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Tuesday 5th April 2016

We are pleased to present the sixth issue of the PTP-Cycle newsletter.  The project came to an end in March 2016 and as such this is the last edition of our newsletter. To share our success from the last three years we organised a joint final conference on February 18th, with sister projects STARS and MOBI, to present results, share knowledge […]

Thursday 24th March 2016

The PTP-Cycle Final report is rich with facts and figures about PTP delivery in our four different target groups in Antwerp, Burgos, Ljubljana, London (Haringey and Greenwich) and Riga. This publication presents the outcomes and lessons learned from our demonstrations to inspire other cities and mobility stakeholders to deliver PTP programmes of their own. The Final […]

Monday 22nd February 2016

We have updated our methodology handbook and training manuals for project managers. Now these are also available in a number of other languages: Dutch, Spanish, Slovenian and Latvian. What is new? Training Manual – How to give good travel advice: The manual is aimed at supporting project management staff in their understanding of how to conduct effective travel […]

Friday 19th February 2016

We hosted our final conference “Unlocking urban mobility behaviour change” in co-operation with STARS and MOBI projects on February 18th and it was a great success. Nearly 150 delegates from across Europe attended the conference at BIP, the Brussels Info Place which also hosts the premises of the Minister of the Government of the Brussels-Capital Region […]

Monday 25th January 2016

We are pleased to present the fifth issue of the PTP-Cycle newsletter.  As you will read from our newsletter, we have a huge range of success stories from the past two and a half years, and we want to share these with other cities at the PTP-Cycle Final Conference on 18 February 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference, shared with sister projects […]

Monday 21st December 2015

MOBI, PTP-Cycle, and STARS projects will organise a conference on 18 February 2016 in Brussels to present results and share knowledge with European cities on embedding cycling culture in schools, delivering personalised travel advice, and promoting sustainable mobility among employees through gamification. The conference will take place from 12:00 to 18:30 in Brussels, Belgium. For more […]

Thursday 26th November 2015

Sustrans, in cooperation with Polis, organised a Training workshop for European cities on Personalised Travel Planning tools and methodologies to develop and implement effective PTP in workplaces, universities and residential settings. The workshop was held in Brussels on November 18th, 2015. The PTP-Cycle training workshop offered free advice and support to local and regional authorities, […]

Friday 6th November 2015

PTP-Cycle is organising a free training workshop with the aim to offer free advice and support to local and regional authorities, businesses and NGOs on how to set up Personalised Travel Planning (PTP) projects, and engage in direct conversations with citizens to encourage travel behaviour change. Participants will be able to: Learn the principles and practice […]

Tuesday 3rd November 2015

Cycling passions are riding high in Haringey following the borough’s first ever cycling conference. Professionals, lobbyists and enthusiasts came together for the gathering at the Bernie Grants Arts Centre in September 2015, which saw contributions from experts around the world. The 140-strong conference crowd swapped ideas and experiences about what everyone can do to ensure […]

Monday 26th October 2015

PTP-Cycle was presented at the CIVITAS Forum in Ljubljana on October 8th, 2015. The presentation was held by our local project partner Luka Mladenovic of the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia (UIRS). The CIVITAS Forum is an annual event gathering European cities, transport planners, researchers and the European institutions. Practitioners and experts get together […]

Wednesday 19th August 2015

STARS, PTP-Cycle, and MOBI projects will organise a conference on 18 February 2016 in Brussels to present results and share knowledge with European cities on embedding cycling culture in schools through accreditation and peer-to-peer methods, delivering personalised travel advice, and promoting sustainable mobility among employees through gamification. For more information please visit the event webpage. […]

Thursday 6th August 2015

The sustainable transport charity Sustrans will be running a webinar on Thursday 17 September 2015, 3.30-4.30pm (CEST) so that delegates can gain an understanding of the different elements to successful PTP and the depth involved in delivery. The webinar will also include an introduction to the PTP-Cycle project, results achieved by partner cities so far, […]

Monday 3rd August 2015

We are pleased to announce that the agenda of the training workshop on Personalised Travel Planning whcih will take place on 18 November 2015 in Brussels is now available. The PTP-Cycle training workshop will offer free advice and support to local and regional authorities, businesses and NGOs on how to set up Personalised Travel Planning […]

Wednesday 17th June 2015

Registration is open for the PTP-Cycle Training Workshop “Tools and methodologies to develop Personalised Travel Plans in workplaces, universities and residential settings” on Wednesday, 18 November 2015 from 9:00 to 15:00 in Brussels, Belgium. Sign up for this interactive workshop led by PTP expert Sustrans. You will be guided through a tried and tested methodology, […]

Tuesday 2nd June 2015

We hold monthly telephone conferences to take stock of our progress in the project and share latest news on PTP delivery in our five cities. But we also value physical meetings: these are priceless! This week we are in Nantes, the host city of this year’s Velo-city cycling conference organised by the European Cyclists’ Federation. […]

Wednesday 20th May 2015

How does travel advice work on the ground? What are the rules for conducting good travel advice conversations? How can travel advisers get the interviewee to be more interested in the question and open up more? To help you with a personal travel planning talk, PTP-Cycle has developed short notes highlighting the key skills and elements to a […]

Tuesday 5th May 2015

We are pleased to announce that the PTP-Cycle Training Workshop will take place in Brussels on 18 November 2015. The project is offering free training to 50 cities on how to set up personalised travel planning (PTP) project and engage in direct conversations with citizens to encourage travel behaviour change. The workshop aims to really build capacity and release […]

Tuesday 5th May 2015

The second PTP-Cycle National Take up Seminar will take place in Antwerp on 11 June 2015. This event will look at how to design and implement personalised travel plans for households, workplaces and universities. You will learn from Antwerp how the city has set up their PTP projects and has engaged with large companies and […]

Monday 20th April 2015

We are pleased to present the fourth issue of the PTP-Cycle newsletter. The project has entered into its third and final year this April and we want to celebrate our success so far by sharing with you an impressive list of results from phase 1 implementation of PTP in our five PTP-Cycle cities. Our fourth PTP-Cycle […]

Wednesday 11th March 2015

The first of our National Take Up Seminars took place in Malaga on 27 February 2015. This was the first opportunity to present the specific achievements of PTP-Cycle from year one to a broad audience of municipalities, academics and consultants from Spain, Portugal, Germany, Czech Republic and Israel. Paul Curtis, LEPT and José María Diez, CIVINET […]

Wednesday 4th February 2015

Today, partners from London Borough of Haringey, Ljubljana, Burgos, LEPT and Sustrans have paid visit to their peers in Antwerp for a one-day mentoring visit to learn how the Belgian city has implemented PTP at workplaces and universities. Antwerp PTP-Cycle manager Steven Windey and his colleagues from the Mobility Unit have welcomed a small group […]

Monday 19th January 2015

PTP-Cycle engages volunteers to act as Champions to promote walking, cycling and public transport use in their communities, workplaces and universities. To understand more about the role of volunteers and the positive benefits, download the Champion’s Resource Pack from the PTP-Cycle website here. The document includes case studies on how Champions have played a role, […]

Thursday 15th January 2015

PTP-Cycle provides a number of free services to cities, universities, businesses or consultancies to help them better understand the benefits of personalised travel planning and how to set up a programme of their own. Contact info@lept-eu.org for more information or go to GET INVOLVED for useful downloads.

Monday 5th January 2015

At the end of November, Project Coordinator Paul Curtis and Jose Maria Diez, representing Burgos and Civinet Spain-Portugal, presented on PTP-Cycle at the 2014 Annual Polis conference in Madrid on 28-29 November. You can download the presentation from the Polis website here: http://www.polisnetwork.eu/uploads/Modules/PublicDocuments/3c—curtis—improve-your-chances.pdf The presentation slides are a concise introduction to the methodology and also […]

Friday 19th December 2014

The seminar will look at different soft and hard measures to foster cycling in the host city of Malaga, and in more cities across Europe. The PTP-Cycle session will introduce the outcomes of local implementation activities in Burgos targeting households and students, and incentives and opportunities for the up-take of personalised travel planning projects in […]

Monday 8th December 2014

PTP-Cycle has developed a rich toolbox of guides and training material to help follower cities develop own Personalised Travel Planning (PTP) projects. These materials developed by PTP-Cycle partners comprise a set of documents and presentation slides to download to train up your PTP teams.   You’ll find two useful documents: Training Manual For Fieldwork Staff The […]

Wednesday 19th November 2014

We are pleased to present the third issue of the PTP-Cycle newsletter. PTP-Cycle is really hotting up! Via our newly-trained delivery teams, this summer we have delivered Personalised Travel Plans (PTPs) to more than 10,000 citizens in our five partner cities: Antwerp, Burgos, Ljubljana, London and Riga. We have set up a robust monitoring and evaluation framework through which we will report the modal shift and wider benefits […]

Wednesday 24th September 2014

In each issue of our newsletter, we feature an interview with one of our PTP local partners. They are trainers, field office managers, travel advisers. Recently we featured an interview with Sian Creagh-Osborne PTP Trainer at Sustrans. Sian Creagh-Osborne has worked as National Development Officer, Communities at Sustrans for 2 years. Her role involves travelling to different […]

Monday 19th May 2014

We are pleased to present the second issue of the PTP-Cycle newsletter. One year after launching the project we have now reached the first implementation phase and the five cities have developed their marketing materials for their Personalised Travel Plan programmes. In this second edition of the newsletter we introduce the three training manuals for implementing […]

Wednesday 2nd April 2014

There are a lot of exciting activities happening in preparation for the fast approaching residential PTP-Cycle projects in Haringey and Greenwich. The marketing packages are coming together; there are a lot of great cycling and walking routes in both Crouch End and Abbey Wood which we can’t wait to encourage more people to make use […]