Air Quality PortAir website (Portsmouth City Council's Air Quality Website) (www.portair.co.uk)
Alternative Fuels
Alternative Working Methods
Campaigns &
Campaigning
Car Sharing
Case Studies
Cycling
Environment
Financial
Fleet Management
Health
Legislation / Government
Initiatives
Local Events
Local Transport Developments
Newsletters
Resources
School Travel Plans
Walking
Weather
Air Quality
Alternative Fuels
Energy Saving Trust - Information on alternative fuels, fleets and Green Travel Plans (www.est.org.uk/fleet/)
Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (www.lowcvp.org.uk/)
DFT Publication Drive Cleaner Drive Cheaper (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/downloadable/dft_roads_508249.pdf)
Alternative Working Methods
Telework Association (www.tca.org.uk)
Campaigns & Campaigning Organisations
Campaigns
You could tie in your Travel Plan with any of the following
campaigns:
Bike to Work Week (Annual – June) (www.bikeweek.org.uk)
Green Transport Week (Annual – June) organised by the Environmental Transport Association (www.eta.co.uk/news/newsview.asp?n=193)
European Mobility Week (third week September) (www.mobilityweek-europe.org)
In Town Without My Car! 22nd September (www.itwmc.gov.uk)
Lift Share Day (2nd week June) (www.liftshare.org) National Bike Week (Annual – June) (www.bikeweek.org.uk) World Environment Day (5th June each year) (www.unep.org/wed/2006/) World Health Day in April (www.who.int/world-health-day/en) Commission for Integrated Transport (www.cfit.gov.uk) Environmental Transport Association (www.eta.co.uk) Living Streets (was Pedestrians Association) (www.livingstreets.org.uk) Transport 2000 is the independent national body concerned
with sustainable transport.(www.transport2000.org.uk
) Travelwise - Travel awareness in the UK, helpful advice
for local businesses (www.travelwise.org.uk) Car Sharing HantsCarShare (www.hantscarshare.com) LiftShare (www.liftshare.com) National CarShare (www.nationalcarshare.co.uk) Car Clubs City Car Club (www.citycarclub.co.uk)
Case studies
Making Travel Plans Work:Lessons from UK Case Studies (http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_504107.pdf), Bicycle Business(www.bikebiz.co.uk) Company of Cyclists (www.companyofcyclists.com) CTC (Cyclist’s Touring Club) (www.ctc.org.uk)
Campaigning Organisations
Contact these campaigning organisations for support, information
and advice:
ACT Association of Commuter Transport (www.act-uk.com)
Car Sharing & Car Clubs
Local
University of Portsmouth (www.port.ac.uk/departments/services/campusenvironment/)
National
National companies with successful Travel Plans
Cycling
Council Cycle Maps (www.cyclemaps.org.uk)
Cycle City Guides (www.cyclecityguides.co.uk)
Cycling in Hampshire (www.hants.gov.uk/cycling/index.html)
LifeCycle (www.lifecycleuk.org.uk)
National Bike Week – annual bike event (www.bikeweek.org.uk)
National Cycling Strategy / Cycling England (www.nationalcyclingstrategy.org.uk)
Sustrans - sustainable transport charity – solutions for cycling, walking and public transport (www.sustrans.org.uk)
AtoB - Folding bikes, electric bikes, trailers, trikes and alternative transport (www.atob.org.uk)
Velovision – Specialised bike magazine (www.velovision.co.uk) Why Cycle (www.whycycle.co.uk)
Air Quality (www.airquality.co.uk)
Carbon Trust (www.carbontrust.co.uk)
Climate Change (DEFRA) (www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/index.htm)
Egeneration - Business resource efficiency (www.egeneration.co.uk/hants)
EMAS (Eco-management and audit system) (www.emas.org.uk)
Energy Saving Trust (www.est.org.uk/fleet/) Environment Agency (www.environment-agency.gov.uk/) GAP (Global Action Plan) (www.globalactionplan.org.uk)
ISO 14001 - International Organisation for Standardisation(www.iso.ch)
Sustainable Development (www.sustainable-development.gov.uk)
World Energy Council (www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis) Company Car Taxation (www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/cars/) HM Revenues and Customs Green Transport Information (www.hmrc.gov.uk/green-transport/index.htm)
Travel Rates and Mileages (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/travel.htm)
Vehicle Excise Duty Calculator - for new vehicles purchased
after 1st March 2001 (www.Vcacarfueldata.org.uk/ved_calculator.asp) British Vehicle Renting and Leasing Association (www.bvrla.co.uk)
Car Costs Calculator – find out how much your car really
costs (www.semlyen.net/transport/addup.xls)
Company Cars – Information from HM Customs and Revenue
(www.hmrc.gov.uk/cars)
CO2 Emissions CO2 Emissions Free Fleet Health Check (www.est.org.uk/fleet/healthcheck)
Freight Transport Association (www.fta.org.uk)
Institute of Advanced Motoring - for fleet training (www.iam.org.uk)
Institute of Car Fleet Management (www.icfmonline.co.uk)
VED - changes to Vehicle Excise Duty. The amount charged
will be linked to the car's exhaust emissions. Further details can be
found at the Driver Vehicle Licensing Agency website (www.dvla.gov.uk/newved.htm) British Heart Foundation (www.bhf.org.uk) Diabetes (www.diabetes.org.uk)
NICE (National Institute for Clinical Excellence) (www.nice.org.uk)
Suzy Lamplugh Trust – Personal Safety (www.suzylamplugh.org)
World Health Organisation (www.who.int/home-page)
Rio Earth Summit 1992 Earth Summit 2002 (www.earthsummit2002.org)
Kyoto Climate Change Protocol (1997) (www.unfccc.int/essential_background/kyoto_protocol/items/2830.php)
PPG13 (Planning Policy Guidance 13) (1994) Environmental Act (1995) (www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950025_en_1.htm) Transport White Paper (1998) A New Deal for Transport
– Better for Everyone July 1998 10 Year Transport Plan July 2000 The Future of Transport White Paper July 2004 DFT (Department for Transport) (www.dft.gov.uk)
GOSE (Government Office of the South East) (www.go-se.gov.uk)
SEEDA (South East England Development Agency) (www.seeda.co.uk)
Motoring Portal (www.direct.gov.uk/Motoring/fs/en) Local Events Commuter Challenge Portsmouth Bike2Work Day Green Travel Roadshow Local Transport
Developments Mono Rail – Proposed monorail running along the western
side of Portsmouth. nb There is no website link at the moment.
Portsmouth City Council Second Local Transport Plan (http://www.portsmouthcc.gov.uk/living/5178.html)
Towards a New Transport Strategy for Portsmouth (http://www.portsmouthcc.gov.uk/living/3887.html)
SHRT (South Hants Rapid Transit) and LRT Light Rapid Transit (www.hants.gov.uk/lrt/)
Transport Solutions for the South Coast - SOCOMMS (www.socomms.org.uk) Active Travel - a newsletter from Sustrans (www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1146564774468)
Carplus - Newsletter of the Car Plus Network (www.carplus.org.uk/carplus/indexsummer06.htm).
Go Green - monthly update from Portsmouth City Council (http://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/7978.html) Resource - Newsletter of the Southampton Environment Centre(www.environmentcentre.com/ReSourceMagazine.php) Travel Plan News - Newsletter of the TransportEnergy Best Practice Programme - put Travel Plan News in the search box (www.est.org.uk/fleet/publications )
Transport Times (http://www.transporttimes.co.uk)
Resources Cutting Your Car Use – Save money, be healthy, be green
(http://www.cuttingyourcaruse.co.uk)
DFT Travel Plan Evaluation Tool(http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_504134.hcsp)
Guidance on the Assessment of Travel Plans (accompanies DFT Travel Plan Evaluation Tool) (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_504135.hcsp)
Gloucestershire County Council Business Travel Plan Tool Kit (www.gloscc.gov.uk/businesstravel)
Portsmouth City Council Series of Green Travel Leafletswww.chamber.org.uk/SignPOST/forum.htm#SignPOST%20Forum%20Publicity%20Material Portsmouth City Council - series of free travel plan leaflets available to order or download Personal Travel Factsheets (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_control/documents/contentservertemplate/dft_index.hcst?n=7223&l=3)
Making Travel Plans Work - Lessons from UK Case Studies (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_504107.pdf
Making Residential Travel Plans Work - Guidelines for New Developments (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/page/dft_susttravel_040603.hcsp
Traffic Advisory Leaflets DTLR (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_roads/documents/page/dft_roads_030399.hcsp)
Transport Statistics (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_control/documents/contentservertemplate/dft_index.hcst?n=6875&l=1)
School Travel
Plans Safe Routes To Schools (SUSTRANS) (www.saferoutestoschools.org.uk)
Safe Routes To Schools (Portsmouth City Council) (www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/649.html)
TravelWise Safe Routes to Schools (www.travelwise.org.uk/default.asp?p=14)
Wired for Health (www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk)
Young Transnet – help with undertaking travel surveys in schools (www.youngtransnet.org.uk) Walking Local Portsmouth Healthy Walks - Health Improvement & Development Service
TEL: 023 9284 1560
Portsmouth Healthy Walks online (www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/5877.html) Walking in Hampshire (www.hants.gov.uk/walking/index.html) Weather
Environment
Financial
Car Cost Calculator – find out how much your car really costs you
(www.semlyen.net/transport/addup.xls)
Fleet Management
Association of Car Fleet Operators (www.acfo.org)
(Cars first registered between January 1998 to 28 February 2001)
– offered by Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) - (www.smmt.co.uk/co2)
(Cars first registered from 1 March 2001)
Check CO2 emissions for new cars on the Vehicle Certification Agency website
at (www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk)
Health
Legislation / Government
Initiatives
Highlighted international concern at levels of pollution
arising from transport emissions.
Resulted in imposition of legally binding targets to reduce greenhouse
emissions.
Aims to ensure co-ordination between land use planning and transport and
enable reduced reliance on the car (www.odpm.gov.uk/index.asp?id=1144015)
Road Traffic Reduction Act (1997)
Places a statutory requirement on local authorities to monitor traffic
levels on local roads and consider setting targets for reducing traffic
levels. (www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/1997054.htm)
(www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_about/documents/page/dft_about_610276.hcsp
)
The government’s long-term strategy for delivering a quicker, safer, more
punctual and environmentally friendly transport system over the next ten
years.
(http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_about/documents/page/dft_about_503944.hcsp)
the White Paper looks at the factors that will shape travel and transport over the next thirty years
(http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_about/documents/divisionhomepage/031259.hcsp)
Next years Challenge will be held on Wednesday 9th May 2007 (Contact Amanda Morris 023 9284 1332)
Next years Bike2Work Day will be on Wednesday 20th June 2007 (Contact Amanda Morris 023 9284 1332)
We are able to bring a Green Travel Roadshow to your site. We can bring freebies and information leaflets and display and will talk to your your staff to help them make more sustainable choices for the journey to work.(Contact Amanda Morris 023 9284 1332)
A3 Bus Priority Route (www.hants.gov.uk/a3buscorridor/)
Newsletters
under 'Publications'.
A Travel Plan Resource Pack for Employers available from Energy Saving Trust TEL 0845 602 1425
or look on the EST website to download a copy (Look under Travel Plans) (www.est.org.uk/fleet/publications )
School Travel Plans (www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_susttravel/documents/divisionhomepage/031339.hcsp)
Weather - 5 Day forecast (www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=3143)