
Travel surveys were undertaken in mid 2006 with patients, visitors and staff to determine how people travelled to and from the QEIIMC site. The results are as follows:
Statistic |
Percentage of journeys |
Number of journeys per day |
Employees |
Car driver (sole occupant) |
85% |
2480 parked cars (b) |
Bus/train |
6% |
~200 |
Car passenger |
3% |
9% (a) |
~100 |
Motorcycle |
1% |
~30 |
Walk |
2% |
~70 |
Cycle |
2% |
~70 |
Patients and Visitors |
Car (that was parked) |
78% |
Maximum use = 700 bays (bays all multi-use) |
Car passenger (pick up/set down) |
4% |
(c) |
Bus/train |
10% |
(c) |
Taxi |
4% |
(c) |
Walk |
4% |
4% (a) |
(c) |
Cycle |
<1% |
(c) |
Hospital transport |
2% |
(c) |
Ambulance |
<1% |
(c) |
(a) small volumes – rounding issues mean that total does not sum to 100%.
(b)
includes 125 at Oral Health Centre – note some shared use of parking bays, for example morning/afternoon part time employees.
(c)
Not counted.
The total 24 hour traffic to and from QEIIMC is about 19,400 vehicles per day.
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