Pages tagged with 'travel plans'

GoLow Project Update (P. Fox 06.09.11)

 

Powerpoint presentation from Pierre Fox, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership, given at the NHS South West Sustainability Network meeting held in Taunton on 06 September 2011. The presentation covers the GoLow project, which was designed to meet the challenges of delivering community health and social care services in a sustainable way and discussion of the integrated network of low emission cars and electric bikes

Cycling Investment Shown to Improve Health

Tue, 02/03/2010

An unprecedented investment in cycling has improved the public’s health in six Cycling Demonstration Towns – and has had a positive impact on its most inactive citizens according to new statistics published today. The new analysis of research conducted in partnership with the National Obesity Observatory and Sustrans, shows the impact an increase in cycling has had on public health - with a 10 per cent reduction in the number of people classified as physically inactive.

Car parking consultation

Fri, 12/02/2010

The Department of Health is running a consultation on NHS Car parking: improv­ing access for patients. Please respond to the consultation by 23rd February 2010. Car parking is an important topic for the NHS to get to grips with espe­cially the impact on patients and visitors and the impact on the environment needs to be taken into account. The NHS SDU response to the consultation will be available on the SDU website by Friday 12th February 3pm. Access the consultation by clicking this link. The consultation form and ad­dress is at the end:

Travel Actively Annual Review

 

Travel Actively is a portfolio of projects from the Active Travel Consortium that addresses health and well-being through regular walking and cycling across England. The Annual Report for 2009 includes a case study of the Exeter Sustrans TravelSmart programme.

Travel Actively Annual Review

Fri, 05/02/2010

Travel Actively is a portfolio of projects from the Active Travel Consortium that addresses health and well-being through regular walking and cycling across England. The Annual Report for 2009 includes a case study of the Exeter Sustrans TravelSmart programme. The PDF annual report is available on the resource page.

SDU Knowledge Briefing no. 1 - NHS Travel Plan

 

The first SDU knowledge briefings - ‘what does a NHS active travel plan look like?’ and is a one-stop-shop that will give you a broad overview and some real life examples and links.

Cycle to Work Scheme launched today (28 Oct)

Wed, 28/10/2009

More than 70 major public and private sector employers have pledged to implement a new “cycle to work” guarantee in a bid to transform the numbers cycling to work. All organisations are invited to sign up as well.

Car Dependency Scorecard (Oct 09)

Thu, 01/10/2009

Research shows for the first time how dependent we are on our cars. With the highest ‘cost of public transport relative to car’, the SW also places just 7th of 8 regions when considering ‘Who has the best travel options?’, graded E+ and scoring just 49% due to ‘Public transport being expensive and it's hard to take a bus’. The SW is also only second bottom for number of journeys mainly by walking or public transport.

Walking and cycling quality audits - information for NHS sites

 

A quality audit can identify low cost, and cost-free quick wins as well as opportunities for funded programmes that will improve the safety and enjoyment of all site users. These audits can therefore inform the design and implementation process of travel plans, and
support findings from the staff/ visitor/ patient surveys. This document has been developed by Sustrans Cymru to provide a broad overview of a cycling and walking audit.

Planning your active travel communications and events - Sustrans

 

Sustrans Cymru is funded by the Welsh Assembly Government to support major NHS sites in promoting and implementing active travel opportunities for staff, visitors and patients. The following list of events and campaigns can provide excellent opportunities for advocating active travel and other healthier alternatives to travelling by car. Although some events are not directly related to sustainable travel, there is great opportunity to utilise and promote the links between mode of travel and health.

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