News
Talks and Articles
I spoke on 'The Role of the Bus in Travel Plans' at the Omnibus Society, London, on 30 September 2003.
I spoke at a 'Travel Plan Co-ordination' conference at Aston University, Birmingham, England, on 19 December 2003 on 'Travel Plans - do they work? Some concerns in the health sector'.
On 26 February 2004 Warwickshire and Worcestershire County Councils held a seminar for businesses on 'Travel Plans and the Planning Process'. I gave a presentation on 'How a Travel Plan can deliver your business goals'.
I spoke again at Aston on 17 March 2004 on 'Travel Plans: getting off the ground in business parks'.
On 7-8 July 2004 PTRC held their Second UK Transport Practitioners Meeting, 'Turning Ideas into Reality' at Aston University. I presented a paper on 'Travel Plans - Getting Public Transport Operators on Board'.
I have had an article about introducing Travel Plans at business parks published in the October 2004 edition of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport's journal Focus.
I have co-authored an article with transport and health consultant Adrian Davis about Travel Plans in the health sector. It appears in the October 2004 edition of Health Estate, the journal of the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management.
An article in Planning (2 December 2005) highlights the failure of many District Councils, as local planning authorities, to develop their own Travel Plans, thereby setting a bad example.
I presented a paper 'Cycling to the Train' on 24 July 2007 at the PTRC 5th Transport Practitioners Meeting, 'Ideas into Reality' at the University of Manchester.
On 13 June 2008 I talked to the National Business Travel Network about the role of Travel Plans in 'Employee Recruitment and Retention: The Business Case'. See www.nbtn.org.uk/downloads.html
I presented a paper 'Travel Plan Benefits for Employers - Making the Human Resources Link' on 15 July 2008 at the PTRC 6th Transport Practitioners Meeting, 'Ideas into Reality', at the University of Reading.
Travel Plans work!
42% of staff arrived for work by car in 2004, compared with 74% in 1993, at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge. Bus use is up from 4% to 23%, cycling from 17% to 25% and walking from 4% to 10%.
At Stockley Park business park near Heathrow Airport car use fell 20% between 1998 and 2003.
Tax and Travel Plans
HM Revenue & Customs gives various tax concessions to businesses doing Travel Plans. Check them out on www.hmrc.gov.uk/green-transport
'Cutting Your Car Use, save money, be healthy, be green!'
by Anna Semlyen
An updated version of this great little book was published in November 2003. It will help your organisation and staff make savings on travel costs, reduce parking congestion, reduce corporate fleet bills and improve employees' health. It's designed for bulk purchase by companies, local authorities, schools, universities, colleges and NHS Trusts, indeed anyone who generates a lot of travel. Costing just £3-95, bulk orders can bring this down to £1-00. And overprinting on the back cover with your logo etc is free on orders of 5,000 or more.
Contact Paul Rossiter or John Elford at Green Books:
01803 863260 sales@greenbooks.co.uk
www.greenbooks.co.uk
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