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WestTrans Faith Travel Plan Initiatives

This project aims to compile a database of faith sites in West London and provide support to develop travel plans to promote sustainable transportation. It includes measures to address modal change and encourage modal shift.

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WestTrans Faith Travel Plan Initiatives

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  1. Faith Travel Plan Initiatives ProjectWestTrans May 2013

  2. Project Purpose • Travel to faith destinations can significantly impact a local community and with an increase in the development of faith sites in West London and pan London the number of sites requesting planning permission and requiring a travel plan is increasing. • The project; • - Builds on learning captured by the WestTrans ‘Have Faith in Travel • Planning Guidance’ handbook • - Aims to help faith sites implement measures to address modal • change which they would otherwise not be able to due to time or cost • implications

  3. Project Aims • Two primary aims of the project: • compile a database of significant faith sites in the WestTrans sub-region including locations in London Boroughs of Brent, Hammersmith & Fulham, Hillingdon, Harrow, Hounslow and Ealing • Provide selected West London Boroughs with a package of measures to help support the development of a faith site travel plan or contribute to measurable modal shift change.

  4. Project Overview – Stage 1 The project was divided into two stages; Stage 1 - Database & Mail shot - Development of a database of faith sites in the WestTrans sub-region - Contact with selected faith sites inviting them to take part in the project

  5. Project Overview – Stage 2 Stage 2 - Promotion & Marketing of WestTrans Faith Travel Plan Offerings - Promotion of Offerings package to selected faith sites - Supporting sites to implement the Offerings - Gathering feedback from site involvement.

  6. Support Provided • 12 sites participated from 5 London BoroughsLondon Boroughs of Brent, Hillingdon, Harrow, Hounslow and Ealing. • Each site received: • - 6 months of support to help support, guide and implement Offerings. • - at least one WestTrans Faith Travel Plan Offering

  7. Sites & Offerings

  8. Sites & Offerings

  9. Cycle Stands

  10. Travel Leaflets

  11. Travel Habits Survey

  12. TPS Documents

  13. Case Studies 1/2

  14. Case Studies 2/2

  15. Project Outputs • Usable database of faith sites in the WestTrans sub-region. • List of faith sites participating in the project and offerings received • Post implementation questionnaire to assess process and involvement • 6 Case studies for selected faith sites • Project report

  16. Lessons Learnt • Commencing and sustaining engagement with faith sites. Issues included: • - Faith site personnel are often part time volunteers – often limited, restricted involvement and capability. • Site representatives change regularly depending on other commitments. • Not always able to give confirmation for action, needs higher approval • Limited travel plan knowledge at faith sites, its purpose and site’s responsibility to addressing actions and travel plan targets. • Inability to prepare suitable text for leaflets, due to lack of time and expertise to develop appropriate content.

  17. Findings • Faith sites participating in the project were primarily sites that: • Have a travel plan in place, often monitored by the local Council • Have been asked to submit a travel plan to meet planning regulations • Have a particularly interested in sustainable transport. • Attending a site meeting helps to highlight the importance of travel plans and stimulate further interest and participation • Producing/working with a Travel Plan Statement (TPS) rather than a full travel plan is more realistic and effective due to lack of prior knowledge of travel planning. • Sites appreciate the help but have little time to dedicate to tasks

  18. Recommendations • Recommend sharing the travel plan role at faith establishments. • Check status of travel plan resources within individual West London Boroughs. • Blanket TPS agreement with all local Boroughs • Identify mutual benefit to work with other surrounding organisations • Review umbrella faith organisations that promote sustainability. • Utilise expert support to prepare text for integrated transport leaflets • Evaluate six months after implementation

  19. Next Steps… • Promotion • Agree standard TPS template • Monitor the success • Use TPS as a starting point for faith sites

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