Whilst Mobility Management is not currently a legislative requirement in Ireland, it is now common practice for Planning Authorities to Condition the completion of a Travel Plan for employment or educational sites in areas sensitive to an increase in traffic generation.
A Travel Plan (or Mobility Management Plan MMP) is a management tool which aims to minimise development based transport costs by co-ordinating both commuter travel and the transport of goods.
Traffico has learned that responding positively to a Planning Condition to invest in a Travel Plan can result in a number of measurable cost benefits for our Clients. These benefits can be significant and have been listed following:
Our method involves developing Travel Plans which leverage these key benefits for our Clients.
(Courtesy of NTA Document ‘Achieving Effective Workplace Travel Plans)