This PowerPoint presentation has been created to accompany GMTU Report 1055

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1055P Higher
Education Precinct

• This PowerPoint presentation has been created to
  accompany GMTU Report 1055 GMATS Higher
  Education Precinct report
• Whereas report 1055 presents detailed
  tabulations, this presentation has been designed
  to provide a summary of the main aspects of the
  data

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Report 1055P Higher
Education Precinct

• The presentation has been designed so that it can
  be used independently of GMTU Report 1055 for
  those who want an overview of the traffic
  movements around the Higher Education Precinct
  but do not wish to see the detailed tabulations
• GMTU Reports 1055 1055P are part of a series of
  reports presenting the data from the 2002 GMATS
  surveys

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Higher Education
Precinct GMATS Surveys

• Travellers leaving the Higher Education Precinct
  by car, bus, train and Metrolink were asked about
  their journeys as they crossed a cordon
• This is the same cordon used for the analysis of
  the regional centre and reported in GMTU reports
  996 and 996P
• Since this cordon encircles both the HEP and
  regional centre, no information from this survey
  on trips between the HEP and the City Centre

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GMATS Surveys 2002 Higher Education Precinct M60
Surveys

• As part of the study into the effects of the
  completion of the M60 motorway box, surveys were
  undertaken in 2003 on buses and cars on three
  sites lying between the HEP and the City Centre.
  These sites were on Cambridge Street, Oxford Road
  and Upper Brook Street
• Data from these three sites has been analysed to
  provide information on the movements between the
  HEP and the City Centre not observed by the GMATS
  surveys

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Higher Education Precinct Definition

• The following slide shows the definition of the
  HEP used in this analysis together with the
  Regional Centre and the GMATS cordon sites
• The M60 sites shown on the slide used in the are
  analysis towards the end of the presentation to
  identify movements between the HEP and city
  centre missed by the GMATS cordon

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Visitors to the HEP How many visited and how did
they travel?

• Over 47,000 people left the HEP and crossed the
  cordon between 0700 1900
• 61 used car
• 33 used bus
• 5 used train

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Visitors to the HEP What were they doing there?

• 31 were at a place of education
• 38 were at work

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Visitors to the HEP What were they doing there?

• 67 of those at a place of education travelled by
  bus
• In comparison 74 of those at work travelled by
  car

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Visitors to the HEP Where did they go after their
visit?

• 33 of car trips ended within Manchester and 17
  ended outside the county
• In contrast 81 of bus trips ended within
  Manchester
• 11 of rail trips ended in Bolton, 8 in
  Stockport and 61 outside the county
• 39 of Metrolink trips ended in Bury, 34 in
  Trafford and 12 in Manchester

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Visitors to the HEP How did their destination
vary with their activity?

• 66 of those attending a place of education ended
  their trips in Manchester and 10 outside the
  county
• In contrast 33 of workers ended their journeys
  in Manchester
• 17 of workers ended their trips outside the
  county

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Visitors to the HEP How far did they travel? Car,
bus and Metrolink users only

• For most activities, car and Metrolink trips were
  considerable longer on average than bus trips
• Bus trips averaged around 5km for all activities,
  car trips 13km and Metrolink 11km

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Visitors to the HEP How did bus users get to
their Key Centre bus stop, train station or
Metrolink stop?

• 96 walked to their bus stop compared to 69
  walking to the train station and 55 to Metrolink
• 17 caught a bus to the train station and 41 to
  Metrolink

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Visitors to the HEP What was the average
occupancy of visitors cars?

• On average each car carried 1.4 people
• Occupancy varied widely with activity in the HEP
• Work 1.25
• Education 1.35
• Social/leisure 1.63
• 80 of drivers leaving work travelled alone

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Visitors to the Key Centre Where did they park?

• For most activities in the HEP more people parked
  off-street than on-street
• Only 18 parked on-street
• 94 of workers and 61 of those who had been at a
  place of education parked off-street

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Visitors to the HEP What percentage of car
drivers paid to park?

• 65 of those parking off-street paid to park
  compared to only 2 who parked on-street
• 66 of workers and 49 of those at places of
  education paid to park

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Commercial Vehicles leaving the HEP Where are
they going?

• 84 of commercial vehicles leaving the HEP were
  Light Goods vehicles (LGVs)
• 43 of all goods trips finished within Manchester
  and 18 outside the county

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Commercial Vehicles What were they doing in the
HEP?

• 31 of all commercial vehicles were collecting or
  delivering goods in the HEP
• 53 were on other business use

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Commercial Vehicles How far did they travel?

• The average distance for all goods vehicles was
  12 Km

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Visitors to the HEP What did they do at their
destination?

• 76 of all trips leaving the HEP were going home

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Visitors to the HEP Where did they go/for what
purpose?

• 47 of trips finished in Manchester
• 19 of people going home lived outside Greater
  Manchester

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All trips passing through the survey cordon

• All the previous slides have referred to trips
  starting in the HEP and crossing the cordon
  around the regional centre
• This does not pick up trips between the HEP and
  the city centre
• The next slides look at the bus and car trips
  observed at 3 sites between the HEP and the city
  centre on Cambridge Street, Oxford Road and Upper
  Brook Street
• These surveys were undertaken as part of the M60
  after study

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Trips between the HEP and the City Centre How
were they travelling?

• 57 of trips made between the HEP and the city
  centre were made by bus
• In the evening peak period this changed to an
  almost even split between car and bus trips

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Trips between the HEP and the City Centre Why
were they in the HEP?

• 35 had been at work, 23 at home and 13 at a
  place of education

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Trips between the HEP and the City Centre Why did
they go to the city centre?

• Overall, 36 went shopping
• 52 of bus users went shopping

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Car Trips between the HEP and the City
Centre What was their average occupancy?

• On average there were 1.5 people per car
  travelling between the HEP and the city centre
  between 0700 and 1900
• This varied from an average occupancy of 1 during
  the morning peak (0700 to 0930) to 1.7 in the
  evening peak (1530 to 1830)

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Buses between the HEP and the City Centre What
was their average occupancy?

• On average there were 18 people per bus crossing
  the 3 sites between 0700 and 1900
• This varied from an average occupancy of 16
  during the inter-peak (0930 to 1530) to 26 in
  the morning peak (0700 to 0930)

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Commercial Vehicle trips between the HEP and the
City Centre

• Only 140 goods vehicle trips were observed
  between the HEP and the city centre
• No trips by heavy goods vehicles were observed
• 34 of goods vehicle trips were moving goods in
  the HEP and 53 were being used on other business
  use
• The journey purposes of goods vehicles in the
  city centre were similar to this

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GMATS Surveys 2002

• For further information on the HEP surveys or any
  other GMATS surveys please contact
• John Wharf 0161 455 2052
• Peter Bearon 0161 455 2062