Go Cycle go green - for business

Many businesses suffer from parking and congestion problems caused by too many employees driving to work.

The problems include:

• Congestion around the site
• Pressure to provide more parking spaces
• Upsetting residents in nearby streets
• Increasing the cost to the company of travel and parking
• Employees stuck in traffic arriving late and stressed

Encouraging employees to cycle to work can help solve these problems. It means:

• Less pressure on parking spaces around the workplace
• Reduced costs of providing parking for employees
• Less congestion around the site at peak times
• A healthier, less stressed, more productive workforce
• An improved image locally

There are, of course, some people who live too far from their workplace to cycle. For these people the answer may be a mix of cycling and public transport.

Kent County Council is working with transport providers to give cyclists better facilities and easier access to public transport. Other improvements across the county include more cycle lockers, cycle access ramps and cycle parking facilities.

Cycling clearly will not be the answer for all employees, but encouraging bikes as one part of a Travel Plan will help to make a difference.

Travel Plans are becoming popular with Kent’s businesses as a way of thinking through the best way of getting staff to work in an environmentally-sound and efficient way. The overall aim is to reduce the number of car journeys, particularly those involving a single occupant – and encouraging journeys by bike can help!

You can find out more about Travel plans and about the way KCC can help your business to set one up by visiting www.kent.gov.uk/transport-and-streets/sustainable-transport/travel-plans/default.htm

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