University of Bristol STUDENT TRAVEL SURVEY 2018 ANALYSIS REPORT

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1 University of Bristol STUDENT TRAVEL SURVEY 2018 ANALYSIS REPORT July 2018

2 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 1 2. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 2 3. SURVEY RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 6 4. CARBON EMISSIONS OF TRAVEL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 65 FIGURES Figure 1: Figure 2: Figure 3: Figure 4: Figure 5: Figure 6: Figure 7: UoB Student Travel Survey Accommodation Locations UoB Student Travel Survey Accommodation of All Students UoB Student Travel Survey Study Locations UoB Student Travel Survey Average Daily Walking and Cycle Trips UoB Student Travel Survey Average Daily Public Transport Trips UoB Student Travel Survey Average Daily Car Driver Trips UoB Student Travel Survey Average Daily Car Passenger/Taxi Trips APPENDICES Appendix A: Student Travel Survey Questionnaire Key Transport Consultants

3 1. INTRODUCTION Background 1.1 The University of Bristol (subsequently referred to as the University ) is committed to reducing reliance on single occupancy vehicle trips (SOV) and aims to reduce the number of cars taken to University sites. The University conducts regular surveys to identify student travel patterns and to help develop an effective package of sustainable travel measures aimed at influencing student s mode choice for their journeys to and from University sites. 1.2 The 2018 University Student Travel Survey was undertaken in February 2018 to collect information on the travel habits of students and issues that impact on their choice of travel mode. Invitations to complete the online survey were ed to 25,024 students, of which 2,184 provided responses. Brief 1.3 Key Transport Consultants (KTC) have been retained by the University to analyse the results of their 2018 Student Travel Survey and summarise the findings. This includes provision of a comparison with the mode share data from the most recent previous student survey in 2015 and can subsequently be used to inform progress towards the University s current Travel Plan goals. For consistency, an assessment of CO2 emissions is also undertaken, based on the method previously adopted for the assessment of student travel emissions in Report Structure 1.4 This report is structured as follows. Chapter 2 outlines the Student Travel Survey assessment methodology; Chapter 3 provides summary results of the survey using various charts, graphs and tables to illustrate key points; Chapter 4 considers the carbon emissions of student travel movements based on the responses to the survey; A summary and conclusions are provided in Chapter 5. 1

4 2. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY Introduction 2.1 The University Student Travel Surveys are undertaken periodically to collect information relating to the travel choices of students studying at the various University sites within the wider Bristol area. Information collected during the surveys sis used in several ways: To identify issues faced by students in relation to travel movements; To monitor the effectiveness of the University Travel Plan and any existing travel policies; and, To guide the development of the Travel Plan and future travel policies. 2.2 A survey questionnaire was produced and circulated electronically to all students (with paper copies also available on request). A copy is provided in Appendix A. Response Rate 2.3 The 2018 Student Travel Survey received 2,184 responses during the survey period. Data obtained from the University identifies that there were 23,161 full-time and 1,863 part-time students at the time of the 2018 survey. This gives an overall response rate of 8.7%. 2.4 This compares to a response rate of 15.9% (2,916 respondents) in 2015 and a 14% response rate in Methodology 2.5 The following steps were taken when assessing the Student Travel Survey data: determine groupings of student residential sites and study sites to allow a coherent and viable comparison with previous year s data. For the purposes of the 2018 assessment, it was agreed with the University that three residential groupings would be adequate, namely North Village, West Village and East Village. The former two would be compared with groupings from the 2015 survey analyses for Stoke Bishop and Clifton, with East Village making up a new category which is not suitable for direct comparison with previous years data; 2

5 in addition, the two study locations groupings would be for All Hospitals and Langford. It is noted that the 2015 survey only included a single hospital site (rather than groupings of all hospitals) plus Langford. Despite minor differences, the two study locations groups are considered to be similar enough for comparisons to be made; undertake a cleansing exercise on the student travel dataset to remove any errors which may affect the robustness of the results. Errors may consist of missing address or study location information, which can be corrected if adequate additional information is provided within the responses to identify the likely study/living locations; undertake a spreadsheet analysis of the responses to the 2018 Student Travel Survey and produce plans, maps, charts and tables to illustrate its findings; and, compare the most recent results with data from previous years to chart the scale of changing trends in student travel movements (see Chapter 5). Groupings of University Sites 2.6 To ease the sub-assessments and provide a reasonable comparison with previous years data, University sites were grouped into five categories: three of which were residential groups containing geographically clustered student hall locations, namely the North Village, West Village and East Village; and two were distinct study locations including an individual site at Langford which is home to the Veterinary School, and an All Hospital study group. Together these five groups (three residential groups and two study location groups) are used to provide a focused sub-analyses for individual questions to allow a comparative analysis with previous year s data and for comparisons with each of other to examine the impacts of geographical location or study type on student responses. 2.7 Table 2.1 overleaf illustrates many of the residential sites identified by respondents grouped into each of the three residential village clusters. Any residential sites not listed in Table 2.1 have not had any sub analyses performed on them but are still examined in isolation. 2.8 In relation to the two study location groups, Langford is an individual site which the students who study there were able to correctly record within their responses. The All Hospital group of study sites required some manipulation of the dataset as not all of the Hospital sites were listed within the questionnaire. Those listed included: Frenchay, Southmead and University Hospitals Bristol, with additional hospital sites being manually recorded by the respondents including various spellings of Bristol Dental Hospital, Bristol Royal Infirmary, St. Michael s Hospital, Royal United Hospital Bath, NHS Blood and Transplant Filton, and Taunton Hospital. 3

6 Table 2.1: Residential Village Groups for Sub-Analyses NORTH VILLAGE Badock Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Churchill Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Durdham Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Hiatt Baker Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Hiatt Baker self-catered Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed University Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Wills Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed WEST VILLAGE 115 Queens Road Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed 121 Redland Road Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Brunel House Postgraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Clifton Hill House Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Goldney Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Harbour Court Postgraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Hillside/Woodside Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Manor Hall Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Northwell Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Richmond Terrace Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed St Michaels Park/Hill/Woodland Rd Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Winkworth House Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Deans Court Postgraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Woodland Court Postgraduate Partnership Owned and Managed EAST VILLAGE Chantry Court Postgraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Colston Street Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed Favell Undergraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Marlborough House Postgraduate Partnership Owned and Managed New Bridewell Undergraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Orchard Heights Either Partnership Owned and Managed The Courtrooms Either Partnership Owned and Managed The Rackhay Undergraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Unite House Undergraduate Partnership Owned and Managed Waverley House Undergraduate Partnership Owned and Managed The Hawthorns Undergraduate UoB Owned and Managed 4

7 Correcting Data Errors 2.9 To ensure a robust assessment, the raw dataset was cleaned to remove any major or significant errors which may affect the robustness of the results A number of errors were identified, primarily related to different spellings of University sites, mostly within the categories where students were able to provide other non-standard answers or where the student did not recognise their building from the official name given and instead referred to their faculty department, room or road name Many of these errors were easily corrected manually, such as the multiple spellings of locations including the Arts and Social Sciences Library (ASS Library), Cantock s Close and the Merchant Venturer s Building Where a respondent has provided multiple answers for the same question, for simplicity and so as to not exclude these records, they have been allocated to the first location the respondent provided unless their response indicated that one of the other locations was more used. Charting Trends 2.13 To undertake a comparative assessment of the data with the previous survey results from 2015, and with other site clusters within the 2018 survey results, various mediums are used to communicate any patterns In particular, the assessment primarily uses a spreadsheet analysis to calculate percentage responses for each question where appropriate quantitative data is provided. This allows data to be fed directly into bar charts, pie charts, line graphs and other illustrative medium to present the current travel situation for students and to highlight any trends To provide a further medium to communicate travel modes used to get to students places of study, a series of plans are produced, one for each assessed mode of travel. These provide a useful visual aid which can clearly highlight where the highest concentrations of trips originate from within Bristol and from the wider area. Comparisons with 2015 Student Survey Responses 2.16 Comparisons of emissions data from the 2018 and 2015 Travel Surveys are provided in Chapter 4 of this report Comparisons of the 2018 and 2015 survey responses for selected questions, and with earlier datasets where possible/available, are provided in Chapter 5 of this report. 5

8 3. SURVEY RESULTS AND ANALYSIS Introduction 3.1 The results of the 2018 Student Travel survey are set out by question below. 3.2 Typically, where appropriate, the survey results are provided as a percentage. Unless otherwise stated, the percentage is calculated based on the number of valid responses recorded for each question. Therefore, where no answer has been provided or left blank, it has been ignored in the calculations. 3.3 For consistency with previous years surveys, the 2018 Travel Survey is divided into eight sections as listed below: About You Degree Information Studying at the University Car Travel Public Transport Cycling Motorcycling Travel Plan Measures 3.4 Each question has been analysed based on the answers provided by all student respondents. In addition, sub-analyses of each question are also undertaken (except Q s 8, 16, 17 & 28) for specific groupings of students, which are: Students living in the North Village (formerly Stoke Bishop) residences; Students living in the West Village (formerly Clifton) residences; Students living in the East Village residences; Students studying at any Hospital sites; and Students studying in Langford. 6

9 About You 3.5 Questions 1 to 6 of the travel survey asked students about themselves. Question 1: Address 3.6 Students were asked to provide an address in order to be entered into the incentive prize draw. This question was optional and has not been analysed. Question 2: Gender Q1. Gender of Respondents Other 2% Male 33% Female 65% Male Female Other 3.7 Question 2 of the survey asked the respondents to state their gender. The split is approximately 65% female to 33% male with less than 2% selecting other, compared to 62% female and 38% male in Proportions for the sub-analyses sites shown below in Tables 3.1 and 3.2 illustrate that the three residences display similar proportions but both Langford and the Hospitals have a higher proportion of females. It is understood that the gender mix amongst students at the University is approximately 55/45 suggesting that male students are underrepresented in this survey. Table 3.1: Residences Sub-analysis Q2 Male Female Other North Village 34% 64% 2% West Village 31% 68% 1% East Village 32% 66% 2% Table 3.2: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q2 Male Female Other All Hospitals 18% 82% 0% Langford 14% 85% 1% 7

10 Question 3: Age Group Q3. What is your age group? 3% 1% 1% 14% 0% 81% plus Under Unsurprisingly, the majority of respondents (81%) are aged between 18 and 25 years old with the second largest group (14%) being aged between 26 and 35. This represents a change of less than 2% in each of the main categories (i.e & 26-35) when compared to the 2015 Student Travel survey. 3.9 As Tables 3.3 and 3.4 below illustrate that nearly all of the students residing in the three University villages are under 25, whilst they are less prominent at Hospital sites and Langford study sites. Table 3.3: Residences Sub-analysis Q3 Under North Village 0% 99% 1% 0% 0% 0% West Village 1% 93% 6% 1% 0% 0% East Village 0% 93% 7% 0% 0% 0% Table 3.4: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q3 Under All Hospitals 0% 73% 27% 0% 0% 0% Langford 0% 68% 28% 3% 1% 0% 8

11 Question 4: Where do you come from? Q4. Where do you come from? Overseas (outside EU) 16% No Response 0% European Union (EU)- (but non UK) 10% United Kingdom (UK) 74% United Kingdom (UK) Overseas (outside EU) European Union (EU)-(but non UK) No Response % of students stated that they were from the UK which is a less than 2% reduction from % of students were from the rest of the European Union with 16% of students were from outside Europe. This compares to 7.8% and 16.6% in 2015 respectively Proportions for the sub-analyses sites shown below in Tables 3.5 and 3.6 illustrate that the West and East villages have higher than average levels of non-uk/eu students. Table 3.5: Residences Sub-analysis Q4 EU (but Outside No UK not UK) EU & UK Response North Village 88% 4% 8% 1% West Village 64% 9% 27% 0% East Village 62% 9% 29% 0% Table 3.6: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q4 EU (but Outside No UK not UK) EU & UK Response All Hospitals 82% 4% 14% 0% Langford 87% 6% 7% 0% 9

12 Question 5a: Do you have a disability which affects your travel to study arrangements? % of students answered that they have a disability which affected their travel arrangements. This compares to 1.7% in the 2015 Student Travel Survey. Very little variation was observed within each of the sub-analysis sites as shown below in Tables 3.7 and 3.8. Table 3.7: Residences Sub-analysis Q5a Yes No Prefer not to say North Village 2% 98% 0% West Village 5% 94% 1% East Village 1% 98% 1% Table 3.8: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q5a Yes No Prefer not to say All Hospitals 6% 94% 0% Langford 4% 96% 0% Question 5b: Do you have a caring responsibility which affects your travel to study arrangements? % of students answered that they have a caring responsibility which affected their travel arrangements. This compares to 2.7% in the 2015 Student Travel Survey. As shown in Tables 3.9 and 3.10, both Langford and the Hospitals display a higher proportion of students with caring responsibilities when compared to the three residential sites. Table 3.9: Residences Sub-analysis Q5a Yes No Prefer not to say North Village 1% 99% 0% West Village 2% 97% 1% East Village 1% 98% 0% Table 3.10: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q5a Yes No Prefer not to say All Hospitals 8% 92% 0% Langford 6% 94% 0% 10

13 Question 6: Do you live in University allocated accommodation? Q6. Do you live in University allocated accommodation? Yes 30% No 70% Yes No 3.14 The survey notes that 30% of respondents live in University allocated accommodation. This compares to 31.7% in the 2015 Student Survey which represents a slight reduction As shown below in Tables 3.11 and 3.12, as expected, all of the responses from the three residential villages were from residents of University sites. In contrast, there were very few University residents studying at either the All Hospitals or Langford sites, at 10% and 4% respectively. Table 3.11: Residences Sub-analysis Q6 Yes No North Village 100% 0% West Village 100% 0% East Village 100% 0% Table 3.12: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q6 Yes No All Hospitals 10% 90% Langford 4% 96% 11

14 Question 6a: What is your University Allocated term time accommodation address? 3.16 Students who stated that they lived in University allocated accommodation were then asked to say which accommodation they lived in. Two students selected the Other option and provided alternative addresses (Fusion Tower & Academies (Medicine)). These have been manually removed from the results, which are summarised in Table 3.13 below. Table 3.13: Proportion of respondents living in University allocated accommodation Accomodation Name % Hiatt Baker Hall 2.5% New Bridewell 2.3% Goldney Hall 1.6% Orchard Heights 1.6% Unite House 1.6% Wills Hall 1.4% Manor Hall 1.3% Durdham Hall 1.3% Churchill Hall 1.3% The Courtrooms 1.3% University Hall 1.2% Badock Hall 1.2% Favell House 1.1% Waverley House 1.1% Clifton Hill House 1.1% Northwell House 1.0% Deans Court 0.7% Winkworth House 0.7% Richmond Terrace 0.6% The Hawthorns 0.6% Chantry Court 0.5% Woodland Court 0.5% Colston Street 0.5% The Rackhay 0.4% Blenheim Court 0.3% 115 Queens Road 0.3% Harbour Court 0.3% Hillside/Woodside 0.1% St Michaels Park 0.1% Culver House 0.1% 121 Redland Road 0.1% 43/45 St Michaels Hill 0.1% 97 Woodland Road 0.1% Langford <0.1% Sinclair House Family Flats <0.1% 53 St Michaels Hill <0.1% 12

15 Question 6b: What is your Non-University Allocated term time accommodation address? 3.18 Students who did not live in University allocated accommodation were asked to provide their postcodes. The term time addresses of both the University provided accommodation and the individual postcodes of non-university sites have been plotted on a map which can be seen in Figure 1. Where possible, postcodes have been assigned to addresses (including halls) where no postcode was supplied by the respondent The postcode data shows that 67% of respondents live within 1 mile radius of the centre of the University Precinct, with 85% living within 2 miles. 92% of respondents provide term time addresses within 10 miles of the University Precinct Where multiple respondents share a postcode, a plot showing individuals can be difficult to read. Figure 2 shows the same data aggregated across small geographic areas. The areas used are the Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA), which are produced by the Office for National Statistics to provide a standard basis on which census data can be reported. Each LSOA will contain populations of between 1,000 and 3,000 people and between 400 and 1,200 households Figure 2 shows the concentration of respondents around the Stoke Bishop halls and hot spots around the main University Precinct. The plan also shows increased concentrations of students around the Langford Vet School The postcode district is identified by the first letter or two of the postcode plus the numbers before the space (i.e. BS1). The number of respondents living in each postcode district has been summarised and can be seen in Table 3.14 overleaf. 13

16 Table 3.14: Non University Allocated Student Term Time Address Postcode Districts Postcode District % Postcode District % BS % SN2 0.09% BS % SP2 0.09% BS1 6.96% AL5 0.05% BS2 6.32% BA1 0.05% BS7 2.56% BA % BS3 1.83% BA % BS5 1.42% BD4 0.05% BS % BS % No Response 1.14% BS % BS % BS % BS % BS % BS9 0.82% BT % BS % CF % BS % CF % BS % CF % BS4 0.64% CF % BA2 0.60% DE % BS % E % BS % EX % BS % EX % BS % EX % BS % GL1 0.05% BS % GL % BS % GL % BA5 0.18% GL2 0.05% BS % GL % BS % GL % BS % GL7 0.05% GL % HR8 0.05% GL % ME % BA % ME4 0.05% BA % NG % BS % NP % BS % NP % BA % NP7 0.05% BA % OX % BA3 0.09% PE1 0.05% BA4 0.09% SN % BS % SN % BS % SN % BS % SN4 0.05% BS % SN5 0.05% BS % SN8 0.05% CF % SO % NP % SQ % NP % TA2 0.05% SN % TA5 0.05% SN % TA7 0.05% SN % 3.23 If the postcodes of those living in halls (29.2%) is combined with those living outside halls, it is noted that 94.6% of students have Bristol (BS) postcodes, which is a 1.7% reduction from

17 Degree Information Question 7: Which faculty are you based in? Q7. What faculty are you based in? Social Sciences & Law 23% Arts 16% Biomedical Sciences 8% Science 23% Health Sciences 15% Engineering 15% Arts Biomedical Sciences Engineering Health Sciences Science Social Sciences & Law 3.24 The survey was completed by students in all of the six faculties. Those within the Science (23%) and Social Science & Law (23%) faculties were best represented which is broadly consistent with the 2015 survey (24.4% & 21.7% respectively). As shown in Tables 3.15 and 3.16, the two study locations, at Langford and the Hospitals, are dominated by Health Science students whilst the residential locations show only minor variations from the average. Table 3.15: Residences Sub-analysis Q7 Arts Biomedical Sciences Engineering Health Sciences Science Social Sciences and Law No Response North Village 25% 7% 13% 13% 23% 19% 0% West Village 18% 10% 13% 12% 22% 24% 1% East Village 12% 7% 17% 9% 24% 31% 0% Table 3.16: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q7 Arts Biomedical Sciences Engineering Health Sciences Science Social Sciences and Law No Response All Hospitals 0% 8% 0% 90% 0% 2% 0% Langford 3% 8% 0% 89% 0% 0% 0% 15

18 Question 8. Where is your main place of study? 3.25 The 2,184 student respondents selected their main place of study from a list of options. They were also able to select Other and enter a place of study manually. In total, 143 unique places (including different spellings of the same place) were provided by students. Table 3.17: Main Place of Study Place of Study Count 2018 % 2015% change Berkeley Square % 4.4% 1.60% Canynge Hall % 0.5% 0.00% Oakfield and Barley Houses % N/A N/A Dorothy Hodgkins Building % 0.5% 0.00% Home / Distance Learning % 5.6% -1.00% Langford % 2.0% 1.30% Life Sciences % 4.2% 1.50% Placements all over UK % 1.2% -0.30% Precinct % 71.2% -5.40% Southmead Hospital % 0.8% -0.30% Southwell Street building % 3.2% 0.20% The Richmond Building % N/A N/A UH Bristol Hospitals % 2.6% -0.90% Frenchay Hospital 1 0.0% 0.1% -0.10% Victoria Rooms % 3.0% -0.80% Other % 0.8% 0.90% 3.26 Most of the additional places of study provided as Other options lay within the University Precinct, so the data have been manually reviewed to allocate most of the unique places to one of the 16 original options provided, as shown above in Table The Other options provided which were not allocated to one of the original 16 options are listed below. As shown, none of these options exceed 1% of responses received, with the highest (St Michael s) garnering 7 responses and 0.32% of the total study locations. Bristol Royal Infirmary (0.09%) College Green (0.05%) Bristol Dental Hospital (0.23%) Emersons Green (inc. National Composites Centre) (0.09%) Filton NHS Blood and Transplant (0.09%) Frenchay (0.18%) Fusion Tower (0.05%) Geology (0.05%) Overseas Placement (inc. Hong Kong) (0.05%) Stokes Bishop (inc. Badock Library) (0.09%) Bath (0.09%) Queens Road (0.09%) St Michael s (inc. Hill and Hospital) (0.32%) Taunton (0.05%) No Response (0.09%) 16

19 3.28 The Precinct generates the greatest number of responses with 1,438 (65.8%) for study locations across all sites combined. Berkeley Square is the most selected site away from the central Precinct with 132 respondents (6.0%) with Life Sciences close behind on 125 (5.7%). Table 3.18: Main Place of Study - Residences Sub-analysis Q8 Place of Study North Village West Village East Village Berkeley Square 0.5% 0.3% 0.7% Canynge Hall N/A N/A N/A Oakfield and Barley Houses N/A 0.1% N/A Dorothy Hodgkins Building N/A N/A N/A Home / Distance Learning 0.2% 0.7% 0.9% Langford N/A N/A N/A Life Sciences 0.5% 0.5% 0.7% Placements all over UK N/A N/A N/A Precinct 6.5% 5.6% 7.2% Southmead Hospital N/A N/A N/A Southwell Street building 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% The Richmond Building 0.2% 0.4% 0.5% UH Bristol Hospitals N/A 0.1% N/A Frenchay Hospital N/A N/A N/A Victoria Rooms 0.5% 0.7% 0.5% Other N/A N/A N/A TOTAL 8.8% 8.9% 11.0% 3.29 In terms of study locations for the three residential villages, Table 3.18 above summarises the percentage (of the total) of students who study at the locations listed but reside in one of the three villages. As expected, a majority of students surveyed in each residential village study within the Precinct. There is very little variation across the other categories, except for Home/Distance Learning which appears notably lower in the North Village (0.2%) when compared to the West (0.7%) and East (0.9%) Villages Figure 3 shows the aggregated locations of study by LSOA. The areas in and around the main University Precinct can clearly be seen on the plan, with the darkest LSOA area representing 1,563 respondents. Some of the areas highlighted away from University sites represent students whose main place of study is at home. 17

20 Question 9: Which of the following type(s) of student applies to you? 3.31 The students were asked to describe the type of student they were by selecting from a list of 10 options, including an Other option which allowed the respondent to enter a different answer. Respondents were able to select multiple options % of respondents stated that they were undergraduates compared to 70.4% in % stated that they were postgraduates research compared to 16% in 2015 and 13.4% stated that they were postgraduate taught compared to 13% in No students were identified as PhD students % of respondents stated that they were full-time students (a fall of 0.1% since 2015) and 2.6% stated that they were part-time students (down from 2.9%), with 57.3% providing no indication of their full or part-time status suggesting some inconsistency in the way that the question was answered % of respondents described themselves as a mature student, down from 6.5% in One person described themselves as lazy and sleepy % of students identified themselves as Erasmus students which is a slight reduction from 1.1% in % of respondents identified themselves as international students which has fallen from 8.1% since The list of 7 alternative options provided can be seen in Table 3.19 below. Table 3.19: Which Type of Student Alternative Responses Type of Student % Access Course Type 0.05% Bermudian 0.05% Erasmus 0.92% Intercalated 0.05% International 6.87% M Eng 0.05% Other 0.27% PGCE 0.14% 3.39 As shown overleaf in Tables 3.20 and 3.21, a higher proportion of undergraduates are living in halls whilst more mature students study at Langford and the Hospitals. 18

21 Table 3.20: Which Type of Student Residences Sub-analysis Q9 Type of Student North Village West Village East Village Postgraduate - Research 2% 6% 2% Postgraduate - Taught 1% 12% 14% Postgraduate - Research and Taught 0% 0% 0% Undergraduate 97% 81% 80% Undergraduate & Postgraduate Research 0% 0% 0% Undergraduate & Postgraduate Taught 0% 0% 0% No Response 1% 1% 2% Full-Time 38% 41% 40% Part-Time 0% 0% 0% Mature 1% 2% 1% Access Course Type 0% 0% 0% Bermudian 1% 0% 0% Erasmus 0% 1% 0% Intercalated 0% 0% 0% International 3% 10% 10% M Eng 0% 0% 0% Other 1% 1% 0% PGCE 0% 0% 0% Table 3.21: Which Type of Student Study Locations Subanalysis Q9 Type of Student All Hospitals Langford Postgraduate - Research 27% 18% Postgraduate - Taught 4% 6% Postgraduate - Research and Taught 0% 0% Undergraduate 69% 73% Undergraduate & Postgraduate Research 0% 0% Undergraduate & Postgraduate Taught 0% 1% No Response 0% 1% Full-Time 47% 61% Part-Time 0% 0% Mature 12% 21% Access Course Type 0% 0% Bermudian 0% 0% Erasmus 0% 0% Intercalated 0% 0% International 0% 0% M Eng 0% 0% Other 0% 0% PGCE 0% 0% 19

22 Studying at the University Question 10: How many days do you travel to your main place of study in a normal full study week? Q10. How many days do you travel to your main place of study in a normal full study week? % 4.5% 3.6% 8.8% 8.7% 16.5% 53.8% 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 3.40 The majority of respondents travelled to their main place of study five days per week which is consistent with the responses in As shown below in Table 3.22, each of the residences appears to present very similar number of study days per week indicating that there is no significant difference between North, West and East Villages. A comparison of the 2018 residences responses with previous years shows that the previous Clifton residential group is broadly similar to the new three village categories whilst Stoke Bishop had a higher five-day attendance in 2015 (74%) but little variation in the other categories As Table 3.23 shows, All Hospitals appear significantly more likely to have 5-day attendance than other sites, with an increase from 82% in 2015 to 85% in Langford has seen a fall in 5-day attendance (72% to 52%) and a rise in 2-day attendance (from 0% to 15%) for 2015 and 2018 respectively. Table 3.22: Residences Sub-analysis Q10 One Two Three Four Five Six Seven North Village 2% 1% 10% 19% 63% 6% 4% West Village 2% 2% 10% 20% 62% 5% 3% East Village 3% 2% 7% 19% 63% 7% 2% Table 3.23: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q10 One Two Three Four Five Six Seven All Hospitals 0% 2% 2% 8% 85% 2% 2% Langford 0% 15% 8% 14% 52% 10% 0% 20

23 Question 11: When you travel to your 'place of study' from your 'term time address', how often do you use the following modes of transport? 3.43 From a list of travel options respondents were asked to select how often they used each mode of travel. The permitted answers were: Usually (67% - 100% of journeys); Sometimes (34% - 66% of journeys); Occasionally (33% or fewer journeys); and Never An initial analysis was undertaken looking at the usual mode of travel. The analysis only included responses where a respondent had stated that they Usually (67% - 100%) used a mode for travel to their place of study. The mode share for the usual mode of travel to the University can be seen in the chart below As can be observed from the chart below, there has been very little change in mode choice for travel to study from 2015 to Walking continues to be the most popular form of travel to study with 62.4% of respondents saying that this is their usual mode. This compares to 63.4% in Car Driver (on own) has increased slightly from 4.1% in 2015 to 4.6% in The proportion that use all Public Transport (including bus, coach, P&R, taxi and train travel) has increased slightly from 18.9% in 2015 to 20.3% in Q.11 Usual Mode Choice for Travel to Study Formal study from home Wheelchair/mobility scooter Taxi Park and Ride Motorcycle Train U1 Bus (U16 previously) Bus or coach Cycle Walk Formal car share Car passenger Car driver - with a least one passenger Car driver - own 2.8% 2.8% 0.1% 0.1% 0.4% 0.3% 0.7% 0.7% 0.2% 0.4% 2.6% 2.4% 7.3% 9.9% 9.3% 5.6% 7.8% 8.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.8% 1.1% 0.9% 0.7% 4.6% 4.1% 62.4% 63.4% % 2018 % % 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 21

24 3.46 Although the 2018 analysis shows a slight increase in single person car use and a reduction in cycle use and walking since 2015, there are also some minor increases in Public Transport use. Table 3.24: Usual Method of Travel to Main Place of Study from Term Time Address Sub-analysis Q11 Year East Villages All Hospitals Langford Residences Study Sites Study % Site % North Village West Village Mode of Travel Residences % Residences % % Car driver - own 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 16.3% 41.8% Car driver - with a least one passenger 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.1% 11.9% Car passenger 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.0% 7.5% Formal car share 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Walk 11.2% 88.7% 78.8% 51.0% 16.4% Cycle 5.6% 2.0% 0.0% 16.3% 3.0% Bus or coach 9.7% 5.4% 10.0% 4.1% 16.4% U1 Bus 71.4% 1.5% 6.6% 2.0% 1.5% Train 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 4.1% 1.5% Motorcycle 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Park and Ride 0.5% 0.5% 0.8% 0.0% 0.0% Taxi 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Wheelchair/mobi lity scooter Formal study from home 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.5% 1.5% 3.1% 2.0% 0.0% 3.47 As Table 3.24 illustrates, for residents in the North Village, Public Transport is the most widely used usual form of transport for travel to study locations with 71.4% using the U1 bus and 9.7% using a bus or coach. In contrast, in both the West and East Villages, walking is the dominant mode choice which may reflect their specific location in relation to the study locations Similarly, for the study locations, walking is the dominant mode for the All Hospitals sites (51%) but, due to its rural location with limited bus services, most students use a private car to access Langford with 41.8% driving on their own, 11.9% driving with a passenger, and 7.5% as a passenger The usual mode/s of travel selected by respondents has been mapped to aid analysis of the data. Figure 4 shows the area where respondents who usually Walk or Cycle to their place of study live, while Figure 5 shows the areas where respondents who usually take Public Transport (Bus, Coach, Train) to their place of study live. Figure 6 shows the areas where respondents who usually drive a car (with or without passengers) to their place of study live and Figure 7 shows the areas where respondents who usually travel as a car or taxi passenger to their place of study live. 22

25 Table 3.25: Comparison of Usual Method of Travel to Main Place of Study from Term Time Address Sub-analysis Q11 North Village East West Village All Hospitals Year (Stoke Villages Langford (Clifton) (Southmead Bishop) Residences % Residences % Hospital) % Mode of Travel Residences % % Car driver - own 1% -1% N/A -1% 1% Car driver - with a least one 0% -1% N/A -9% 2% passenger Car passenger 0% -1% N/A -9% -12% Formal car share 0% -1% N/A 0% -5% Walk -1% 2% N/A 29% 6% Cycle -1% 1% N/A 7% 0% Bus or coach 10% 4% N/A -26% 6% U1 Bus -9% 0% N/A 2% 1% Train 1% 0% N/A 4% 1% Motorcycle 0% 0% N/A 0% 0% Park and Ride 1% 0% N/A 0% 0% Taxi 0% 0% N/A 0% 0% Wheelchair/mob ility scooter 0% -1% N/A 0% 0% Formal study from home 1% 0% N/A 2% 0% 3.50 Table 3.25 shows a comparison of the 2015 and 2018 survey results. Within Table 3.25, red cells are used to indicate the greatest reductions at each site since 2015 and green cells indicate the greatest increases. This highlights that most of the mode shares report little or no change since the 2015 survey However, change has occurred with increases in bus/coach use from the North Village (+10%), West Village (+4%) and Langford (+6%) and reduced bus/coach use only being reported at the All Hospitals sites (-26%) In terms of reductions in mode share since 2015, the U1 bus reports a 9% reduction from the North Village/Stoke Bishop. Within the West Village, slight reductions of around 1% are observed on five different modes (i.e. four of the car-based travel modes and wheelchair use). Within the Langford Campus, car passenger travel has reduced by 12% since 2015, with mode shift appearing to switch travel equally to walking and bus/coach travel (both +6%) As shown above, there appears to have been: a direct shift from U1 bus to other bus/coach routes at the North Village site; a move from car-based travel to bus/coach travel at the West Villages site; a shift from bus/coach travel to walking at the All Hospitals sites; and car passengers switching to bus/coach or walking at Langford. 23

26 3.55 Figure 4 shows that the majority of respondents in 2018 who walk or cycle to their place of study live within 2km of the University Precinct. There are however a few exceptions to this including respondents living in and around Langford, Bath, Yate and South Wales Figure 5 shows that the majority of respondents who usually travel to their place of study by Public Transport live to the north or east of the city centre. There is a concentration of public transport users around Stoke Bishop (total of 144 respondents) and at the Precinct (26 respondents) 3.57 Figure 6 shows the areas where respondents who usually drive to their place of study live. It is quite surprising to see a cluster (albeit a small cluster of 4 respondents) stating that the drive to their place of study when living so close to the University Precinct. Less surprising are the clusters further out, particularly near the Langford Vet School and at Congresbury. However, no single LSOA has more than 7 students driving The analysis of the method of travel question is unweighted as it takes no account of the number of journeys a student makes. Therefore, someone walking to their place of study twice a day, five days per week, recorded the same as someone who walks to their place of study once a day on one day of the week. There are also a number of examples of respondents stating that they usually use more than one mode, effectively double counting In order to weight the results, the answers to a number of questions has been combined in order to estimate the number of journeys each student makes by each mode of transport in a typical week from which a weighted mode share can be calculated The first step of the calculation is to apply a value to each of the responses provided. Usually (67% - 100% of journeys) has been valued as 1 journey per day on average; Sometimes (34% - 66% of journeys) has been valued as journeys per day on average (i.e used for travel on two out of three days); Occasionally (33% or fewer journeys) has been valued as journeys per day on average (i.e. used once every three days); and Never is valued as zero journeys per day Where respondents have selected that they use a number of different modes the sum of all of their mode choices may end up being higher than 1, at say 2.5 journeys per day on average. The values assigned to each option have then been rebased so that the sum of all the responses is 1. For example, if someone has said that they usually walk and they usually catch the train and never use any other mode of transport, the value assigned to each mode is reduced to 0.5 from 1, which assumes that they either walk for half the journey and catch the train for half the journey or that they walk or catch the train on alternate days. 24

27 3.62 The number of days per week each student travels to their place of study is known from the answers provided to Question 10 and the number of times per day they typically travel to their place of study from Question The average number of trips undertaken by each mode in an average week is calculated by multiplying the value assigned to the rebased mode by the number of trips per day (outlined in Question 13) by the number of days per week (Question 10). As Question 13 asks for details of the number of return trips, to get the actual number of trips by mode, the total then needs to be multiplied by 2. Although the return trip issue will not affect the weighted mode share split shown in the chart below (as it is a percentage), it will affect the emissions outlined in Chapter 4 of this report As shown in the chart below, despite some minor differences, the weighted mode share split is generally similar to the un-weighted usual mode of travel mode split. The results show that 92.5% of all travel to a place of study in 2018 is undertaken without using a car Excluding Formal study from home which does not involve travel, the weighted survey results show that 85.4% of journeys associated with travel to a place of study are undertaken without using a car of any kind. This compares to 87.1% in 2015 (weighted average) and therefore shows a slight decrease in car use. Q.11 Weighted vs. Unweighted Mode Choice for Travel to Study Formal study from home Wheelchair/mobility scooter Taxi Park and Ride Motorcycle Train U1 Bus (U16 previously) Bus or coach Cycle Walk Formal car share Car passenger Car driver - with a least one passenger Car driver - own 2.8% 6.0% 0.1% 0.0% 0.4% 1.5% 0.7% 0.3% 0.2% 0.3% 2.6% 1.9% 7.3% 7.5% 9.3% 11.4% 7.8% 8.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.8% 2.2% 0.9% 1.2% 4.6% 3.3% 62.4% 56.1% Unweighted 2018 % Weighted 2018 % 0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 25

28 Question 12: How long does your door-to-door journey TO your place of study normally take? 45.0% 40.0% 35.0% 30.0% 25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% Q12. How long does your door-to-door journey TO your place of study normally take? 40.7% Up to 15 minutes 16 to 30 minutes 38.7% 10.0% 31 to 45 minutes 4.6% 46 to 60 minutes 2.1% 1.9% 1.8% Over 1 hour and up to 1 hour 15 minutes Over 1 hour 15 minutes and up to 1 hour 30 minutes More than 1 hour 30 minutes 3.66 As shown above, 79.4% of students responded that they have a journey of 30 minutes or less, with 94.0% of student journeys to their place of study take an hour or less. The sub-analyses of residences (Table 3.26) and study locations (Table 3.27) below shows only minor differences between the average travel times to each site although Langford travel times appear to be slightly longer, probably due to its rural location, its limited on-site residences, and a wider, more diluted catchment area. Table 3.26: Residences Sub-analysis Q mins mins mins mins mins mins 90 mins+ North Village 49% 32% 9% 6% 1% 2% 1% West Village 41% 43% 7% 4% 2% 3% 2% East Village 37% 42% 12% 5% 2% 2% 2% Table 3.27: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q mins mins mins mins mins mins 90 mins+ All Hospitals 47% 31% 8% 12% 2% 0% 0% Langford 32% 39% 11% 7% 4% 1% 4% 26

29 3.67 To provide a comparison between 2018 and 2015 data, Tables 3.28 and 3.29 below show the change in travel time groups since Table 3.28: Comparison - Residences Sub-analysis Q mins mins mins mins mins mins 90 mins+ North Village/ Stoke Bishop 40% -28% -19% 4% 1% 2% 1% West Village/Clifton -17% 3% 5% 4% 2% 3% 2% East Village N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Table 3.29: Comparison - Study Locations Sub-analysis Q mins mins mins mins mins mins 90 mins+ All Hospitals/Southmead 38% 3% -42% 8% -7% 0% 0% Langford -2% 9% 4% -15% 1% 0% 4% 3.68 As shown in Table 3.28, it appears that students are able to travel from the North Village to their study location much quicker than in previous years. A 40% increase in the 0-15 minute time period group is coupled with reductions in the minute and minute groups, with only minor increases for journeys above 46 minutes In contrast, Table 3.28 shows that a smaller proportion of students are able to access their study location from the West Village in less than 15 minutes (-17%) than in 2015 with all other categories showing increased numbers of students. This indicates that travel times to the West Village have increased Table 3.29 illustrates that there has been a significant increase in the numbers of students who are able to access the All Hospitals sites within a 15-minute journey (+38%) with a comparable reduction in journeys between minutes Table 3.29 also shows that, for travel to/from Langford, increases in the minute (+9%), minute (+4%) and over 90 minutes (+4%) travel distances are observed. Most of these increases are sourced from the minute group, which reports a 15% reduction since

30 Question 13: On the days that you are attending the University, on average how many return journeys do you make between your term time address and your place of study a day? 3.72 As shown in the pie chart below, a majority of students (69.5%) travel to their place of study once per day, with 96.2% of students making two or less return journeys to their place of study each day (down from 97% in 2015). These results are broadly consistent with the proportions of return trips in An exception is that there appears to be a slight shift from one return trip per day to two-per-day. Q13. On the days that you are attending the University, on average how many return journeys do you make between your term time address and your place of study a day? 0.3% 2.2% 0.4% 0.9% 26.7% 69.5%

31 3.73 The All Hospitals data, as shown in Table 3.31, illustrates that since 2015, a 17% reduction for one-trip (down from 95% to 78%) and a 22% increase for two-trips (up from 0% to 22%) respectively has been observed. Similarly, North Village/Stoke Bishop show a 13% decrease in one-trip (down from 74% to 61%) and a 10% increase in two-trips (up from 24% to 34%), with Langford also showing a similar pattern (-17% to 65%, and +7% to 25% respectively). In contrast, Table 3.30 shows that West Village/Clifton shows an increase in students only making one return trip per day (up 22% from 47% to 69%) and a decrease in two return trips (down 22% from 51% to 29%). Table 3.30: Residences Sub-analysis Q13 Zero journeys per day 1 return journey a day 2 return journeys a day 3 return journeys a day 4 return journeys a day 5 + return journeys a day North Village 1% 61% 34% 3% 1% 1% West Village 1% 69% 29% 2% 0% 0% East Village 0% 69% 27% 2% 0% 2% Table 3.31: Study Locations Sub-analysis Q13 Zero journeys per day 1 return journey a day 2 return journeys a day 3 return journeys a day 4 return journeys a day 5 + return journeys a day All Hospitals 0% 78% 22% 0% 0% 0% Langford 1% 65% 25% 4% 3% 1% 29

32 Question 14: Apart from when you are attending the University to study, what other/additional journeys do you make? 3.74 Students were asked to select other / additional journeys that they make other than their journey to and from their place of study. Respondents were presented with a list of 24 places as shown below in Table 3.32 and were given the opportunity to select Other and provide a separate answer. Respondents were able to select multiple options. Table 3.32: Journey Types/Destinations Other Than To/From Place of Study Type of Journey/Destination 2018 % Shopping (food) 89.3% Shopping (non-food) 72.9% Visiting friends/relatives in Bristol 64.6% General leisure trips 64.3% Library 64.1% Travel to/from home 58.2% Sports activities (excluding University pool and sports centres) 44.6% Bristol SU (excluding University swimming pool) 44.2% University societies 41.0% Personal healthcare 38.6% Conferences/workshops 30.9% University Sports Centre (Tyndall Avenue) 29.7% Employment 28.4% Coombe Dingle - Sports complex 23.1% Additional tuition outside of course 23.0% Voluntary work 20.1% University Swimming Pool 17.4% Student course placement 15.1% Place of worship 12.7% Music lesson/rehearsal 11.4% Other 11.3% Field work 9.6% Child/adult care 7.4% Care of animals e.g. horses 6.0% 3.75 When compared to 2015 survey data results, all of the above trip categories show an increase in the number of respondents undertaking other/additional trips. This includes shopping for food (+2%), non-food shopping (+9.3%), visiting friends (+7.3%), leisure trips (+6.8%), library (+6%), travel to/from home (+9.5%), sports (+8.0%), societies (+8.8%), healthcare (+14.5%), conferences (+6.0%), sports centre (+11.9%), and accessing the Students Union (+27.5%). 30

33 Table 3.33: Journey Types/Destinations Other Than To/From Place of Study Sub-Analysis Q14 Type of Journey/Destination North Village % West Village % East Village % All Hospitals % Langford % Shopping (food) 85% 89% 91% 90% 82% Shopping (non-food) 75% 75% 74% 73% 70% Visiting friends/relatives in Bristol 60% 73% 66% 61% 61% General leisure trips 57% 67% 66% 67% 66% Library 66% 72% 67% 55% 56% Travel to/from home 54% 63% 57% 55% 55% Sports activities (excluding University pool and sports centres) 43% 46% 46% 41% 39% Bristol SU (excluding University swimming pool) 45% 49% 45% 43% 37% University societies 41% 47% 43% 41% 30% Personal healthcare 42% 43% 39% 27% 30% Conferences/workshops 32% 36% 31% 35% 28% University Sports Centre (Tyndall Avenue) 33% 34% 32% 27% 25% Employment 31% 30% 30% 31% 28% Coombe Dingle - Sports complex 23% 27% 22% 16% 21% Additional tuition outside of course 33% 27% 23% 18% 20% Voluntary work 20% 25% 22% 22% 23% University Swimming Pool 25% 16% 16% 14% 15% Student course placement 22% 11% 13% 14% 20% Place of worship 15% 13% 14% 10% 7% Music lesson/rehearsal 17% 14% 12% 14% 8% Other 13% 11% 14% 10% 11% Field work 12% 12% 13% 6% 8% Child/adult care 11% 9% 8% 2% 8% Care of animals e.g. horses 10% 8% 5% 4% 7% 3.76 As Table 3.33 above illustrates, most of the trip categories display reasonably similar proportions regardless of the accommodation or study location. However, some notable differences are evident between sites. For instance, students living in the villages were more likely to travel to the library than those studying at Hospitals/Langford. Students studying at Langford or the Hospital sites also appear less inclined to undertake sports activities or societies compared to those living within the city. Both of these factors may be related to the facilities on offer within the vicinity of each site. 31