Delivery through your partners is crucial to extending the reach of any package of measures. Often they will have a vested interest in the success of sustainable travel initiatives which can be built on create positive delivery partnerships. Any initiatives should involve working closely with the local transport operators but should also include key partners, for example:

1. Education establishments

The ambition is for all schools to have a travel plan by March 2010. Further and Higher Education establishments should also be approached to implement a travel plan for staff and students. Local authorities should also ensure that the work of developing and implementing a sustainable transport initiative is aligned with the priorities for children and young people as set out in the local Children and Young People's Plan (CYPP)

The key priorities include:

• ensuring new schools or colleges fully consider sustainable travel when being planned (see Lancaster's example)
• strategic planning being overseen by the Local Strategic Partnership
• developing a school travel plan

The key priorities include:

• developing a school travel plan for every school
• ensuring FE and Higher Education establishments fully consider sustainable travel especially when being planned (see Lancaster's example)

2. Local business

There is often areas where you can create a common interest  with businesses to promote staff travelling more sustainably for example when seeking planning permission for new developments (Section 106 agreements) as well as appealing to their business interests and sense of corporate social responsibility. This can be done by:

• suggesting businesses take up travel plans (see Cambridge's example)
• Leading by example (see West Sussex's example)

3. Health organisations

Authorities and local health providers such as local Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts hold improvements to health as a key concern.

This strong common interest should be exploited through joint working and the promotion of:

• community active travel choices (see Nottingham's example)

4. Third-sector groups

Local authorities are strongly encouraged to work with third sector organisations, such as the Community Transport Association, to deliver sustainable community transport solutions, in some cases reaching groups that would otherwise be hard to involve.  CommonWheels for example has used the approach successfully to deliver low carbon car clubs.