title: Developing a hospital travel plan: process and baseline findings from a western Sydney hospital.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development of a hospital travel plan and report baseline findings.
  
  
  METHODS
  The development of a travel plan involved an assessment of organisational barriers and enablers to travel planning, auditing of the transport to and physical environment of the hospital, a staff survey, analysis of distances staff travel to work and interviews with hospital managers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no significant organisational impediments to, and consistent managerial support for a travel plan. The staff survey response rate was similar to response rates in workplace surveys delivered mostly online via all staff emails (n = 804, 25%). The majority (83%) of respondents drove to work on most days during the week of the survey, and the majority of drivers (58%) said they were not trying to reduce their car use and not thinking of doing so. Half (47%) of all hospital staff (n = 3222) lived within 10 km and 25% lived within 5 km. People living 5-10 km from the hospital were more likely to be active travellers than were those living less than 5 km from the hospital (AOR 2.7, 95% (CI): 1.6-4.5), as were male than female staff (AOR 1.7, 95% CI: 1.1-2.9).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The process and baseline findings described in this paper are a useful reference for Australian hospitals developing travel plans.
authors.affiliation: Health Promotion Service, South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts, Level 9 North, King George V Building, Missenden Rd, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia. Email: .
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Petrunoff
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rissel
authors.forename: Li Ming
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Huilan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Meikeljohn
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schembri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001642:Bicycling; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009517:New South Wales; D010299:Parking Facilities; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014186:Transportation; D014195:Travel; D016138:Walking