Projects to Achieve Sustainable Travel

We undertake practical projects with local authorities, NGOs and others to achieve more sustainable travel. We also advise on monitoring of sustainable travel interventions and undertake independent evaluations, to help learn what works best.

Encouraging Active Travel

Coordinating local volunteers to do manual counts, in order to examine the impact on cycling of new modal filters in Southwark, London.  

On the street affected by the Streetspace modal filters, the number of cyclists almost doubled from the previous manual count (94% relative increase). At the control site, cycling numbers were relatively unchanged (6% relative increase).

The work provides a model for other communities to survey their own streets where modal filters have been introduced. The accompanying Word file available here for download provides details of the data collection methods to help others employ the same rigorous approach elsewhere.

Download: Examining the impact on cycling of Streetspace modal filters: a controlled before-and-after study in Dulwich Village, London [Main Report, pdf 1Mb]

Download: Appendix: Manual Count Resources and Instructions [Appendix as Word document 5Mb, for other communities to use as a template]

Further work to assess how the introduction of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, with modal filters that block vehicular through-traffic but allow passage of pedestrians and cyclists, affects the sort of people cycling. 

The report presents original survey data from four South London locations in low traffic neighborhoods, plus four control locations. It contrasts two low traffic neighbourhood sites that both saw large cycling increases, but that differed markedly in the composition of cyclists and the apparent drivers of cycling increase - cycling to school was prominent at one, delivery cycling at the other.  This illustrates the value of collecting data on cycling diversity as well as cycling volume, to better understand how and why cycling is changing.

Download: The value of measuring cycling diversity as well as cycling volume: case study from South London [pdf 1Mb]

Work with Cycling England to establish the Cycling Demonstration Towns project, and to support the use of smart measures to increase cycling.

Facilitating DfT’s national programme of walking seminars involving over 1000
people from local authorities, primary care trusts, and voluntary organisations.

Review of UK pedestrianisation schemes and their impact on economic vitality
for Exeter City Council.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Sustainable Travel Projects

Derby Connected:  Transport for Quality of Life undertook an independent evaluation of the workplace personalised travel planning project undertaken by Sustrans for Derby City Council.

Download: Derby Connected Workplace Personalised Travel Planning Project: Monitoring and evaluation report (2015) [pdf 0.6Mb]

Download: Derby Connected Workplace Personalised Travel Planning Project: Summary of project outcomes (2016) [pdf 1.3Mb]

Transport for Quality of Life also worked with Derby City Council to evaluate all aspects of its whole Derby Connected programme of work supported by the DfT's Local Sustainable Transport Fund, which included a workplace travel advice service, workplace personalised travel planning, new bus services to employment sites, cycle training, and refurbishment and resale of second-hand bikes.

Download: Derby Connected LSTF Final Monitoring and Evaluation Report (2016) [pdf 2.7Mb]

A scoping study to evaluate Highways England's Cycling, Safety and Integration Fund

Evaluation of the Energy Saving Trust's transport programme.