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Experience:
Public & Stakeholder
Consultation
The following
are examples of projects we have undertaken:
Strategic
Consultation
- TTR consulted with
key stakeholder organisations including DfT, the Strategic Rail Authority,
Railtrack/Network Rail, the Rail Passengers Council and ATOC to develop
a framework for measuring the views, attitudes and perceptions of regular,
infrequent and non users of rail services and recommend future rail
policy measures.
- TTR assisted with
the consultation element of Centro’s 2003 LTP, which included presenting
the results of completed and new consultation data and providing guidance
to ensure that the needs of potentially under-represented social groups
were addressed.
- TTR led the consultation
phases of the West Midlands Multi-Modal Study and the structure plan
consultation for Norfolk County Council.
Socially
Excluded Groups
As part
of the Merseyside Alt Valley Partnership project, the Centro 20 Year Strategy
and the Birmingham City Council ‘Visions’ initiative, TTR consulted
widely among socially excluded individuals and their representative organisations.
We have also consulted amongst a range of organisations on improvements
to the provision of transport services and schemes for job seekers in the
West Midlands.
Rural
Residents
TTR undertook
comprehensive research into rural transport needs in 20 rural parishes in
Dorset, using focus groups, household surveys and interviews with the major
stakeholders involved in the procurement and provision of rural transport
services.
Employers,
Staff and Trade Unions
- TTR has carried
out consultation in developing green travel plans for a range of private
and public sector organisations, including large business parks, commercial
businesses, educational institutes, local authorities, charities, the
Car Free Cities Network and the European Commission.
- We have also consulted
with employers in Nottingham about their views on the possible impacts
of a workplace parking levy and with employers, employees and jobseekers
in Cornwall to examine the actual and perceived travel barriers to employment
opportunities.
Young
People
- TTR has conducted
focus groups in Merseyside to assess the attitudes of young people to
public transport and the views of schoolchildren on a school travel
pack.
- We have carried
out a survey in Torbay to assess the role that transport plays in the
decision of 16-18 year olds whether to continue education
Local
Residents
TTR managed
3 innovative consultation programmes (using ‘design’ questionnaires
and hall events) in rural Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire to enable local
residents to express their views on local traffic problems and solutions.
Travel
Information
- We undertook qualitative
research for Transport Direct to determine the needs of travellers and
to evaluate the possibility of introducing a fee for the service.
- TTR conducted consultation
amongst users and non-users of the traveline service (the national public
transport telephone information hotline) to assess some of the issues
affecting its future delivery.
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