Business Involvement
Socially-conscious businesses are beginning to recognise the need to help staff find more sustainable ways to get to and from work as the majority of the workforce will travel individually by car.
Local Motion aims to liaise with companies and employees to explain how a business travel plan might work and then the team will help get the scheme started.
What is a Travel Plan?
A travel plan is an employer-based package of alternative travel options to the car, which also suggests ways to use the car more efficiently for in-work travel and commuting.
A typical plan may look at walking, cycling, public transport incentives, flexible ways of working such as, car sharing and a company car fleet.
Development of a travel plan will help encourage staff and visitors to use more environmentally-friendly alternatives than driving alone, at least for some of their journeys.
A travel plan should contain a mixture of incentives and disincentives to be successful, e.g. car sharing, promoting more use of public transport, encouraging walking and cycling, restricting on-site car parking spaces and supporting alternative work practices which reduce the need to travel.
Why develop a Travel Plan?
There may be a number of reasons why businesses might decide to develop a travel plan:
• There are problems with parking
• There is congestion on the approach roads to the business site
• The MD and/or employees may wish to improve the environmental image of the organisation
• A travel plan may be required as part of a business plan.
• A condition of a planning permission may be the production of a travel plan
Tees Valley Travel Plan Builder
If you are a Darlington based organisation you can write your own travel plan using the website below (click on the Darlington Borough Council logo to go to the Darlington section of the site).
Travel Plan Builder
Contact Jeremy Smith on 01325 388652 for help with developing a workplace travel plan.