Active travel plays a crucial role in achieving our net zero goals. By promoting walking and cycling, we can significantly reduce transport emissions, which currently account for a fifth of global CO2.
Challenge
As part of the People and Place Plan, SEStran (South East of Scotland Transport Partnership) is currently undergoing £5.3 million worth of projects designed to facilitate active travel behavioural change across the South East of Scotland.
There are over 100 projects underway, which are entirely funded by Transport Scotland.
SEStran needed a powerful data insights platform through which they could track and monitor the delivery, spend and impact of these projects, reporting progress back to Transport Scotland in real time.
Approach
UrbanTide is supporting SEStran in its delivery of these projects by providing the People and Places Monitoring Dashboard. The tool functions as a single source of truth that provides complete transparency on all ongoing projects, including where funds are being spent and how.
Data is accessed as an interactive regional map, where users can click to dig down into the details of each programme. This is a totally new way of monitoring the delivery of large-scale public projects – data can be accessed anywhere in real-time, eradicating the inefficiencies and admin workload typical of a traditional reporting process.
Results
£5.3m
Transport Scotland has invested a total of £5.3 million to fund the delivery of SEStran’s People and Place Plan. These projects seek to raise awareness and increase participation in active travel, as well as building capacity and capability for change.
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There are over a hundred projects currently monitored through the People and Place Dashboard. These projects are all helping deliver active travel behaviour change interventions, such as the Wee Bike Library, The Bike Station and Women’s Safety in Public Places.
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There are currently eighteen different delivery partners working together to facilitate these active travel projects across the South East of Scotland, including Cycling Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.
The People and Place Monitoring Dashboard acts as a single source of truth, allowing SEStran to track and monitor the progress and impact of 100+ active travel projects in one place.
Our partnership vision
Our partnership with SEStran is ongoing and we have a number of exciting developments we’ll be adding to the People and Place Monitoring Dashboard in the near future.
For example, we’ll be adding active travel public survey data and will be looking to add collaborations with health boards and other cross-sector organisations to demonstrate the true impact of these projects.
About SEStran
SEStran (South East of Scotland Transport Partnership) is a regional transport partnership in Scotland.
SEStran aims to lead the development of a transportation system for South East Scotland, enabling business to function effectively and provide everyone living in the region with improved access to healthcare, education, public services and employment opportunities.
Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future.
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