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Golden Mile Transport Meeting. 22nd July 2009. What I’m not going to tell you about. What is a Travel Plan How to do a travel plan The benefits of a travel plan Staff Health Punctuality Staff retention Environment Congestion Productivity Parking costs.
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Golden Mile Transport Meeting 22nd July 2009
What I’m not going to tell you about. • What is a Travel Plan • How to do a travel plan • The benefits of a travel plan • Staff Health • Punctuality • Staff retention • Environment • Congestion • Productivity • Parking costs
What can ACT TravelWise do for you? • Networking • Website • Events • Training • Factsheets • Awards • Regions • Campaign • ACTION magazine
What is ACT TravelWise • ACT TravelWise is the professional body for Smarter Choices and Travel Planning measures • Over 400 member organisations, both public and private sector • Independent – non-profit members association with elected directors • Important role in influencing decision makers & setting out “Best Practice” industry standards • Main body for the delivery of Travel Planning training courses in the UK • Links with partners in the USA, Europe and Australasia • The Association for Commuter Transport (ACT) and TravelWise merged in 2008 to form ACT TravelWise. • ACT was formed in 1997 by BAA, Nottinghamshire County Council, Boots, SDG and the DfT offering training and sharing best practice in Travel Planning • TravelWise was formed to provide a common brand for all local authorities involved in Smarter Choices work to use.
Website – www.acttravelwise.org Register for FREE - Receives up to 11,500 unique visitors a month
Events - 2009 • We are always keen to hear from practitioners for ideas for presentations and events. • Conferences • Spring – Big issues, London • Autumn – Papers from membership, 2009 hosted by Tyne and Wear • Masterclasses • Parking Management • Cycling • Stations • Travel Plan Networks • Training • Marketing • Introduction – September 7th
Awards • Apply now! Travel Planner of Year, Best Workplace for Commuters, Marketing Campaign of Year, Innovation of Year.
London Region • Free events for all London based organisations. • Next event – Marketing and PR – Millennium Gloucester Hotel – October 15th • Special offer: Free Training Course and ACT TravelWise membership for TfL Corporate clients
TravelWise Campaign • TravelWise Week: 16th – 22nd September • TravelWise brand • More to be announced
ACTION • Published twice a year – Spring/Summer & Autumn/Winter • HTML email – 6000+ Print - 1500 • Regional round-up • Hot-topic • Insight • Opinion • Day in the life • Call for articles from next week.
Special prizes “Does my battery look big in this?”
Questions? Rory McMullan – rory@acttravelwise.org