3c Travel Plans and Cycling

An increase in the number of employees cycling to work can bring significant benefits including:

• reducing the space required for car parking (one car space can accommodate up to ten cycles)
  
• reducing commuting costs
  
• improving fitness and reducing stress levels of staff
  

Your staff survey can help you understand the number of existing and potential cyclists and what measures you can introduce to encourage cycling.

How can your organisation increase cycling?

An employer can become more cycle friendly and increase the level of cycle use for commuting and short business trips by:

• providing interest-free loans for the purchase of cycles
  
• providing secure cycle parking facilities in a well-lit, supervised, covered location
  
• providing changing and shower facilities for cyclists
  
• liaising with the local authority to improve links between the site and the local cycle network
  
• producing a cycle map which identifies safe routes to your site
  
• encouraging regular cyclists to help less confident cyclists who may need accompanying on initial journeys
  
• setting up a Bicycle User Group (BUG)

Choosing Measures
Travel Plans and Walking
Travel Plans and Cycling
Travelling by Bus
Travelling by Rail
Powered Two-Wheelers
Using Taxis
Car Sharings
Car Clubs
The Place of Cars
Car Park Management Strategy
Managing Business Travel
Changing the Way We Work
Travel Plans and Cleaner Fuels
Travel Plans and Deliveries