2014-2015
Local Freight Development Plan
Year 10 Proposed Tasks
Tyne
and Wear’s Local Freight Development Plan for 2011-21 is detailed in the third
Local Transport Plan, available to view at
http://www.tyneandwearltp.gov.uk/documents/ltp3/
Each
year, the Freight Partnership produces a Business Plan setting out how we will
take forward our freight strategy over the next 12 months. The Business Plan
for 2014/15 contains a number of tasks which are listed below
Task 1 Project Management
- Organise quarterly Partnership meetings
- Prepare and circulate agenda
- Prepare power
point (Develop a fresh new slide design)
- Circulate
minutes
- Write monthly progress report
- Attend monthly progress meetings to
discuss task progress
- On-going monitoring of tasks – budget
and quality
Task 2 – Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme
(FORS)
· Continuation
of Recruitment programme
- Delivery of 20 workshops (10 workshops
days) -
- Management and administration of
Programme (including support to participants and organisation of
workshops)
- Sponsorship for Workshops search
- Procurement push – actively engage the
local authorities to write this into Procurement contracts.
- Extension of FORS into Coach
fleets/Van operators/bus operators
Task 3 - Safe Urban Driving
· Plan
six Safe Urban driving courses
· Organise
six venues to hold the course
· Deliver
classroom training
· Deliver
cycle training
Task 4 - Individual Destination Maps
· Plan
and visit 25 mapping locations
· Correct
any changes to buildings, company names and contact details
- Update the PDF maps with any
amendments
- Update website with latest version of
maps
Other
Maps
Area Master Map
· Consult
with the five Local Authorities for any deviation from previous maps
Goods Vehicle Restrictions Map
·
Consult
with the five Local Authorities highways engineers for any changes in the
restrictions
·
Update
database with any changes
·
Refresh
map
·
Update
website with the latest version of the map
Abnormal
Roads Route Map
- Consult
with the five Local Authorities for any changes
- Update
map with any changes
- Update
website with latest version of the map
Task 5 - Interactive Maps
· Geo-code
locations
· Update
database
· Refresh
web based mapping
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Task 6 - Freight on Rail
- Organise Bi-annual partner group meetings
- Develop actions from the Partner Group
to assist in mode shift
- Maintain Multi Modal Carbon Calculator
Task 7 - Promoting the Partnership
- Prepare an annual leaflet for
distribution in March 2013
- Set up a print run of 500 copies and
distribute
- Distribute the leaflets by post to the
recipients on the updated circulation list held by the Partnership
- Write and produce the Bi-annual
e-newsletter
- LTP team to translate to Polish
and German
- Issue press releases for pertinent
events
- A series of presentations to
interested parties (other local authorities)
- Submission for awards Year 10 – FORS
to be the main focus
- Work to integrate other authorities to
be more involved to support with funding
Task 8 - Manage and Maintain
Partnership
· Website
design and maintenance
· Truck
information points maintenance
· Monitoring
of benefits
Task 9 - Smartphone Compatible Maps
· Develop
the existing suite of maps to be compatible to download on Smart phones
· Consult
how Leicester have achieved their system
· Consider
how to promote the maps in a suitable format for mobile phones
Task 10 - Website Redesign
· Refresh
the look of the website
· Design
and implement new pages
· Consult
with the Partnership on the new design
Task 11 - Rail Student Liaison
·
Work with New-rail to provide a research
programme for one of their MSc students
· Liaise
with the Universities in Newcastle to offer support for their transport
students by providing research subjects and advise
Task 12 - North East Freight Awards
- Operator of the year award –
in conjunction with FORS members
- Driver of the year award
Task 13 - Cycle Logistics Study
· Undertake
a feasibility study aimed at investigating cycle couriers at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Sunderland.
· A
questionnaire will be developed and 30 major retailers and organisations
· Contact
by telephone to ascertain whether organisations currently use cycle couriers,
· What
the barriers to uptake are and what measures could be introduced to encourage
greater use.
· Research
will also be conducted to ascertain the current state of the cycle courier
market in Tyne and Wear and
· Determine
its potential for transporting greater volumes of freight.
· Produce
a report detailing the findings of the research on cargo couriers, and
recommendations
Task 14 - Scoping for Intelligent
Parking Bays
· Undertake
preliminary work relating to intelligent loading bays
· Consult
with retailers and operators to ascertain how they could be introduced
· Organise
a specific workshop for the system to be promoted as a prelude to a full
trial in Year 11
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