Travel Plans and Car Clubs
Travel Plans
Following the Government’s 1998 Transport White Paper and PPG13 published in 2001, many businesses and organisations are now required to draw up Travel Plans.
Developing a Travel Plan Strategy for your Organisation
What is a Travel Plan?
It’s a term used to describe a package of measures aimed at reducing reliance on the car and promoting more sustainable modes of travel. It involves the development of a set of objectives, initiatives and targets that, together, can enable your organisation to reduce the impact of travel and transport on the environment, whilst also bringing other benefits to you as an employer and to your staff.
A long-term strategy that will grow and develop with time and the changing circumstances of your organisation and the environment in which it works.
Your own, unique Travel Plan
A Travel Plan can address different types of travel associated with an organisation’s activities including commuter trips, business travel, deliveries and journeys made by visitors to your premises. Dependent upon your own site circumstances, your Travel Plan could address any number of these different elements of travel.
Mayer Brown offers a means by which you can manage the Travel Plan process and successfully achieve recognition for acting in an environmentally responsible way.
A successful Travel Plan will influence travel behaviour and achieve a shift towards increased use of sustainable transport modes – walk, cycle, public transport, car-share etc. Mayer Brown will tailor your travel plan to reflect your organisation’s needs and site characteristics.
What are the benefits?
For the employer:
- Help in securing planning permission for new developments.
- Better utilisation of available office floor-space by hot desking.
- Cost saving by reducing parking demand.
- Reduced congestion leading to improved access in the vicinity of your site.
- Wider travel choices to improve staff recruitment and retention.
- Strengthens environmental credentials and image.
- Public relations and marketing opportunities.
- Could release parking areas for further development.
For the employee:
- Cost savings.
- Improved health and fitness.
- Less stressful commuting.
- Increased choice of travel options.
- Improved on site facilities.
- General improvement in quality of life.
- Services and advice offered by Mayer Brown:
- Selecting the elements of the strategy and deciding on timing of their introduction.
- Planning the site assessments and audits.
- Survey design.
- Piloting of the questionnaire.
- Analysis of the questionnaire.
- Setting objectives, targets, and indicators.
- Liaising with local authority departments to secure approval of the Travel Plan.
The next step and how Mayer Brown can help
Different organisations will have different requirements regarding travel plans, depending upon which stage in the travel plan process they are at. It may be that you are at an early stage and are unsure how to proceed or that you have already developed a travel plan and require advice on the effectiveness of the plan. Whatever your situation, Mayer Brown has the resources and expertise to provide solutions to meet your Travel Plan needs.