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Ideas for Smarter Travel Area Competition

construct06 · 2009-09-03 20:42:57

(This is also posted in the Clare and Infrastructure section of boards, but is applicable here aswell as this competition is countrywide)(Mods merge if ye see fit, but i think its relevant in each section and will generate its own unique thread in that section) Just wondering would anyone have any ideas that would form a…

03-09-2009 8:42pm

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(This is also posted in the Clare and Infrastructure section of boards, but is applicable here aswell as this competition is countrywide)(Mods merge if ye see fit, but i think its relevant in each section and will generate its own unique thread in that section)

Just wondering would anyone have any ideas that would form a good submission for government funding under the recently announced smarter travel areas competition. (www.smartertravel.ie) Competition is nationwide and a number of demonstration projects will be funded, eg. projects which can be shown to work and replicated elsewhere in the country when the next Celtic Tiger arrives!

The submissions need to be made by 30th October and €50 million funding is available for a variety of projects across the country. The submission is to be Local Authority led. The main thrust of the competition is that smarter travel, eg. more sustainable transport be introduced to any area.

Smarter Travel - A Sustainable Transport Future
is designed to show how we can reverse current
unsustainable transport and travel patterns and
reduce the health and environmental impacts of
current trends and improve our quality of life.

Any ideas could be formulated here and I can submit to Clare Co. Co.

Areas where this new initiative could be introduced include Ennis or Shannon and surrounding areas.

Methods employed could include cycle initiatives, pedestrianization initiatives, electric transport, park and ride, better public transport, soft modes of changing peoples travel patterns, eg. educate benefits of cycling, walking etc...initiatives/benefits to walking cycling...

good website for starters is www.sustrans.org.uk

Basically anything to get people out of cars.

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