Travel and access action group

Under the travel and access theme, there are four areas identified for action including Dial-A-Bus, sustainable transport and cycling.

Christchurch Dial-A-Bus

Dial-A-Bus provides wheelchair accessible transport in Christchurch for older people and people with disabilities who find it difficult to use existing transport services. The service was set up by volunteers through the Partnership and needs voluntary help to attract funding, provide support to the service to help it grow and cater for more people in Christchurch. Please contact us if you can help in any way.

Dial-A-Bus now operates on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Please see the Dial-a-Bus November - December 2011 leaflet (pdf, 656kb) (opens in a new window) for full details.

Promoting cycling

The Partnership has an active cycling group who work together to address cycle issues across Christchurch. Cycle routes, bike storage, promoting cycling, cycle maintenance and safety are just some of the issues being dealt with.

See the following documents for further details:

Dorset County Council Committee Papers - Connect2 Project - Throop to Hurn (pdf, 421kb) (opens in a new window)

Connect2 Project - Throop to Hurn (pdf, 13kb) (opens in a new window)

Value for Money: An Economic Assessment of Investment in Walking and Cycling (pdf, 368kb) (opens in a new window)

Access for all

The accessibility sub-group provides advice on access issues to businesses and other agencies across Christchurch. The aim is to

Review current public and community transport provision
Work to reduce traffic congestion
Review and update signage to facilities, parking, shops and other places of interest in the borough

Sustainable transport campaign for Christchurch

Funding has been successfully obtained through the travel and access group to help promote alternative forms of transport in Christchurch. Congestion in Christchurch was a key issue raised in our consultation and we hope to encourage people in Christchurch to leave their car at home at least once a week and try something different.

Please view Carplus annual survey of car clubs 2009/10 (pdf, 711kb) (opens in a new window) published by Transport Research Laboratory (Published Project Report PPR476).

The Travel and Access action group meets quarterly to work towards their action plan.

Current initiatives

Action group representatives and Christchurch Over 50's Forum have launched Christchurch Community Partnership's Dial-A-Bus. The Dial-A-Bus service has been set up to provide wheelchair accessible transport for older people and people with disabilities who find it difficult to use existing transport services
The action group has a cycling sub group
The accessibility sub group advises on accessibility and tackles issues identified by the local community
Partnership members have had the opportunity to comment on the latest draft of the South East Dorset Local Transport Plan (pdf, 4Mb) (opens in a new window)

If you have any contributions that you would like to make to the action plan, or are interested in any of the issues raised then please come and join the action group.

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