Current TravelSmart projects
Sustrans is currently working on Personalised Travel Planning (PTP) projects aimed at reducing car use and increasing the number of journeys made on foot, by bike and public transport in Wales.
The projects started in Cardiff in 2011 and will run until 2014, with the aim of reaching more than 100,000 households across the country. Project teams will offer personalised travel information and support to enable people to choose to walk, cycle and use public transport more often.
Teams will work in Pontypridd, Barry and Caerphilly after Cardiff, then in other Sustainable Travel Centres in Wales.
Travel behaviour in all of the above locations will be evaluated using a series of detailed surveys, together with monitoring of public transport use.
Lee Waters, Sustrans Cymru Director, said: ‘‘We’ll work with people at school, work and home, helping them to make changes to their daily travel choices when and where it suits them. If each family replaced one car journey a week with a more sustainable alternative it can make a big difference. Taking this approach in areas of England has shown a reduction in car trips of at least 10 per cent. It’s an ambitious project with the potential to bring about sustained change in the way the people of Wales use their cars."
The project is being funded by Welsh Government and led by Sustrans and partners Socialdata, with support from Cardiff Council and Vale of Glamorgan Council in the current phase.
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