Citycard Cycle Club Proposal
Andy Gibbons
Public Transport Manager
Nottingham City Council
June 2011
Content
Strategy and objectives
Funding opportunities
Draft proposal
Progress to date
Issues
Future
Policy and objectives
• Accessibility priority
• Work, education, health
• Buses and safety
• Cost/sustainable
• Outside City Centre
• Workplace parking levy
• Citycard scheme
• No leisure, no Boris, no loads of cash…
Peak: Access to city centre and employment sites
• Access to bus/trams that operate every 30 minutes or better;
• 92% within 400m;• Interchange available
in city centre to employment sites beyond city centre;
• No more than one change of service necessary
Current issues
• Gaps too costly to make attractive
• Extended working hours
• Cul de sacs, difficult access
• Connections across whole of City Centre
• Overcrowding
• WPL funds – NET, Trains
• Citycard funds – diversify/integrate
• Cycle hire from main hubs, some staffed• Integrated with bus/tram/rail ticket, info etc• Secure storage for own bike too• Only for Citycard club members• Block book remotely• Responsible for workplace storage• Lock and Citycard• Electronic hub docking station • Use monitoring/planning
Proposal
Proposed hubs
Queens Dr P&R HubSecure car parking and frequent buses link
to:
• Boots,Imperial Tobacco,
• Harrimans Lane/ Abbeyfield Rd,
• Lenton Lane (Games Workshop, Nottingham Uni Kings Meadow), Queens Dr, Crossgate Dr, NG2
• Castle Marina
• Queens Medical Centre
• Nottingham University (main campus) + University Science Park
• Nottingham Trent University Clifton Campus
• City Centre
Broadmarsh Bus Stn Hub
Long distance bus/coach services
connecting to:
• Castle Marina
• Trent Bridge
• Meadow Lane/Eastcroft/London Rd
• Island Site/
• Eastside
Midland Train Stn Hub
Suburban Rail and Tram connecting to:
• Castle Marina• Trent Bridge • Meadow Lane• Island Site/Eastside
Racecourse P&R
Car park and regular buses connecting to :
• Daleside Road employers• Colwick Ind Estate• Lady Bay Retail Park• Meadow Lane/Eastcroft• Island Site• (City Centre)
Wilkinson St P&R Hubs
Car parking and Tram connecting to:
• Nottingham University Jubilee Campus• Speedo• Clarendon College• City Hospital• Djanogly College• Bluecoat school
Phoenix/Forest P&R/Bulwell Hubs
Secure car parking and regular trams to:
• Clarendon College• Djanogly College• Nottingham High School
• Nottingham Business Park• Bilborough College
• Blenheim
Main employers• 99%+ located within 1.5 miles of
hubs
• 99% on safe flat traffic free routes from hubs
• Many already have high cycle usage/profile for cycling
• Some informal linking already
• Interchange works with bus:bus if little wait
Progress to date
• Citycard compounds• Bikes purchased• Trialling docking station• Information centre• Trials• Training • Insurance• Maintenance contracts
Issues to resolve•Size•Booking system•Deposit, T&C’s•Insurance•Lock•Balancing•Publicity and information•Security overnight•Docking stations•Maintenance/cleaning contracts•Flexibility•Citycard links
Future
Proposed live date : April 2012
LSTF expansion : docking stationsMore hubs
Electric bikes?
Leisure : Queens Dr and Broadmarsh Bus Station
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