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Transport Resource Unit
The Transport Resource Unit (TRU) has the specific remit of focusing on transport issues as experienced by the voluntary sector and also provides a direct link between the voluntary sector and the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA). Accordingly, the GMITA is able to make decisions informed by views from voluntary and community sector groups.
TRU’s aims are to:
• Inform the voluntary sector about transport issues
• Enable voluntary organisations to engage with the statutory sector
• Build an evidence base to inform local transport policy and support decision-making
• Advocate and communicate the contribution of the voluntary sector to Greater Manchester’s transport system
The TRU network of voluntary sector groups and organisations is free to join and provides an opportunity for information sharing, as well as participation in consultation, research and the chance to influence transport policy. If you are interested in joining the TRU network please contact Melanie Jeffs on 0161 277 1014 or via e-mail at: melanie.jeffs@gmcvo.org.uk
TRU network members receive a regular e-bulletin - please click here to view the most recent issues.
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The UK has a "chronic shortage" of social housing, according to a United Nations report.
Manchester's Transport Action Group (formerly The Transport Pool) have produced a series of videos which show the problems caused by inconsiderate and illegal parking.
Greater Manchester is one of nine areas invited to bid for Government funding to become a 'Sustainable Travel City'.
The GM Community Transport Forum and the GM Public Health Network, with sponsorship from GMPTE, are holding a 'summer seminar' to bring together health stakeholders and community transport&nbs
Thursday, 9 July 2009GMCVO's Transport Resource Unit is researching the transport experiences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people in Greater Manchester.
Greater Manchester’s leaders have agreed to find the funding for many of the transport proposals which were originally part of the failed Transport Innovation Fund bid.
Greater Manchester’s community transport sector received a big boost this week after securing funding from the National Lottery’s Awards for All programme.
A door-to-door 'Local Link' service, funded by Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA), was extended this week to serve more passengers living in Bury's rural areas. The extension to the service was proposed by the Bury Rural Inequalities Forum (RIF), with support from GMCVO's Transport Resource Unit.
The Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA) is currently carrying out an internal review of the grants which they provide to individuals and organisations, and also the provision of flexible transport within Greater Manchester.
The Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority has approved the Transport Resource Unit work programme and grant for 2009/10.
TravelWatch Northwest, the independent public transport users' forum, has published a report on passengers perceptions of Manchester's train stations.
Living Streets, the national charity that campaigns on behalf of pedestrians, is seeking to expand.
The significant impact of transport on the work of VCS health providers is to be uncovered in a new study to be undertaken by the Transport Resource Unit. It is hoped that the findings from the research will shed more light on the added value of community transport and the need for transport to be considered for funding among other health and wellbeing services.
Falling on buses is a concern for many older people and so Help the Aged have made this their theme for National Falls Awareness Day 2009, on 23rd June 2009
As an increase to the concessionary bus fare is announced the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA) is calling on the government to fund a maximum standard concessionary fare of 50p across the UK for children and young people in full-time education.
The Longsight Transport Project began life in 2002 with the aim of giving local people a voice on transport and related issues.
A 40% increase in the concessionary fare in 2007 may have led to some families thinking twice about their children catching the bus to school, according to research commissioned by the Transport Resource Unit in early 2008. This research will now be followed up at a national level.
Greater Manchester voters have rejected the Transport Innovation Fund proposals unanimously, with every single district voting against the proposals by a considerable margin.
GMPTE have launched this year's guide to public transport over the festive period.
More than half a million journeys were made using community transport in Greater Manchester last year, according to new research.