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