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The negative externalities of high rates of car use associated with the National Health Service (NHS) have been a major policy concern in the United Kingdom. Every healthcare authority was required to produce a travel plan by December 2010, with a higher emphasis on promoting walking and cycling as a means of accessing hospitals. Evidence shows that although the take-up of travel plans is increasing across the NHS, the impact of travel plans in promoting walking as a travel option is relatively low among hospital staff. There is a lack of research on hospital travel plans, specifically in terms of what factors may have affected their success. This empirical study aims at bridging the gap between research and practice by capturing the views of the NHS representatives on hospital travel plans through a questionnaire. The survey findings show that despite having a high potential to promote walking as a key travel option among the hospital staff, the measures to promote walking were cited as the least effective. A Spearman correlation coefficient test was performed to evaluate the correlation between travel plan measures to promote walking and restrictive measures to reduce the use of cars. The results show that the effectiveness of measures to reduce the use of cars is positively correlated with the effectiveness of measures to promote walking. The effectiveness of travel plan measures is attributed to the successful adoption of innovative strategies in the given travel plan context.
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