Mix Your Mode Seminar

“Active Travel & Connectivity”

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Check out full details and gallery of pictures from the week on the Transport and Mobility Forum website. T&MForum Website

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Eileen Welch, Togher on the 214 Bus with Inspector Denis McCarthy

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DC 19/03/2014 - REPRO FREE FREE PIC Pictured at the launch of the 'Mix Your Mode' campaign which takes place from March 24th - 30th around Cork City and county, are Matthew O'Donoghue from Glanmire and Sandy McGroarty of Green Schools. Mix Your Mode is an initiative of the Transport & Mobility Forum, in conjunction with the BATTERIE project, encouraging the use of sustainable transport. For further information visit www.transportandmobilityforum.com Pic: Diane Cusack

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DC 19/03/2014 - REPRO FREE FREE PIC Pictured at the launch of the 'Mix Your Mode' campaign which takes place from March 24th - 30th around Cork city and county, are Lord Mayor, Cllr. Catherine Clancy, Matthew O'Donoghue from Glanmire and Sandy McGroarty of Green Schools. Mix Your Mode is an initiative of the Transport & Mobility Forum, in conjunction with the BATTERIE project, encouraging the use of sustainable transport. For further information visit www.transportandmobilityforum.com Pic: Diane Cusack

Mix Your Mode is back again for the second year taking place between the 24th -30th August. This sustainable travel initiative is being organised by the Transport and Mobility Forum, Cork, which emerged from last year’s campaign, in conjunction with BATTERIE.  The week encourages you to dust down your bike, put on your walking shoes and make an effort to travel more sustainably by using public transport or carpooling. Further details of the week’s event’s at www.transportandmobilityforum.com

“Mix Your Mode” Mobility Initiative 24^th -30^th March 2014

Mix Your Mode

What It Is

This project was initiated by Cork Environmental, in 2013. This year through the partnership of the Transport and Mobility Forum, and support from the South West Regional Authority through their BATTERIE project there will be a dedicated week from 24^th -30^th March to encourage people to mix their mode of transport with an emphases on more sustainable ways of getting around. Options such as the bus, train, cycling, walking and even use of the new electric Go Cars in the city will be promoted. The aim being that through positive experiences in adapting new ways of getting around people will continue changed behaviour patterns in how they get to and from school, work, the shops, a football match or the gym.

When & Where

The initiative will run for a week in March and will primarily take place in Cork city and surburban areas such as bus and train commuter routes. March marks the beginning of Spring with longer evening and better weather. It is a time when people emerge from Winter and want to become more active.

Three key target areas of the initiative focus on the following:

• Schools and colleges: A number of schools engaged with the Green Schools will participate and both University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology will promote mixing the mode by which students get to college. By engaging with the schools you also reach staff and parents.
• Workplace: A number of key workplaces, some already engaged with the NTA Workplace Travel initiative,  will engage in promoting changed behaviour by mixing how you get to work. We are looking for key business networks to support the initiative.
• Shopping & leisure activities: The initiative also focuses on people going to the city or local commuter towns to shop and to their leisure pursuits such as a football training, a yoga class or meeting  friends.

The programme is still being finalised and wil be added to but the following are the main focus days.

Monday 24^th

FOCUS ON SCHOOLS

•  Green Schools are partaking throughout the City & County
• Bus Eireann are providing trips to school in some areas.
• Some lucky pupils might get to go on the RED FM bus.
• Schools doing a design a ticket competition.

Tues 25^th March

FOCUS ON COLLEGES

UCC

• 600 bike to work sign up
• Bike DR
• Campus Bikes cycle.

Wed 26^th March:

FOCUS ON COBH

• Challenge – is it quicker to get to Cobh by Bus & Rail or Cycle & Take the Ferry? Looking for people to try this.
• Local schools will all have a Walk on Wednesday WOW day and have a display on the Mix Your Mode theme.
• Irish Rail and Fota are providing some great prizes.

Thurs 27^th March

FOCUS ON WORKPLACES

Event at Mahon Point Shopping Centre to include:

• Health checks
• Information stand
• Ecar, electric bikes
• Sign up for challenges
• Competition  – through completing survey

Target: – All workplaces in the Mahon Area, City Gate, CSO, Shopping Centre and Retail outlets.

Friday 28^th March

FOCUS ON SHOPPERS – “In town with Bike or Bus”

• Bike fashion parade in conjunction with Brown Thomas and Salingers
• Window displays
• Information stand
• Ecar, electric bikes
• Competition  – through completing survey

Promotion

REDFM will be the media partner again and will have a similar promotional  campaign to 2013.

It is hoped to have giveaways such as Park and Ride Vouchers, Commuter Tickets, Rail Discounts, the new LEAP cards and being able to use an electric bike for a half day etc. for the week.

Impact

We hope that with some encouragement people will engage in trying different ways of getting to their everyday activities whether work, school, meeting a friend, going to a concert or football game and that the changed behaviour will continue in the future. By using more sustainable modes of transport this will help reduce CO2 and make Cork a cleaner city with less traffic congestion.

Other outcomes:

• People will be aware of the different services available to them in their area and where they regularly visit.
• People will be aware of the integrated rail and bus ticketing and the tax incentives available to them.
• People will be aware of the infrastructure in the city and surrounding suburban area such as cycle paths and parking facilities, walkways and walking routes and the GoCar initiative as well as electric charging points that have been installed.
• People try out apps such as the NTA Journey Planner app and Carma ridesharing app.
• People have a positive experience in changing the way they get around the city and they are more open to using different forms of transport which increase their overall mobility.
• People can also be informed on upcoming changes or additions to services e.g. LEAP Card, new bus route from Ringaskiddy to Ballincollig, forthcoming City Bike Scheme.

There will be an information stand which will be set-up in key locations during the week and a survey to collate information on travel behaviour.

Partners

Current partners include the following organisations who are members of the Transport and Mobility Forum.

Cork City and County Council

Bus Eireann

Irish Rail

Green Schools and SMILE Programmes

University College Cork

Cork Institute of Technology

HSE Health Promotion Unit & Healthy Cities

Cork Community Bikes

South East Cork Area Development (SECAD)

South West Regional Authority (SWRA)

RED FM

Some pictures from last year

Deirdre Hosford Galvin, support s Mix Your Mode’s campaign as she gets on her bike with the shopping at Bandon’s Riverview shopping centre. Mix Your Mode enters its final campaign week from the 18^th – 24^th March with a focus on shopping and leisure and encourages everyone to adopt more sustainable ways of doing these everyday activities.

Deirdre from her Operation Transformation experience agrees that changing behaviour is all about a change in your attitude and mind set and the experience of the programme she feels has really helped her to bring a focus to becoming more active. Sustainable travel is generally more active travel and the benefits extend to our health, our pockets, our quality of life and the environment.

Mix Your Mode Shopping/ Leisure week encourages retailers to participate in a shop front display competition, shops supporting the initiative will have shopping bags to give out and may even put in place some special offers. As always the week kicks off with the Information Stand and Bike Repair Workshop from the kiosk near Electric on the South Mall on Monday 18^th from 1pm -3pm. Bring that puncture to be repaired or those brakes mended! Competitions and giveaways continue with our associate partners RED FM, tune in to find out more.

 Each one of us can choose to make a change to the way we travel, which can mean using a combination of modes of transport. Have you Mixed Your Mode?- do let us know. 

The CEF Information Stand for the start of Mix Your Mode, joined by Dave at GoCar, Cillian Read of the Bike Shed, Darren, CEF & Cork Community Bikes with Dave and Ali on their Mix Your Mode bicycles provided by Victoria Cross Cycles for the campaign and haveing a go on the tandem with Darren!

Week 1:   4^th -10^th March Focus on getting to school & college

Overall encouraging everyone to Mix their Mode!

School Activities

CIT

4^th -18^th March: Additional 201 bus service to CIT. Additional 201 Bus Service for CIT students to make their 9am lectures. Bus starts at Mayfield, Lotabeg at 8am and reaches CIT at 8:45am. (route via Ballyvolane, Commons Rd. Blackpool, Farranree Church, Eircom, Harbourview Rd. Sundayswell, Victoria Cross) supported by Bus Eireann & CIT.

• Wed. 6^th March  Lace-up 5k fun walk/ run (organised by CIT gym)
• Highlight Electric Vehicle charging point which was installed last year at the Campus
• Go Car Trial: A GO Car trail has just begun at CIT to help improve sustainable transport at CIT

UCC

• Cycle Training: Cork Community Bikes and UCC are offering a free cycling safety training on Thursday, 7th March, 9.30-13.45.

There will be 8 spaces available. Start is 9.30 in UCC Main Campus (at Student Centre / Honan Chapel). People need to bring their own bikes and sign up in advance with Cork Community Bikes – contact: Darren at 085 1365581.

• Highlight 2 year campus bike project , roll out of the first bikes was 07/03/2011
• Highlight the on-going Car Sharing initiative
• 490 bikes have been acquired under the Cycle to Work scheme with UCC, push to reach 500 during Mix Your Mode – prize for the purchaser.

Other

• Monday 4^th March 1pm -3pm: Information stand on Mix Your Mode at the Grand Parade, will include Bike Dr session with Cillian Read from the Bike Shed – bring your bike along for minor repairs. Also will highlight some of the options available to people.

Midleton

Saturday 9^th March: Midleton Railway Station – focus on travelling by rail, information stand at the railway station 9.30am -12.30pm. SECAD will have an Rural Transport Bus service arriving in Midleton train station at roughly 11.30 on the 9^th.  Martha Doyle, local ecar ambassador will also be there with the ESB ecar. Bike Dr. session.

In the afternoon the information stand will be at the square near the Granary in Midleton.

In association with RED FM

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