a million miles of magic celebrating the successes of the three year million miles project

A Million Miles of MagicCelebrating the successes of the three year Million

Miles Project

WHAT WE SET OUT TO DO

Reduce local residents annual car mileage by 1%

equivalent to 1 million miles over 3 years

• Active Travel• Greener car travel• Public transport

OUR START POINT

Average car travel – 13,600 miles

Total distance per household 27,000 miles

7.3 tonnes emissions per household

ACTIVE TRAVEL Encouraging cycling

© Gerry McCann

© Marion McDonald

ACTIVE TRAVEL Community Cycle trainers

ACTIVE TRAVEL

© OpenStreetMap contributors

ACTIVE TRAVEL

•Avoch/Fortrose bike bus – 60 children involved

•Slow Cycle Club – for less active cyclists

•Accompanied commuting cycling

•Skills training for children

•Bike maintenance courses

•Installing bike racks in almost all villages

ACTIVE TRAVEL Community mapping

© Marion McDonald

ACTIVE TRAVELCommunity cycle links - route card

ACTIVE TRAVELFoot, Bike, Bus and Train Map

GREENER CAR TRAVEL

LiftshareFuel efficient driving

© Ewen Wetherspoon © Peter Elbourne

GREENER CAR TRAVEL

430 people directly registered with highland liftshare

829 journeys registered

23% start on the Black Isle

GREENER CAR TRAVEL

PUBLIC TRANSPORTOut and about events

© Marion McDonald

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

© Marion McDonald

© Gerry McCann

Bus vouchersMailed to 3,600 homes with timetables

2% increase in bus use over 3 years

SPECIAL EVENTS

OUR RESULTS

Target Project outcomeReduced car usageFewer car miles driven each year 1,000,000 miles 1,352,277 milesPercentage reduction in car miles 1.0% 1.1%

Greenhouse gas emissions savedAnnual savings 374 tonnes CO2e 718 tonnes CO2e

Lifetime savings 790 tonnes CO2e 2,153 tonnes CO2e

WHAT PEOPLE SAID

“It's been really great to remind us of positive ways of doing things differently. Even the carshare banners all across the Black Isle

remind me to think about carsharing more than I used to.”

Sheila, Cromarty

“It has been so uplifting to see many more children and adults cycling in my local

community in recent months.

My general impression is that the children who have regularly been cycling with the

Bike Bus seem fitter and faster on the same route Also there are a number of the older children who were cycling with the

Bike Bus who are now cycling to and from school themselves or with friends and many more older children cycling

that route regularly too.”

Shirley Kelly, Community Cycle Trainer, Avoch

www.transitionblackisle.org

A big thank-you to you all