The Department for Transport defined a Travel Plan in their publication "A travel plan resource pack for employers" (2000), and this is quoted below.
"A travel plan is a general term for a package of measures tailored to the needs of individual sites and aimed at promoting greener, cleaner travel choices and reducing reliance on the car. It involves the development of a set of mechanisms, initiatives and targets that together can enable your organisation to reduce the impact of travel and transport on the environment, whilst also bringing a number of other benefits to your organisation as an employer and to staff.
A travel plan is a dynamic process that will grow and develop with time and in accordance with the changing circumstances of your organisation and the environment in which it works. It is not a one-off event to be undertaken and completed, nor is it a document to be produced and put on a shelf. It is the start of a new and better way of living and working, a process of evolution, not revolution.
Development of a travel plan for your organisation will help to encourage staff, and others visiting your site(s), to use more environmentally-friendly alternatives than driving alone, at least for some of their journeys. It should contain a mix of incentives and disincentives to be successful e.g. car-sharing, promoting more use of public transport, encouraging walking and cycling, restricting on-site car parking spaces and supporting alternative work practices which reduce the need to travel."
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