinator ("TPC"). The appointed individual will be made known to the Council upon inception and will be the main driving force behind the plan. Sufficient time and resources will be dedicated towards managing the plan effectively, with the following responsibilities:
oversee the development and implementation of the Travel Plan;
collect data and information regarding local bus service time tables, changes to services and amendments;
be the main point of contact for all staff requiring information regarding the Travel Plan;
ensure all information regarding cycle routes/bus service time tables are kept up to date and readily available;
be responsible for the maintenance of the Transportation notice board; an example of which is presented in Appendix D.
to arrange for travel surveys to be undertaken where necessary;
manage the setting up and running of the car sharing database; and
assist in monitoring the success of the Travel Plan.
The Travel Plan will be implemented by HMCS under the control of the TPC, who will work in conjunction with the local authority, the local community and other interested parties for the continuing progression of the Travel Plan.
Monitoring and Review Mechanisms
The intent of Travel Plans is that there will be an on-going improvement process including periodic monitoring, where necessary. The whole Travel Plan will then be reviewed in consultation with the local authority.
The TPC will form a contact point for communication with the local authority. Findings from Authority discussions and reviews will be communicated to staff via the notice board and communication sessions.
Staff travel surveys
Repeat surveys of staff and other court users travel to the Crown Court will be undertaken as part of an annual review. The first will be carried out 12 months after the Travel Plan implementation and will be repeated an each anniversary of the Travel Plan implementation for a period of five years. The repeat surveys will be managed by the Travel Plan co-ordinator and will be undertaken over the course of a two week period, but will be similar in nature to the original survey. The results of the surveys will be compiled into a Travel Plan progress report to be submitted to the Council for information. This report will introduce the findings of the additional surveys and will inform the Council of the modal split of transport modes of court users.
Marketing and Communication
In addition to the initiatives already outlined within the Travel Plan, there will be on-going marketing and communication of information following the launch.
Dissemination and feedback
Staff feedback on the Travel Plan will be possible via the periodic `Staff Forum Meetings'.
New Staff
To determine the potential effect of new staff at the Crown Court, personnel will be asked to complete the staff travel questionnaire as part of their induction and again after the first six weeks once their travel choices have become more established. New staff will be provided with a travel information pack when joining the Crown Court. They will be made aware that the Crown Court operates a travel plan that encourages staff to travel by modes alternative to the car.
The travel information pack will contain;
a staff travel survey questionnaire;
a car share application form;
personal health literature;
a plan displaying local bus/cycle routes; and
Travel Plan Coordinator contact details.
On-going marketing
The Travel Plan will be officially launched on the opening of the Crown Court extension. However, the measures and initiatives will be promoted in advance in an attempt to effect a modal shift prior to opening. The Travel Plan will be continually marketed through the provision and updating of travel information, leaflets and internal communication sessions.
The TPC will maintain contact with London Borough of Hounslow Travel Plan officers.
travel mode targets
The Inspector that considered the evidence, both written and verbal at the Planning Inquiry in November 2006 concluded that the Crown Court site at Isleworth "is in a highly accessible location" (paragraph 14) and this is borne out by the results of the travel surveys presented in Table 3.7 of this Travel Plan.
The target of the Travel Plan at Isleworth Crown Court is therefore to maintain the current level of car use by court users, such that this user group does not increase in its level of dependence.
Table 5.1 sets out the expected daily use of the Crown Court based upon information provided by HMCS reproduced earlier in this Travel Plan (paragraph 3.12).
Table 5.1: Forecast Travel Mode Split
Travel mode |
Number |
Percentage |
Walk |
39 |
5.69% |
Bicycle |
22 |
3.20% |
Car (driver) |
344 |
50.18% |
Car (passenger) |
44 |
6.41% |
Taxi |
10 |
1.42% |
Bus |
105 |
15.30% |
Rail |
39 |
5.69% |
Motorcycle |
14 |
2.14% |
Underground (tube) |
44 |
6.41% |
Other (Bus/rail/tube) |
24 |
3.56% |
Total person trips |
685 |
100% |
It is considered that maintaining the current modal share is a robust target given that the crown court already has a low modal share by car and the Travel Plan will introduce additional measures to advise court users of the various travel modes that exist for journeys by means alternative to the private car.
Isleworth Crown Court
Her Majesty's Courts Service Travel Plan
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May 2007
0701-28/TP/01
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