Thursday, October 22 2009
The first personalised travel plan (PTP) project in Tyne and Wear is being developed through a partnership between transport planner JMP and Tyne and Wear Smarter Choices Team.
Some 2,000 households are being targeted in the Low Fell area of Gateshead, with the Smarter Choices Team managing overall and day-to-day operation, overseeing temporary travel advisor staff and conducting before and after monitoring.
Local lessons learned through this pilot project will be applied in any further PTP plans for the region. The partnering arrangement will allow expertise to be developed within the commissioning authority enabling PTP to be mainstreamed into everyday activity, rather than being reliant upon commissioning consultants for one-off projects.
JMP has assisted with advice on project implementation and has organised the recruitment and training of staff. As well as providing the Team with advice on office procedures, JMP has also used its specially developed PTP database for managing the household engagement process.
The Smarter Choices Team is a partnership working on behalf of the regional transport body Nexus and the five local authorities of Tyne and Wear.