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Synopsis

Although the responsibility for local transport is split between Nottingham City Council and Nottinghamshire County Council for their respective parts of the conurbation, the Greater Nottingham Local Transport Plan (LTP) has been produced jointly to cover the whole of the Greater Nottingham conurbation. This has allowed the authorities to develop a strategy for the future of the area included in the Plan on a rational basis, rather than on a basis that is dictated by administrative boundaries. The LTP, which covers the five-year period from April 2001 to the end of March 2006, performs the following functions:

• it forms a strategic planning document setting out the objectives, a comprehensive strategy, the policies and a detailed programme for achieving more sustainable and integrated transport within Greater Nottingham,
• it seeks integration with land use planning, and with policies for education, health and the environment, and
• it acts as the bid for transport capital funding from central government for improvement of transport within the Plan area.

One element of the LTP is a programme of School Travel Plans and Safer Routes to School schemes. These offer safer and healthier travel options for children and young people travelling to school in Nottingham. The programme is open to all schools in Nottingham City (both Local Education Authority (LEA) schools and private independent schools). The programme has capital funding for 3 strands:

• the development of School Travel Plans (STPs), supported by a grant scheme (ASSIST) designed to help schools implement on-site measures for promoting more sustainable travel;
• a programme of Safer Routes to School (SRTS) involving improvements to the highway infrastructure to promote walking, cycling and travel by public transport;
• improvements to School Crossing Patrol sites.

The Safer Travel to School programme aims to develop a comprehensive programme of change to provide real travel choices for parents and pupils. Although not an agreed target the school travel programme worked with 101 LEA primary schools and 20 secondary schools in 2001, and it aims to work with 10 new schools on STPs supported by SRTS schemes as required each year.

Target groups: municipal staff - children
Fields: mobility advice & campaigns - responsible car use / mobility plans

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