Sustrans shares expertise to change
Nottingham staff and students’ travel habits

People at The University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) will be encouraged to walk and cycle to and from campus in an investment project worth well over £3million over the next two years (from September 2009)

Working with Nottingham City Council the sustainable transport charity Sustrans will lend its expertise to an innovative new scheme to promote healthy, sustainable travel at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The new Project Manager, Joanna Ward, is in charge of a team of 3 Bike-It officers (similar in concept to those who Sustrans has used very successfully at schools in several places, for some years now), funded by Cycling England. For this project the 3 will be based at Nottingham University, Nottingham Trent University and the QMC, to help develop a concentrated programme to promote cycling over the next 3 years.

The project is a great boost for cycling in Nottingham, with an input of major new funding at a time of general cutbacks, and Pedals intends to work closely with Sustrans and the City Council to help make it very successful.

• for more information contact
  Joanna Ward - Project Manager, Sustrans Nottingham University Project,
  Sustrans Project Office, Room B41A, Biology Building,
  The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD,
  
  Direct Dial - (0115) 08232396, Mobile - 07825 182615,

  email: joanna.ward [at] sustrans [dot] org [dot] uk
  

  
  

The press release is attached below.