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Travel Plans Newsletter - Third edition

Welcome to the March edition of the SWELTRAC Travel Plans Newsletter, and the beginning of Spring(!). In this issue you will find details on Walk to Work Week, as well as a competition run by the City of London, which is open to organisations and individuals across London. We hope that you will enjoy reading this latest edition, please get in touch if you would like any assistance with your travel plan.
 

Walk to Work WeekWalk to Work Week 2010

The annual Walk to Work Week will be taking place from 26-30 April 2010. SWELTRAC would like to encourage all of our clients to take part in this fantastic event and to help you get walking we will be providing a free Active Travel Workplace Toolkit to all participating organisations. To receive your free toolkit please email Kevin or call 020 8487 5036. A prize draw will be held for all participating workplaces in the SWELTRAC area.
In addition, Living Streets are developing an online tool, which will enable workplaces to track the impact of the week. This will allow individual employees to track their own progress in terms of distance walked and calories burned.  For more information on the event please visit the Walk to Work Week website.
 

Travel information leafletsHalf price travel information leaflets!

For a limited time only, SWELTRAC is offering 50% off the cost of bespoke site-specific travel information leaflets for your workplace. St Paul's Church in Kingston have recently taken up this offer and are now able to provide detailed public transport, walking and cycling information to all staff and visitors to the church. For more information please visit our website, or contact Nick by email or phone: 020 8487 5364. This offer is only available until 15th March, so please get in touch as soon as possible.

 

St Paul's ChurchWWT London Wetland CentreCase Studies

During the past year we have been working with around 60 organisations in south and west London. Two of these, St Paul’s Church in Kingston and the London Wetland Centre in Barnes have signed off their travel plans and we are pleased to present some feedback from them in the form of case studies. Please click on the images to view the full articles (pdf).

All change, please

On the 15th–19th March 2010, the City of London will launch a free competition encouraging people across London to reduce their carbon footprint. It will be a great way to get offices engaged and educated about sustainability and climate change. Each day every player must gain a carbon credit, for example taking the stairs instead of the lift, riding their bike to work etc. After an individual completes a sustainable action he/she will be able to play. There will be two winners, one will receive a new bicycle from Condor and the other will receive an eco holiday in Cornwall. You can register for the competition here and please contact Jenette Coduto (email or phone 020 7332 1811) at the City of London for marketing materials and further information.

Cycle Superhighways

This summer, London’s first Cycle Superhighways are being launched and businesses located on or near these routes may be eligible for free support from TfL to help get their staff moving!
Superhighways will provide safe, fast and direct cycling routes between central and outer London.  The Cycle Superhighways project aims to:

Merton to the City (via Wandsworth, Lambeth and Southwark) is one of the first two routes to be created. For further information and to view some artist's impressions of the Superhighways, visit the TfL website. 

NHS pool cycle kits

SWELTRAC is responsible for facilitating the South & West London NHS Travel Plan Network. We have recently distributed some Subregional Group Funding to the members, with the majority allocated to pool cycling equipment for 5 trusts. These kits contained 2 high visibility waterproof jackets, waterproof trousers, a pump, puncture repair kits, a multitool and some chain lubricant. These kits are aimed to allow NHS staff to do basic repairs and maintenance on their bikes and to encourage use of bikes for work. We will be providing feedback on these kits in the near future.

Smarter Travel Richmond

SWELTRAC has been working closely with 24 businesses in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames to assess their travel needs and to support and promote walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing.  Further to this through the Smarter Travel Richmond upon Thames programme, all local businesses developing a travel plan will have access to exclusive benefits including free one-to-one Smarter Driving lessons.  Smarter Driving will be provided by the Energy Savings Trust and will be available until May 2010. Click here for more information on the Smarter Travel programme.