The Transport Group’s aim is to make it easier to get about in and around the
NHTT area, stretching from Edentown to Letham, without increasing our impact on the environment. The projects we are focusing on are:
Promotion of TripshareFife- we will promote www.TripshareFife.com car share site and aim to increase uptake within the NHTT area by up to 30%. The average car sharer saves £1000 a year, so sharing our journeys will help us all save money, as well as reduce our carbon emissions.
Improve Cycle and Pathways in our area- we will build on work already done to find out where people walk and cycle in the area and have feasibility money to specify path improvements that are a priority to the community both for leisure and travel to work and school. We now have landowner permission for a track from Letham to Fernie and are currently looking into gaining funding for this project.
Provision of Bicycle Parking- Getting a lift or a bus will be an option for some people, to make this easier we will carry out work to improve and increase cycle parking at key points throughout the NHTT area to encourage people to cycle to the bus or pick up point for a lift or use existing parking provided at train stations. This will mean we have more travel choices.
TripStop -we will carry out some feasibility work around whether the community is interested in informal car sharing from stops like bus stops, we’ve called them ‘Trip-stops’. If this idea is one that is popular we would look for money to put such facilities in place. A project profile for TripStop is available here
Get Involved- We meet monthly, so if you would like to find out more about the transport group come along to our next meeting.
For more information check out or get in touch with Louise at Tel 07879996845
Transport Group Minutes 280709
November 2009
May 2010 (no meeting)
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