Big Wheel Turning Transport Around

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Big Wheel Turning Transport Around

• 15th May 2007

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Who are the Big Wheel?

• Part of the Greater Nottingham Partnership
• Work with businesses, interest groups, Councils,
  NHS PCTs, emda and more
• Were all about sustainable transport!

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Who are the Big Wheel?

• Cars
• Trams
• Trains
• Buses
• Cycling
• Walking

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Why?

• Sustainable transport
• Health
• Finance
• Environment
• Congestion

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Walking and Cycling a healthy outlook to
transport

• 2006 launch of Big Track Map
• Working with community partners
• 30,000 distributed and a reprint on the way
• Historical and guided walks
• and more to come!

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Joined up thinking!

• 19th May Walk Week 2007
• Partners include councils, healthcare
  professionals, ramblers association, fitness
  instructors, educational facilities, age concern,
  Nottingham East Midlands Airport, sports clubs
  and more!
• Maximising on economies of scale.

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Amazing but true!

• Cyclists and pedestrians actually absorb lower
  levels of pollutants from traffic fumes than car
  drivers
• During rush-hour a bicycle is about twice as
  fast as a car good if you hate traffic jams!
• The average person will spend 14 days of their
  lives waiting for traffic lights to change

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Seize the moment

• Awareness at an all time high
• Website views have more than doubled in last 6
  months
• Continual press coverage
• People are expecting and demanding action
• Health benefits
• Business benefits

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Questions?

• helen.clayton_at_gnpartnership.org.uk