Richard Armitage

1. Are we nearly there yet?
Q: We all know the facts but
transport is still contributing to
Transport & Obesity obesity - why is this?
Seminar, Manchester, 8 October 2007
A: An awkward combination:
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poor leadership, and
political confusion…
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Attitudes to car parking
Car parking as a metaphor?
Hospitals & car parking:
Resistance to change:
taking control
People in charge do not want to have
to make any changes to their own
parking arrangements or those of
their organisation
Same with obesity and transport; it is
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simply much easier not to change
Look at the following presentation…
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Out of control…
Car parking: taking control
Car parking policy
Administration & enforcement
Examples from elsewhere
Site Travel Plans: how parking
 Emergency vehicle access blocked
fits in
 Pedestrians obstructed
 Neighbours inconvenienced
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2. Out of control…
Car parking policy
General principles:
Parking is a privilege not a right
Granting permission to park
Needs-based parking system
 Management time spent on parking Allocating scarce resource equitably
 Silent majority’s resentment at Ensuring effective operation of the
minority “Geting away with it” Trust’s sites
 Lost parking revenues Honesty about where the money goes
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Fair allocation Parking permit for staff
Form design:
Unfair & inefficient:
Examples from other Trusts
First come, first served
Scoring system
Unfair, probably inefficient:
Public transport alternatives
Special parking privileges for certain
higher paid staff Dependents
Inefficient & poor PR: Fresh application each year:
Staff able to park nearer to key Circumstances change
entrances than patients & visitors
Privileges for car sharers
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New permit system New permit system
Process: Going live:
Consultation Invite applications
Agree permit criteria Evaluate applications
Agree charging regime Issue new permits
Deal with appeals
Design application form & permits
P-Day: Go Live
Agree administration
Enforcement: who to do this & how
Amend parking layout if necessary
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3. Ever more provision?
Parking at hospitals
Plymouth Derriford &
Addenbrooke’s Cambridge
Public transport: shift from car to bus
Wigan Infirmary &
Southampton General
Residents Parking Zone
Parking part of Travel Plan
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Access for patients
Technical issues
& visitors
Patients & visitors: Parking located near entrances
Pay & Display Short-stay: drop-off/collection
Pay On Foot Blue badge (quantity/quality)
Pay on Exit
Special circumstances:
Staff: Temporarily impaired
Monthly/Annual deduction Parents & children
Daily Charge Frequent visitors
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Staff parking Travel Plan
Shift workers & personal
Rochdale: condition of planning
security
permission = Travel Plan
NHS staff (non-Trust):
Development & background
Contractors’ staff
increase in activity levels
Community staff collecting equipment
& records (usually short-stay) Parking demand increasing
Training courses & students Travel Plan & Parking Policy
Contractors’ vehicles must work hand-in-glove
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4. Leadership
Ambition is absent; large-scale
See separate
solutions involving cycling and
walking are being avoided “Groningen”
How much of Greater Manchester’s
£3billion Transport Innovation Fund
bid will be spent on active travel?
presentation
Look what cross-party civic leaders
have achieved in Groningen…
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individualistic lifestyle choices
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