Salford Travel Partnership

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Salford Travel Partnership

• Partners working together for
• Sustainable Transport
• In Salford
• Since September 2001

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THE SALFORD TRAVEL PARTNERSHIP..What is it ?

• A Partnership of 10 organisations who between
  them speak for over 70,000 staff, students and
  other stakeholders working, living or studying in
  the City of Salford.

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WHY DID THEY COME TOGETHER?

• All Partners have realised they need to
  influence their stakeholders to consider more
  sustainable forms of transport .
• All Partners further realise that they can work
  much more effectively TOGETHER, than attempting
  to deliver this message individually.
• All Partners also realise that they could have a
  great impact on travel generally in Salford, in
  view of the large numbers of stakeholders they
  already speak for in the City.

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Who Are These Partners ?

• University of Salford
• Salford Royal Hospitals Trust
• Salford Primary Care Trust
• Salford City Council
• North West Ambulance Service Patient Transport
• GMPTE
• FIRST GROUP Buses
• Northern Rail
• Serco Metrolink
• Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

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Full Associate Partners

• Greater Manchester Police
• British Transport Police
• Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
• The Trafford Centre
• Halcrow PLC
• Salford Community Transport
• Chapel Street Regeneration Board
• Merseytravel
• Arriva Buses
• Stagecoach Buses
• BlueBird Bus Company

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Achievements So Far

• Joint promotions of In Town Without My Car day.
• Negotiations for discount travel and free
  taster travel on specific days
• Liaison with senior representatives of the Travel
  industry to promote Travel incentives
• Attendance at exhibitions to promote Sustainable
  Travel to businesses and students.
• Invitation to joint the Local Strategic
  Partnership as official deliverers of transport
  messages in Salford
• Raising the profile of Sustainable Transport by
  holding 5 annual conferences in the City

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Achievements so far..

• Sustainable Transport is now firmly on the Agenda
  of 10 of the largest employers/ operators within
  the City of Salford area with commitment at
  Director level in every case.
• Other Greater Manchester areas have copied the
  idea of the Travel Partnership and have set up
  similar groups in at least 3 local Authority
  areas.
• Members of the Salford Travel Partnership have
  spoken at many conferences, both national and
  local, regarding their work and have therefore
  raised the profile of Salford as a centre of
  excellence in promoting Sustainable Transport

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PARTNERSHIP AIMS

• To develop, promote and maintain the use of
  sustainable transport within all Partnership
  members and to influence other Salford
  stakeholders.
• To seek to engage the City of Salford Council in
  the pursuit of these aims and to support its
  work in encouraging the use of Sustainable
  Transport

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What have the Partnership Members achieved in
working together as Partners ?

• The Ten Partners between them represent over
  70,000 employees, students, and other
  stakeholders and their voice is one to be
  reckoned with by all organisations with an
  interest in reducing single occupancy car use and
  promoting public transport
• Those delivering sustainable transport and those
  promoting its use to their stakeholders have a
  unique insight into each others Agendas.
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CORPORATE DEALS..There for all businesses

• FIRST GROUP discounts to commuters from
  businesses taking part in their schemes
• GMPTE System One travel card tickets for
  employee and business use and advice on Company
  ticket schemes
• METROLINK Season ticket benefits also mean an
  extra saving of 10 if companies join the
  Corporate Season Ticket Scheme.
• NORTHERN RAIL Railcards, Day Savers (combined
  travel tickets), season tickets and special
  evening Travel tickets

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Advice and Assistance..

• SALFORD CITY COUNCIL Advice on general Travel
  Plans and specific School Travel Plans
• UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD advice and assistance on
  all issues regarding the setting up of working
  Partnerships and preparation of Travel Plans and
  Traffic assessments
• THE PARTNERSHIP we are happy to share our
  experiences and knowledge of setting up similar
  multi Agency Travel Partnerships.
• All 10 Partners will happily share their
  knowledge gathered over the past 5 years of the
  Partnership activity

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NOW.FOR YOUR COMMITMENT

• The Partnership now look for commitment from all
  those with influence in the life of the City of
  Salford.
• Presentations and conferences held to raise the
  profile of this subject have not always attracted
  the highest number of delegates from public life
• Sustainable Transport is not a sexy subject it
  is however an essential one for the growth of a
  safe and healthy City with the minimum of
  congestion
• JOIN USYOU CAN BE AN ASSOCIATE PARTNER NOW AND
  HELP INFLUENCE BUSINESSES ORGANISATIONS IN YOUR
  OWN CITY