Active travel for workplaces
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Encouraging staff to travel to work sustainably can have many benefits, including:
- Creating healthier workplaces - improving staff health and wellbeing. Research has also shown that having more active employees leads to reduced absences and increased productivity.
- Cost-effectiveness - saving your company and employees money on petrol and parking costs.
- Reducing the company's overall carbon footprint.
Not sure where to start, here are some ways in which companies can encourage their employees to travel more actively to work where possible:
- Sign up your company for a walking challenge
- Take part in Cycle to Work Day to reward regular cycle commuters.
- Introduce a cycle to work scheme.
- Get certified as a cycle-friendly employer.
- Creating Active Travel Champions within the workplace to encourage active travel through peer support.
- Sustrans pages offer further information and tips to help you improve active travel in the workplace.
Page published: 15 Nov 2022, 10:09 AM