TfGM Personal Travel Planning for Businesses

What is Personal Travel Planning? (PTP)

•       Method of encouraging people to make more sustainable travel choices.

•       Reduce reliance on private car and encourage more trips by public transport, on foot and by bike.

•       Focus on commuter trips in peak periods.

•       Employees offered personalised travel information to raise awareness of alternatives and benefits, as well as incentives for more active and sustainable travel.

•       Post intervention travel patterns are re-evaluated to identify any changes in behaviour.

Benefits of PTP

Business:

•       Reduce demand for parking spaces.

•       Reduced travel costs for employers.

•       Healthier, more active workforce.

•       Meet planning requirements e.g. Travel Plans

•       CSR and environmental goals. 

•       Assist with recruitment and retention.

Employees:

•       Cost savings.

•       Time savings.

•       Improved health.

What has been delivered in GM?

•       Worked with over 200 employers providing travel advice to over 20,000 employees.

•       Issued over 4,500 one day bus tickets and over 1,000 Metrolink tickets to employees who were car drivers.

The PTP Process

New Limited Offer - Electronic PTP (ePTP)

•       Online Travel Survey.

•       Personal journey plan including travel factsheet and incentives/discounts is emailed directly to employees.

•       No printed materials.

•       No internal distribution of travel packs required.

•       Quicker, greener and more cost effective.

Next Steps – How to get involved

•       Personal Travel Planning – Currently available up to 31st March 2017. 

•       Contact your TfGM Business Travel Advisor or lucy.low@aecom.com / 0161 601 1723.

Trafford Park Metrolink Line Public Events

As you may be aware Greater Manchester’s Metrolink network is now set to expand further after the plans for the Trafford Park Line (TPL) were approved in October 2016.

This new route will offer fast, frequent connections to jobs, leisure, shopping and cultural destinations along the route and across the wider tram network. The 5.5km long route includes six new tram stops and leaves the existing network at Pomona, passes under Trafford Road bridge and runs along the canal side before traversing Trafford Wharf Road, Warren Bruce Road, Village Way, Park Way, Barton Dock Road and terminating at the Trafford Centre. Works on this new extension will start this Year and we anticipate that they will last approximately four years.

Preliminary construction and utility works are due to start next week and as part of these works there will be isolated localised traffic management along the route which may also result in isolated lane closures.

TfGM will be running a number of public events along the proposed route week commencing 9th January 2017, where the project team will be on hand to answer questions and provide more information.

Details of information events:

TfGM will provide project updates, travel advice and news updates through an electronic newsletter. To sign up for these please visit www.tfgm.com/MetrolinkTPL. To find updates through social media look for #MetrolinkTPL.

Your help in communicating this information would be greatly appreciated and so I have attached some assets and a schedule of Tweets, in addition to project leaflet and maps which can be printed or uploaded digitally.

TfGM will continue to work closely with Trafford Council, engage with stakeholders along the route and will provide more information as we progress with the scheme. However, if you feel you or your business would benefit from a meeting or information event, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our team at MetrolinkTPL@tfgm.com or call us on 0161 244 1555 (lines open during office hours).

Yours faithfully,

Bethan Stanway

Trafford Park Line Communications Officer

Transport for Greater Manchester

Bridgewater Way New Cycleway including link to MediaCityUK

TfGM has provided details of six new cycleways in Greater Manchester which have been designed as an attractive and convenient way to travel by bike, linking communities with town and city centres and areas of employment, education and training. 

Further information on the six new cycleways is available at www.tfgm.com/Cycleways

Cycling or walking to work is great for your health: here’s why...

Only 66% of men and 56% of women in England claim to meet the recommended amount of physical activity per week. As this is self-reported the actual figure may be even lower.

That’s a lot of us who know we should be doing more to look after our health. Keeping active can set you up for good health now and later in life.

Please click here for the full article with some interesting facts and figures..!

Salford Quays Area Travel Planning Workshop

Businesses based in Salford Quays are urged to come and find out how they can access a range of exclusive initiatives, incentives and practical support which can help save time and money, and improve business efficiency.

Over a coffee and a pastry, Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) will provide a comprehensive briefing on how businesses can benefit from a range of products available through their Travel Choices programme, including:

·         The Travel Choices Offer:  Find out how your business can benefit from up to £10,000 worth of funding to support measures such as purchasing a pool of Brompton bikes, improving facilities for cyclists or funding a reward or incentive scheme for sustainable travellers.  Hear about our free cycle training, maintenance sessions and taster tickets available to staff.

·         Personalised Journey Plans:  Hear how TfGM can provide individualised travel information to your staff and new starters.

·         Travel Demand Management Projects: Find out how your business can participate in an exciting pilot project along the A580.

·         Salford Quays Area Travel Planning: Transport Consultants Mott MacDonald want to understand the challenges businesses experience at the Quays to explore new opportunities for greater collaboration on transport initiatives.

In addition, there’ll also be an opportunity for you to ask us any transport-related questions and network with other businesses.

The breakfast briefing will take place on Thursday 12th January at 8.30am – 10.30am in the Marketing Suite, Orange Tower, at MediaCityUK.

Please confirm your attendance by replying to gettinghere@mediacityuk.co.uk or register your interest here.

Businesses urged to join Greater Manchester sustainable travel revolution

Greater Manchester businesses are being urged to sign up for free sustainable travel support – including grants of up to £10,000 – to save money, increase productivity and help create a healthier workforce.

Transport for Greater Manchester’s (TfGM’s) Travel Choices business team has helped 500 companies since it launched three years ago and now wants more firms to enjoy the advantages of encouraging employees to leave the car at home when they commute.

Once they become members of its Business Travel Network, companies and staff can benefit from exclusive initiatives and practical support to make travelling to work by foot, bike and public transport easier.

Some businesses have built cycling lockers, showers and changing facilities by successfully applying for grants of up to £10,000, while others have enjoyed free public transport taster tickets, loan bikes, organised walking and cycling events, workshops and bespoke travel advice for employees.

For further information please click here.