About the Service

Commuting is a choice we make every day. For something so routine and intermediary, our daily travel has enormous consequences on our health, our time and money, and the world we live in. Since 2008, it has been a university priority for staff and students to be 'smart movers' and choose sustainable transport to come to campus. That's because solo car jouneys contribute every day to our collective greenhouse gas emissions. It's also because the sustainable alternatives advantage our wellbeing, wallets and world:

• Cycling and walking to work or study make us physically fitter and mentally relaxed,  cost very little, and emit nothing.
• Bus and train journeys ring-fence time for reading, listening to music, or reaching out to friends. They are discounted for staff and students alike, and emissions shared, like any problem, are emissions halved.

We make choices based on realistic options. That's why the university-wide travel survey is at the heart of the sustainable travel plan. Understanding why staff and students make the transport choices they do, helps devise measures to make sustainable transport more attractive. The hire-bike scheme popular with international and exchange students and the 25% discount on yearly staff bus passes are just two examples.

The travel plan has had great successes in the past 12 years. Solo car driving dropped five percentage points 2008-2018, staff cycling is more than the double national average, and 78% of undergraduates walk or cycle to study. Like these members of our community, will you be a smart mover too?