The Passenger Transport Group within the Environment and
Transport Department of Suffolk County Council has a number of
objectives, including:
- encouraging people to play their part in line with the
TravelWise initiative by considering alternative means of transport
to the car. If only a small percentage of journeys were transferred
to public transport the effect on the environment would be
noticeable;
- providing comprehensive and impartial journey planning
timetable information in various forms ranging from printed
Area leaflets to the telephone TraveLine and the
internet;
- sponsoring a number of bus services that would not be viable
commercially and could help reduce social exclusion. These
concentrate on Sundays, evenings and travelling to work from the
more remote rural locations;
- maintaining roadside timetable displays in around
1200 locations throughout the county;
- providing financial contributions and operational support for a
number of accessible transport schemes. This also covers creating
opportunities and awareness of the needs of the disabled when it
comes to access and use of public transport;
- development of "Quality Partnerships" with operators that have
led to such schemes as "Superoutes" for buses, bikes on trains and
railway real time passenger information; and
- the innovation that produced the Park and Ride schemes in
Ipswich with their multiple award- winning
facilities.