Bridgend County Borough Council

Quick Links

A Travel Plan is a package of measures tailored to the needs of individual sites and aimed at reducing reliance on the car and promoting more sustainable travel choices, such as walking, cycling and using public transport.

Travel Plans can help reduce the impact of travel on the environment; they also make good business sense. They can cut congestion around a site and save money on business travel. They can help to attract staff to sites which would otherwise be difficult to access and they can also help to make your workforce healthier.

The council is developing Travel Plans for each of its major offices and is also working with the Travel Plan Co-ordinators employed by Sewta to encourage businesses and schools within the county borough to develop their own.

To assist the preparation of Travel Plans required as part of new developments, the council has prepared a Travel Plan Guide for Developers. The guide provides advice on when a Travel Plan is required and how it should developed and monitored to ensure it is effective.

School Travel Plans

A School Travel Plan is a package of transport and non-transport measures are aimed at promoting and encouraging the use of sustainable travel to school. Measures are predominantly intended to reduce the reliance on cars and encourage walking and cycling.

Schools that have completed a School Travel Plan are eligible to enter the bidding process for Safe Routes in Communities funding. Further information on Travel Plans, and developing a School Travel Plan, is available from the Transport Policy and Development Team using the contact details below.

Community Access Plans

A Community Access Plan is a package of measures and initiatives that encourage residents to access local services and facilities by walking, cycling or using public transport, and reduce the reliance on cars for local journeys.

Community groups that have completed a Community Access Plan are eligible to enter the bidding process for Safe Routes in Communities funding. Further information on Community Access Plans is available from the Transport Policy and Development Team using the contact details below, and a Community Access Plan guide is also available.