News: May - June 2008
Exciting new appointment made at TPS (18.06.08)
TPS are growing, and we are delighted to announce the appointment of Rob Bettison who will be joining our team from the 1st August.
Rob joins TPS from the University of Sheffield where he has occupied the position of Travel Plan Co-ordinator for a number of years, previous to which he was in post as Countywide TravelWise Co-ordinator in South Yorkshire.
These roles have enabled Rob to gain a vast and wide ranging set of skills and experience in not only the development of travel plan strategies, but also their detailed implementation.
Rob notes his general areas of work/interest as being:
- Sustainable travel planning, implementation and assessment;
- Individualised travel planning;
- Public transport planning and delivery;
- External funding applications;
- Consultation and promotion;
- Car park management and capacity planning.
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Reducing car parking demand workshops at Thorpe Park (30.05.08)
As part of our role as Travel Plan Co-ordinator for the 1.8m sq ft office development at Thorpe Park (Leeds) TPS have held a series of workshops aimed at helping businesses occupying the site to reduce their demand on car parking. The workshops, which were attended by businesses including Atkins, Faithful & Gould, Republic, Innovate and IBM, have proved a great success with further sessions planned for the future.
The workshops included:
- A demonstration of the Thorpe Park Car Share scheme;
- A presentation by Metro on the availability of public transport discounts;
- A review and demonstration of the range of travel information available at the business park;
- An introduction to the new Thorpe Park Shuttle service
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