SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL AUDIT

A sustainable travel audit (also referred to as a 'site assessment') provides an overview of the transport links serving your site and the on-site transport facilities available, for example, cycle parking, car parking etc.

The sustainable travel audit is a crucial part of travel plan development and it is important that you collect as much detail as possible at this stage. It should always be carried out before the travel survey so that you ask questions that are relevant and can assess the responses against the actual situation.

The TPS team are able to quickly and accurately carry out an audit of your site and to highlight the implications of the findings on the future development of the travel plan.

It is important to carry out a sustainable travel audit in order to:

Identify barriers to non-car use;Develop a clear picture of realistic alternatives available so that you can make recommendations to staff and to others about the way they travel;Identify possible areas where improvements could encourage use of environmentally friendly modes, for example, improvements to bus stop waiting facilities, provision of more direct walking routes etc;Identify the most appropriate questions for your travel surveys.