TORG are pleased to announce next week's Wednesday lunchtime seminar:
Go Smarter Tyne and Wear
Dr Jessica Anderson, LTP Core Team Leader, Newcastle City Council
About the Seminar:
Schools Go Smarter began in July 2011, following the successful bid to the Department for Transport (DfT). £4.904m of funding was awarded to Tyne and Wear ITA and a further £5.956m was added from local contributions. This gives a total of £10.860m to invest in local sustainable transport projects up to the end of March 2015. School run traffic has a significant impact on congestion. During school holidays, peak journey times reduce by over 25% on our main corridors. This shows the impact it has on the traffic on our roads which affects business growth and the environment. By encouraging more children to use alternative transport, including walking and cycling, we will reduce congestion as well as reduce CO2 emissions, improve health and benefit the local economy.
Go Smarter to Work began in September 2012, following the successful bid to the DfT. £4.995m of funding was awarded to Tyne and Wear ITA to help relieve the congestion on the A1 Western Bypass. A further £2.7m was added from local contributions. This gives a total of £7.695m to invest in measures that promote sustainable transport across Tyne and Wear, and in particular in employment areas served by the A1 Gateshead Western Bypass, up to the end of March 2015.
Jessica will outline the projects that make up the two programmes and discuss progress to date.
About the Presenter:
Dr Jessica Anderson is a transport planner with over twenty-five years of experience in the public sector (Newcastle City Council), private sector (JMP) and UK university research (Newcastle University). She is currently responsible for the Local Transport Plan Core Team and monitoring of Tyne and Wear's two Local Sustainable Transport Fund bids (Go Smarter).
Seminar Location:
Please join us on Wednesday 27/11/2013 from 1300-1500 in Room 2.32, Cassie Building, Claremont Road, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU. Our seminars are advertised for two hours overall, the talk is typically around 45-50 minutes in duration followed by questions from the audience. Anyone who wishes to continue discussions can do so in the second hour following the main talk.
The Cassie Building is building number 49 on the Campus Map <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/about/visit/printablemaps/map-campus.htm> and is about a 5-10 minute walk from Haymarket metro/bus interchange or Jesmond metro station, both of which are easily accessible from Newcastle Central station or Newcastle International Airport. Car parking in and around the University campus is limited, but Park and Ride options are available from seven metro stations within Newcastle - please see the Nexus Metro Map <http://www.nexus.org.uk/sites/nexus.org.uk/files/images/metro/Metro_Map_3rd_A4.jpg> for more details.
Further Information:
The TORG seminars are intended to disseminate on-going research and encourage detailed discussions on a diverse range of transport topics in an informal environment - for further information on a specific seminar, please contact Dr Dilum Dissanayake <mailto:[log in to unmask]> or Dr Gareth Evans <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The TORG seminars are part of a wider programme within the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences <http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceg> all of which are free of charge and open for external guests to attend. Please contact Miss Emma Simblett <mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you wish to attend a TORG seminar to allow names of external guests to be noted.
For those unable to attend, we do try to provide a downloadable copy of the slides which are made available online, subject to the presenter's permission, after the seminar has taken place. These can be obtained from http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ceg/about/news/seminars/
We look forward to seeing you.
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