TravelSmart to Work: insights from voluntary travel planning with Perth workplaces

Travel planning can be supported to involve employers in managing trips generated by their workplaces. Through a travel plan, employers can use their influence to encourage greater use of alternatives such as public transport and cycling and reduce car commuting. Between 2012 and 2016 the TravelSmart Workplace program engaged with 50 workplaces in Western Australia to develop travel plans. The travel planning process facilitated by the program is described. The application of workplace travel plans and their effects are illustrated through six case examples: a business that supported employees to change their commuting as part of a relocation; a suburban local government authority that engaged its staff in active transport; a small consultancy that devised an incentive scheme; a district shopping centre that encouraged employees to use active transport; a university that enhanced infrastructure and ran promotional activities; a state government agency that engaged its staff and improved cycle facilities. Reflecting on the experience of the TravelSmart program with this diversity of workplaces a number of challenges and opportunities for voluntary travel planning are discussed. These include seeking organisational support to implement and resource a change effort, the critical role of workplace champions and appropriate actions and the transport context of workplaces. Potential and planned improvements in travel planning practice are outlined including: building awareness and the business case for employers, taking advantage of change moments, simplifying the travel planning process and promoting travel plans through the land use planning system.

• Record URL:
  http://atrf.info/papers/2016/index.aspx
• Authors:
  • Wake, D
• Conference:
  • Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF), 38th, 2016, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: 38th Australasian Transport Research Forum (ATRF 2016), Melbourne, 16th - 18th November 2016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Incentives; Modal shift; Modal split; Personnel; Travel behavior; Work trips; Workplaces
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Western Australia
• ATRI Terms: Case study; Incentive; Journey to work; Modal shift; Personnel; Travel behaviour
• ITRD Terms: 8531: Case study; 1578: Reward (incentive)
• Subject Areas: Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01627412
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 2017 10:06AM