Smarter Travel Sutton Case Studies

Community Events: Move it at the Manor Festival - A community event designed to promote sustainable transport and motivate people to change their behaviour, and to provide them with an opportunity to sign up and use STS products and services.

Tackling Transport and Step Pedal Jump - Schemes encouraging families to walk or cycle rather than drive to organised junior sports events, such as Little League football.

Walk, Cycle, Reward direct marketing campaign - A campaign to encourage residents to walk or cycle to their local shops, rather than drive to Sutton or other shopping areas.

‘Swap your car’ advertising campaign - Campaign to persuade residents to switch from their car for one journey a week to a more sustainable mode of travel.

Personal Travel Advice - A campaign offering travel information and advice to every household in Sutton.

School travel planning - The development of school travel plans among schools in Sutton, including marketing activities to promote walking, cycling and public transport.

Workplace travel planning - Project aiming to secure the adoption and implementation of travel plans among businesses in Sutton.

Workplace marketing and promotion, including roadshows and personal travel advice - Promotion of products and services relating to sustainable travel options in workplaces covered by travel plans. 

Travel Plan Networks - The development of Travel Plan Networks in two of Sutton’s key town centres to facilitate engagement with small businesses on a one-to-one basis.

Active Steps - A project aiming to improve health by creating a modal shift in transport, with residents walking and cycling for short journeys that would previously have been made by car.