All about travel plans

Travel Plans are a way for organisations to manage travel to and from a site more effectively. A variety of different organisations can put a Travel Plans in place from a school to a new housing estate, a workplace or a tourist site.

Travel Plans are:

• a package of measures that support all aspects of an organisations transport needs and respond to any problems that may be occurring;
• commonly introduced in response to concerns about growing traffic congestion or where car parking problems exist;
• a way to help you reduce your carbon footprint;
• required to support planning applications for new development; and
• a means of increasing travel choice and reducing single occupancy car trips.

Emphasis is on providing choices to enable everyone to travel.

The main types of Travel Plan are covered in the following pages:

• Workplace Travel Plan
• Residential Travel Plan
• School Travel Plan 

Further information and advice on travel plans is available from this website or by visiting the Travelwise website.