LJMU Ac ve and Sustainable Travel Delivery Plan Foreword
A foreword from Phil Vickerman, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Student Experience and strategic lead for Liverpool John Moores University’s Climate and Sustainability Plan. As the university’s representa ve for the LJMU Climate and Sustainability Plan on our Execu ve Leadership Team, I am proud to introduce our new Ac ve and Sustainable Travel Delivery Plan 20252030. This plan represents our commitment to increase ac ve and sustainable travel among our staff and students over the next five years, targe ng five key themes of ac ve travel, public transport, business travel and the Sustainable Travel Policy, fleet vehicles, and private vehicles and car parking. By working across these five themes, our plan aims to reduce our scope 1 and 3 carbon emissions, improve air quality, and reduce noise pollu on and conges on within the city and wider city region; whilst simultaneously providing a number of health and wellbeing benefits for our community. We have already started to make progress by holding cycling events in a variety of forms for both our staff and students – as well as the community – and have recently improved a number of shower and changing facili es to make ac ve travel into campus more a rac ve. We are developing strong rela onships within the City Region at a strategic level to improve safety and accessibility of ac ve travel routes onto our campus within the public realm. Furthermore, we are on track to switch our own fleet vehicles to electric or hybrid models and have installed a number of electric charging points across campus. In the upcoming years we have a number of ac ons planned such as improving wayfinding signage within and between campuses to make ac ve travel easier; encouraging staff to follow a travel hierarchy when making business trips; and working with local travel providers to ensure sustainable public transport op ons are affordable and accessible to our staff and students. We’ll be working with strategic partners within the region to support their plans and make improvements that not only support our campus areas but provide connec vity for the wider transport network. As a centrally placed university within Liverpool, our community has a large impact on travel within the city and wider city region. With our overarching aim to make ac ve and sustainable travel the first choice for our staff and students, I look forward to seeing how the measures included within this plan will make a posi ve contribu on to wellbeing within community, whilst suppor ng our own and Liverpool City Region’s ambi ous targets to travel on the journey to net zero.