ACT TravelWise Awards
The ACT TravelWise Awards 2008 were presented at the 1st Autumn Conference Gala Dinner in Birmingham on 13th November 2008. The Awards in 2009 will be presented at The Autumn Conference in Tyne and Wear this November, entries will open in May 2008.
Commuter Friendly Workplace of the Year – sponsored by BAA Heathrow
Meadowhall Centre Ltd
Judges were impressed with the quality of the campaign activities around the theme of “Clean Air for All”, they applauded the way it was communicated and the comprehensive action plan around events, individual activities and involvement of citizens.Meadowhall travel plan manager, Alice Truswell, received the award for her efforts to make journeys easier, cheaper and more sustainable for the 7,000 staff working at the giant complex. Smarter choice policies have helped reduce solo work driving to just 10 per cent at the giant complex.Alice said: “I have worked in the transport field for 17 years and to receive an award from fellow professionals in the same industry is a great privilege. I must pay tribute to my colleagues at Meadowhall as it has been a real team effort.”
Highly Commended: Cobalt Business Park, E.ON
Travel Plan Innovation of the Year - sponsored by WSP
iTRACE
Judges felt that in that effective monitoring of Travel Plans is a crucial element in their success, iTRACE deserves an award for developing and promoting their innovative tool. Currently iTRACE is used to monitor travel plans at 1672 workplaces and 3508 schools.
Highly Commended:School TravelWise – West Midlands, Centro
Marketing Campaign of the Year – sponsored by JMP
London Travel Awareness Team
The judges felt that TfL's corporate scheme deserved recognition due to the scale of its success. The scheme has encouraged 140 big businesses in London develop effective travel plans, through offering an initial incentive package.
Highly Commended:Buckinghamshire County Council, Smarter Travel Sutton
Travel Planner of the Year – sponsored by Atkins
Conrad Haigh
The judges awarded Conrad Haigh the award for his work at TfL introducing a raft of new initiatives, and also working as a Director of ACT to bring about the merger with TravelWise.
Highly Commended:Steve Ward, Lee Preece
School Travel Planner of the Year – sponsored by Faber Maunsell
Hermione Brightwell
As the school travel advisor for Sutton Council, Hermione was voted School Travel Planner of the Year for her work in getting every school in the borough to adopt a plan. Among her imaginative projects were a link up with the London Film Festival and a walk-to-school photography project.
Highly Commended:Vince Boulter, Fleur Tooby
TravelWise Week Award – sponsored by SteerDaviesGleave
Sheffield City Council
Sheffield's TravelWise Week activities demonstrated all the criteria the judges were looking for. Information sharing, public awareness events, and also long term change in that some roads were closed to traffic long term after the week.
Highly Commended: London, Newcastle, Wareham
Outstanding Contribution Award – sponsored by the Department for Transport
Brian Moreland
This special award was given to Brian for his long contribution to Smarter Choices in Northern Ireland.
View Past Award Winners - click here
Entering for an award in 2009
The award scheme is open to all organisations and businesses in Great Britain and Ireland. FREE entry for members of ACT TravelWise; £49 entry fee for non-members. The awards in 2009 are divided into six categories.
Commuter Friendly Workplace of the Year
This is the flagship award for the Smarter Choices profession, and is awarded to the organisation that can demonstrate having made the biggest strides towards making their offices more assessable to commuters without single occupancy car use. It is open to both public and private sector employers, and can be awarded for either a single site, or multi-site operation.
The judges will look for evidence of the following:· Effective project management and development of the travel plan. Successful partnerships developed with public transport operators, the private sector or other organisations in delivering the travel plan. Development and promotion of travel plan elements such as active travel facilities, car share or home working schemes. Evidence of a positive change in staff travel patterns showing success in achieving a reduction in Single Occupancy Vehicle journeys, and modal shift to sustainable transport modes. Promoting the concept of travel planning to other organisations locally and nationally.
Marketing Campaign of the Year
This award for the organisation that can demonstrate an effective marketing campaign that has raised awarness of sustainable travel issues. It could be for a travel awareness campaign targetting an entire city or district, or for a marketing campaign within an organistion promoting awareness of the staff travel plan. The judges will look for evidence of the following: Market research in devising the marketing campaign that has been implemented to promote your organisation’s travel plan initiative(s). Effective project management and development of the marketing campaign (include samples of leaflets, websites, etc). Research of the positive effect of the marketing campaign in changing staff travel patterns.
Innovation of the Year
This award is for the organisation that has developed innovative techniques, products or services which have benefit the development of the smarter choices field. The judges will look for evidence of the following: Evidence, including sample material, of an original scheme or initiative that is new to the field of travel planning (this could be a new product, service, IT solution or simply a new approach to any aspect of a travel plan or the travel plan itself.)
Travel Planner of the Year
This award is for an exceptional individual who has achieved great results. It is open to any travel planner in the UK, and can be awarded to an individual who works mainly with any of the following types of travel plan: Workplace, Personal, Residential, Leisure, Stadia or Station. There are many different ways in which individuals ‘do their bit’ to develop Travel Plans across the country, so there are no definitive criteria on which we judge the awards, but we favour travel planners who have achieved results. The award may go to someone who works in a local authority, a business, a one person charity or a supplier of products and services to travel planners. Their contribution might be local, regional, national or all three. It’s all about what the individual has managed to achieve in the past year, and the way in which they have gone about doing it.
School Travel Planner of the Year
This award is for an exceptional individual who has achieved great results as a School Travel Planner. It is open to any school travel planner in the UK. The award may go to someone who works in a local authority, a business, a school teacher, parent, or a supplier of products and services to school travel planners. Their contribution might be local, regional, national or all three. It’s all about what the individual has managed to achieve in the past year, and the way in which they have gone about doing it.
ACT TravelWise Region of the Year
A new award for the most improved ACT TravelWise regional group.
