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Access & Parking Strategy For Health Campuses in the Perth Metropolitan Area Russell Bance Martin Hicks Delivering a Healthy WA Project Objectives Begin to address car parking shortages at Perth hospitals
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Access & Parking Strategy For Health Campuses in the Perth Metropolitan Area Russell Bance Martin Hicks Delivering a Healthy WA
Project Objectives • Begin to address car parking shortages at Perth hospitals • Enable patients, visitors, volunteers and staff who need car parking most to park at each site • Encourage staff to carpool, walk, cycle or use public transport • Ensure access to car parking for staff is equitable and consistently applied • Limit the impact of traffic on the community
Principles • Eventually Parking will be administered on a user pays basis • Fees will be introduced in a staged process over 4 years • No fee increases until 1 January 2011
Priority Groups Priority Group 1 • Patient and Visitors • All rotating shift workers (working outside Monday to Friday 7.00am to 6.30pm) • Staff who regularly work between campuses (3 times or more per week) • Emergency call out staff while on call • ACROD permit holders • Couriers / laboratory vehicles / maintenance vehicles / contractor vehicles • Government vehicles • Medical Consultants • Voluntary transport drivers and volunteers Priority Group 2 • Car poolers and Green Permit Holders • Demonstrated primary carers • Where comparative total travel time via public transport exceeds private travel time by more than 45 mins per journey • Journeys where public transport is not available Priority Group 3 • Staff who only work inside of Monday to Friday 7.00am to 6.30pm
Where do my fees go? • Car park infrastructure-”Pay as you go” • Lighting • Maintenance of Car Parks • End of trip facilities – showers / bike racks • Signage • Car Pooling Register • TravelSmart
What else is going on? • PTA solutions – negotiate for increased bus services • Staff discount on public transport • Bicycle User Groups • Offsite parking solutions • Travel Plans • Green Commuter parking • Online Car Pooling Register to be created
Process – What will I need to do? • Complete an application and payroll deduction form • Signed by Head of Department • Submit to Metropolitan Access & Parking Dept • If parking approved permit posted to you • Attach permit to vehicle when parking onsite
Thank you for listening • Any questions???? • PLEASE NOTE: We are unable to discuss questions relating to personal circumstances in this forum