Presentation to the National Business Travel Network Event Belfast 20608

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Presentation to the National Business Travel
Network EventBelfast 20/6/08

• Andy Bready
• Roads Service Travelwise NI

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What is Travelwise?

• Sustainable transport initiative which aims to
  promote alternatives to the private car
  particularly single occupancy car travel
  associated with journeys to and from work.
• Travelwise is a DRDNI Roads Service initiative
  designed to support organisations in all sectors
  promote sustainable travel options.

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What are the Aims of Travelwise?

• To make everyone think more about our use of the
  car
• To promote more sustainable ways of travelling,
  particularly short distances
• 25 of all journeys are less than 2 miles
• 58 of all journeys are less than 5 miles

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• To reduce environmental pollution emissions
  Road Traffic is responsible for 70 of
  transport related Co2 emissions
• To encourage action to change travel behaviour
  and over dependence on the car
• To produce variable options for travel.

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Who is Travelwise aimed at?

• Employers Workplace Travel Plans
• Schools School Travel Plans
• Commuters Public Transport
• Car Sharing Scheme
• Park and Ride/Share Sites

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Workplace Travel Plans

• A Workplace Travel Plan (WTP) is a package of
  measures to support and promote sustainable
  travel by reducing reliance on single occupancy
  car travel.
• This WTP must be tailored to the specific work
  site and take account of the size and location of
  the site/s, number of staff, visitors and
  deliveries to the organisation.

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Benefits of a Workplace Travel Plan

• Reduces demand for staff car parking
• Contributes to reduction of traffic congestion
• Develops a healthier, fitter more productive
  workforce
• Reduces Environmental Pollution

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• Confirms an organisation's green credentials
• Assists recruitment/retention of staff
• Provides efficient and equitable access to the
  work place
• Will assist a significant shift from car to
  public transport use

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How has Travelwise NI been assisting other
organisations?

• Produced a WTP Resource Pack
• Appointment of Travel Plan Co-ordinator
• Provision of Travel Plan Site Specific Advice
  Programme (Transport Consultant)

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• Travelwise Information Line 0845 378 0908
• Travelwise Website (www.travelwiseni.com)
• Travelwise materials and commuter messages
  produced eg Fill up and go

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Range of Incentives and Quick Wins which can
assist WTP Implementation

• Promote car share initiative (www.carshareni.com)
• Provision of Bus/Train timetables
• Raise staff awareness - e.g. through
  payslips/promotional material

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• Introduce cycle purchase scheme
• Provide cycle stands, lockers, showers
• Flexi time, video conferencing, home working, hot
  desking etc
• Promote health benefits of walking/cycling
• Translink ticket purchase scheme

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• Promote car sharing, park and ride where
  appropriate
• Promotional events eg Bike Week/Walk to Work
• Provide a WTP notice board

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Way Forward for National Business Travel Network
Members

• Nominate contact officer/s (ideally one per
  organisation)
• Agree to whole staff existing travel behaviour
  survey using postcodes only.
• Approve Site Specific Advice visit to workplace/s
  (W S Atkins)

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• Agree to Translink's inclusion in all surveys
  (Translink to match public transport journeys for
  staff)
• Consider the introduction of a car share scheme,
  either by Private Group or promotion of public
  website
• Audit company car travel costs i.e. mileage and
  car parking

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• Thank you

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Reduce costs, congestion and carbon
emissionsBelfast 20 June 2008

• Heather McInroy
• Programme Director
• National Business Travel Network

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Outline of presentation

• Background
• CSR
• Transport Statistics
• Smarter Choices
• NBTN
• Travel Plans
• Members successes

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Policies

• DfT committed to reducing impact of travel on
  environment and is promoting policies to
• reduce fossil carbon content of transport fuel
• increase fuel efficiency of vehicles
• encourage move towards more environmentally
  friendly forms of transport
• work towards inclusion of transport in emissions
  trading schemes.

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How are we doing this?

• Encouraging take-up of Travel Plans
• Package of measures tailored to needs of
  individual sites aimed at promoting greener,
  cleaner travel choices and reducing reliance on
  the car
• Smarter Choices
• ACT on CO2
• NBTN
• Roadsafe

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Press advertising
72 driver recognition
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Why did DfT set up NBTN?

• Conduit to and from Government
• Sharing best practice
• Generating buy-in at management level
• Providing an umbrella for research on business
  and sustainable travel

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Partners
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Corporate Social Responsibility

• CSR reducing negative impacts of business /
  balancing business interests with interests of
  wider society
• Government sees CSR as voluntary actions over and
  above compliance
• Today it is a business requirement to demonstrate
  CSR to stakeholders to remain competitive

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Car use

• 27 of UK CO2 emissions come from transport
• 80 from road sector
• Commuter / business travel 40 of miles driven
  by car
• 71 of work trips made by car
• 85 work / business trips single car occupants
• Car ownership / car use on increase still!
• Cars dominate our lives and environment
• www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/

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Passenger travel by mode 1980 - 2006
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Main mode of travel to work 1995 - 2006
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Smarter Choices

• Workplace / school travel plans
• Personalised travel planning
• Travel awareness campaigns
• Public transport information / marketing
• Car clubs / car sharing schemes
• Teleworking, teleconferencing, home shopping
• www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/smarterchoices

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Smarter Choices

• Research shows Workplace Travel Planning /
  Smarter Choices most effective way to change
  travel behaviour
• Workplace Travel Plans can reduce car use by 10
  - 25
• Reduction in peak period urban traffic of c21
  (off-peak 13)
• Reduction of peak period non-urban traffic of
  c14 (off-peak 7)
• A nationwide reduction in all traffic of c11

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What can a Workplace Travel Plan do?

• Ease congestion
• Reduce CO2 emissions
• Improve staff health, reduce absenteeism,
  increase retention
• Reduce demand for parking
• Cut fleet management costs and mileage claims
• Demonstrate social environmental responsibility
• Improve corporate image
• See The Essential Guide to Travel Planning at
• www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/sustainable/travelplans/work/e
  ssentialguide.pdf

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Selection of existing members(250 in total)

• Asda
• Astrazeneca
• BQ
• BAA
• BMW
• Boots
• British Land
• BSkyB

BT Capshop Computershare Cooperative
Bank Deloitte DHL E.ON UK EDF Energy
GSK HBOS IBM ICI Ikea National
Express Next O2
Orange Pfizer RAC Foundation Royal Bank of
Scotland Sainsburys Somerfield Virgin
Trains Vodafone
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Working differently
Video conferencing Astrazeneca drugs to
market 5 years sooner BAA Heathrow paid back
in 6 months environmental benefits DHL
financial/time savings Alternative workstyles
SUSTEL Project BT BAA Improved work
performance Reduced absenteeism Increased
resilience http//www.sustel.org/ IBM UK
80 sometimes WFH
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Public Transport / Works Buses
Computershare instigated works bus benefiting
both company and employees. Carries 14 staff
daily. Sainsburys Head Office reduced car
parking from 200 spaces to 20 Boots Plc works
buses. Reduced parking on site by 400 cars
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Car sharing
Buckinghamshire County Council award winning
car share scheme RBS South Gyle site, 40
spaces for car sharers Pfizer Sandwich and
Walton Oaks
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Cycling
GSK environment where cyclists feel they are
special Cycle parking prime location,
sheltered, secure and light Lockers
(hundreds!) Drying room with vented hanging and
heating Showers with shampoo, towels, hair
dryers Irons, ironing boards and shoe racks
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Recruitment/Retention
SUSTEL Programme BT evidence NBTN Research -
Travel Plan Benefits for Employers Making the
Human Resources Link (June 2008) Clear
correlation between travel plans and employee RR
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BT Experience? Staff turnover 2.8 pa? 98
of women return from maternity leave? Sick leave
20 below national average? Home-workers achieve
productivity gains of 15 - 31? Reduction
in office space has saved 220m in ten
years? Each conference call that replaces a
face- to-face meeting saves 88 lbs of
travel- related CO2
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Financial Impact

• In all cases, organisations have benefited
  financially
• Millions of s saved in large organisations
• Proportionate savings in smaller businesses
• Planning approvals
• Incalculable benefit of environmental gains

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Dublin - Travel Plan in Context
In Dublin, peak time traffic has increased by
over 40 in the last ten years Car ownership has
increased from 250,000 in 1989 to 600,000 in 2004
and is forecast to increase further to 2 million
by 2010 in the GDA Recognition by the DoT that,
despite investment in public transport through
Transport 21 car use will continue to increase
TDM measures. Mobility Management Plans or
Travel plans are an increasingly important tool
in the delivery of a modal shift DTO Dublin's
Travel Plan Guidelines to create a National
Policy on Travel Planning as part of development
control
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Benefits of Travel Plan for Workplaces
Reduced parking overheads in the medium to long
term and reduced pressure on the car park
Frees up land for redevelopment Improves
staff and visitor accessibility Evidence of
Corporate Social Responsible Travel plans
constitute staff benefit smarter travel choices
Can be used for environmental accreditation
ISO 140001 A happier more productive workforce

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Why we are here
New hospital development Adult redevelopment
National Paediatric Hospital Planning Travel
Plan required by DCC as part of the planning
process Parking constraints inner city
location Unique and exceptional challenge -
building a new hospital side by side with a fully
operational hospital The hospitals have taken a
sustainable, innovative and pre-emptive approach
to addressing site access, parking, congestion
and car-dependency
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What do we do
Travelways Commuter Centre a central point for
all matters concerning commuting Managed by
Vipre Ireland on behalf of MMUH and CUH - a joint
collaboration Implement Travel Plan with the
objective of developing a sustainable transport
policy - focused on travel alternatives Travel
plan designed to reduce car usage by 23 by
2009 Communication staff, patients and visitors
Generate and deliver innovative services
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Initiatives
Carsharing www.hospitaljourneyshare.com Pool
Bike Scheme Negotiate travel related
discounts/offers for staff Lobbying Internally
and Externally Accessibility maps Administrate
and promote Taxsaver Commuter Tickets for
employees Shuttle service News, view and
communications Marketing campaigns
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Success

• 82 of staff rate the service as good or
  excellent
• As of September 2006, Travelways had already
  achieved a 16 reduction in car use, one year
  ahead of target.
• Staff participating in the public transport
  Taxsaver Commuter tickets scheme has more than
  trebled since Jan 2005.
• Significant increase the number of staff choosing
  to cycle
• Winner of The Irish Times Living Dublin Award
  2007, also taking first place in the Business in
  the Community Category
• Special merit Better Place to Work in the HSE
  Achievement Awards 2007

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Thank You
Contact Barry McKenna Travelways Commuter Centre
Manager Mater Misericordiae University
Hospital Eccles Street Dublin 7 Telephone
353-1-8032607 Email travelways_at_mater.ie or
barry.mckenna_at_vipre.com