travel awareness

Improving transport choice and encouraging better awareness of transport costs and alternatives are important elements of the RTS.  In 2002, 85% of commuting cars had only one occupant, so by enabling individuals and organisations to consider more sustainable transport options, traffic congestion can be reduced.

The getabout partnership was formed in 2008 to promote active and sustainable travel across the North East under a single identifiable brand.  The partnership currently comprises of Nestrans, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Councils, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen University, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen College and the Energy Savings Trust.  The partners have created a 10 year Travel Planning Strategy. 

The getabout website provides travel choice and travel planning information and is regularly updated with latest news and details of upcoming events.  Nestrans has funded an on-line travel plan builder, which is available via the getabout website and offers organisations a free tool to build a travel plan, with a travel plan officer assisting on line if needed. To complement this, iTrace provides a common base for monitoring and measuring all travel plans across the region. 

Nestrans has developed a Sustainable Travel Grant Scheme, which provides match funding to organisations investing in measures to promote more sustainable travel by their employees or customers.  To help more people share car journeys, Nestrans launched a car sharing website for the north east in 2006 and this has now been rebranded as getabout.liftshare.com.