Travel plans

As part of it's commitment to encouraging the use of more sustainable modes of transport the County Council is working to promote travel plans as the means for increasing travel choice.

A travel plan is a co-ordinated strategy which identifies an appropriate package of measures aimed at promoting sustainable travel, with an emphasis on reducing reliance on single occupancy car journeys.

Other objectives could include:

• Improving site access and travel choice;
• Meeting an organisation’s environmental standards;
• Increasing business efficiency and equality;
• Reducing congestion and demand for parking spaces;
• Ensuring adequate provision for people with disabilities;
• Providing choice and quality access to key services (such as hospitals, education and shops),
• Delivering local environmental improvements from reduced congestion, pollution and noise’,
• Providing opportunities for active, healthy travel.

For further information on the preparation of travel plans please contact Bedfordshire County Council on 01234 228344 or see the guidance below:

• DFT – Using the Planning Process to Secure Travel Plans (2002)
• DFT - Making Residential Travel Plans Work (2005)
• DFT - Making Travel Plans Work (2002)
• DFT - Smarter Choices, Changing The Way We Travel (2004)
• Transport Energy Best Practice  (new window) – A Travel Plan Resource Pack For Employers
• DFT – making travel plans work. Lessons from UK case studies
• Travel Plans (new window): A Guide for Developers - transport energy best practice 
• DFT - Workplace Travel Plan Evaluation Tool  (new window)