At FIT’s March Board meeting, 17 grants and 1 fellowship were approved out of 39 funding applications received. The focus areas of the grants stretch across the sustainable transport landscape, from local groups in Harrogate, Liverpool and Cambridge to national projects looking at taxation, public attitudes and speed limits. Learn more about the new grants funded below.
New projects
Moving Ahead Together
Awarded £9,690
A project bringing together local organisations, decision-makers and communities to rethink how people in Harrogate and Knaresborough travel.
Transport for the Lake District
Awarded £22,024
A project exploring what a world-class transport system for the Lake District would look like.
Transport access proposals to the Port of Liverpool
Awarded £12,100
A technical report setting out how to achieve a reduction in road freight around the Port of Liverpool.
A project bringing together children and developers to explore how new developments can enable children and young people to travel sustainably, actively and independently.
Quantifying the transport benefits of reducing time poverty
Awarded £16,665
A research project that aims to quantify and value the social issues of time pressure and time poverty, with the aim of reshaping transport investment priorities.
Accelerating workplace planning levy
Awarded £19,303
Helping local authorities learn how to develop and potentially introduce a workplace parking levy (WPL) to improve air quality and fund better public transport.
Better buses for the North East
Awarded £4,000
Developing a network of local and national campaigning organisations to build the case for bus franchising in the North East.
Extended projects
trainable
trainable
Awarded £5,000
A website that helps people easily discover and plan fun and inspiring things to do within reach of a train station.
A website that helps people easily discover and plan fun and inspiring things to do within reach of a train station.
Advocating for 20 mph as the appropriate speed limit on streets where people walk, live and play.
Transport fit for the future of Cambridgeshire
Awarded £20,000
A campaign working to unite and inspire those in the region striving for a transport network that offers genuine choice over how residents and visitors travel.
Low Traffic Future
Awarded £40,000
An alliance aiming to shift the conversation around transport to highlight the benefits of reduced traffic.
Good Travel: Phase 3
Awarded £7,359
The UK’s leading eco attractions working together to develop incentives to help visitors experience great green days out without their car.
New Transport Taxation Group
Awarded £9,274
A group of independent experts providing insights and proposals for transport tax reform.
Safer, fairer streets without SUVs
Awarded £18,898
A campaign to counter the increasing prevalence of large, heavy and polluting SUVs on British roads, particularly in urban areas.
Pledgeball: Our Route to Kick Off – Phase 2
Awarded £11,470
Encouraging sustainable fan travel to football matches through community interventions.
Mini Switzerland Stage 2
Awarded £17,500
A project looking at how the key characteristics of the Swiss rural public transport system could work in the Hope Valley.
Fellowship
During this funding round, Wenhua Jiang was awarded £7,974 to support research into “persona-driven bus interventions to reduce car dependency”. Read more about what the fellowship will explore.
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