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Transport partners help thousands into work
Thousands of people have been helped to get jobs through innovative transport projects, the Merseyside Local Transport Plan (LTP) Partnership's quarterly breakfast briefing has been told.
Helping people into work, to education, training and to other services was the theme of the event, held at the Hard Day's Night Hotel in Liverpool on 9th July.
Merseyside LTP Partnership and Halton Council won Beacon status from the Government earlier this year for their groundbreaking access work.
The Merseyside LTP Partnership consists of Merseytravel and the five district councils of Merseyside - Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral.
The briefing was told how council Neighbourhood Travel Teams have helped more than 3,600 people into work through schemes such as free public transport passes, loans of bicycles and scooters and "how to get to" guides. Four fifths of the people helped to work this way stayed in their jobs after the scheme had finished.
Speakers from the partnership and Government Office for the North West showed how these and many other projects are helping to provide access for all to employment, education, health and other services.
Further information and copies of the presentations are now available to view on the Transport Merseyside website.
Transport Planning
The First Local Transport Plan for Merseyside was given to the Government in July 2000. It set out a 10 year strategy and a 5 year plan to help solve some of the social, economic and environmental problems in Merseyside by making the transport system better for the people in Merseyside.
The First Plan had four main aims;
- To make sure that the transport system helps Merseyside to grow economically in a way that doesn't harm the environment.
- To get people to use transport such as walking, cycling and public transport which damages our environment less than the private car.
- To make the best use of the transport system that we already have.
- To make the quality of life better for the people of Merseyside.
Merseyside Partners finished the Second Local Transport Plan in July 2006. This plan sets out the transport aims for 2006-2011.
The second LTP aims to manage economic growth, to facilitate regeneration, to improve accessibility for all and to make best use of Merseyside's existing resources.
If you would like to get more information you can go to the Merseyside Local Transport Plan website.