Park and ride (seasonal)

Baseline activity

Park and ride (seasonal)

Head of service

Chris Sane

Date

11 January 2005

Services provided, number of staff and equipment

• Park and ride
• City centre bus services
• Public information terminals
• JC Decaux/advertising and shelter installations

Specification

Park and ride

For 2004 there is a Christmas Shoppers Sunday special, which runs from Coypool and Milehouse. The park and ride operates until 8.30pm on 20, 21 and 22 December and until 9.30pm on Thursday late night shopping evenings. During the late night shopping evenings there is an offer of free parking in all city centre car parks between 4pm and 9pm. A concessionary 80p return fare will be available on all travel into the city centre after 4pm from within the boundaries of the city. This includes the Park and Ride from Coypool and Milehouse.

Summer 2004 saw a ‘quid per car’ park and ride promotion for both Milehouse and Coypool sites.

A new Park and Ride site is being developed on the A386 (Airport site) which will improve links through Derriford Hospital, Milehouse into the city centre.

City centre bus service

Firstbus offered a special fare promotion for travel into the city centre on Saturdays and Sunday from 20 November until Christmas.

Approximately 150-160, commercial and subsidised, bus services per hour (daytime peak) service Royal Parade per hour. 110 services per hours via the viaduct and 40 services per hour via Union Street.

Less services operate outside retail opening times.

Terminals

4 Public information terminals operate within the city centre providing a variety of ‘free to use’ electronic services/channels for city centre users, including: public transport journey planning, car share enquiries, job search, council information, street service fault reporting etc. Services and channels offered can be developed over time.

JC Decaux

As part of a city-wide advertising and street furniture maintenance contract a variety of commercial and 18 ‘Council information panels’ (6-sheet) are offered in the city centre. This contract provides, inclusive of replacement and maintenance, all bus shelters within the city centre. A significant number of non-advertising shelters are fitted with solar powered lighting. The council information panels can be used for the promotion of council services and events at a significantly reduced cost. The advertising exclusivity contract preclude any other advertising within the city.

Performance measure

• Park and ride
  

  Number of passenger trip/by time per site - TBC

• City centre bus services
  

  Number of services offered commercially or through subsidy per hour by time/by weekday - TBC.

• Public information terminals
  

  Number of ‘hits’ or channel sessions served per terminal point - TBC.

• JC Decaux
  

  Number of city centre shelters, number of commercial advertising panels in city centre - number of ‘council information panels’ in city centre - TBC.

Non-compliance procedure

• Park and ride
  

  Services are provided by Plymouth Citybus under contract to the City Council including SLA and operational standards. Contract to be re-tenderered 2006.

• City centre bus services
  

  Vast majority of services provided commercially by Plymouth Citybus and First Devon and Cornwall (+ some minor operators). Failure to operate registered services within an statutory agreed late/early running window can lead to commercial fines by Area Traffic Commissioners.

• Public information terminals
  

  Service provided under contract for 20 years including SLA and Maintenance procedures.

• JC Decaux
  

  20 year advertising exclusivity contract across the City’s administrative boundary.

Existing value of contract/service

• Park and ride
  

  Contract and tender prices commercially sensitive.

• City centre bus services
  

  Vast majority provided commercially by Citybus operators

• Public information terminals
  

  Contract and tender prices commercially sensitive.

• JC Decaux
  

  Contract and tender price commercially sensitive.

Boundary area

City of Plymouth.

Proposed BID additional activity

Provide a free/subsidized fully liveried bus, managed by a local bus operator.

Cost of BID additional activity

£50,000

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