Sustrans is the charity that’s enabling people to travel by foot, bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day. Our work makes it possible for people to choose healthier, cleaner and cheaper journeys, with better places and spaces to move through and live in. .

Smarter Journeys to Work 3 year project covering Cardiff, Caerphilly and Pontypridd Support and assist organisations in encouraging and promoting sustainable transport This is achieved by developing a Travel Plan

Why have a Travel Plan? For the Employee For the Employer Financial Savings Solve parking issues and site accessibility Staff retention and morale Improve organisation image Environmental benefits Meet organisation regulations Reduced Absenteeism For the Employee Reduce journey costs and time Widen travel choices Health and wellbeing benefits Socialise with colleagues Less stress More pleasant workplace

Reduced staff absence Modal Shift Financial savings Time Savings What has been achieved? Cardiff Metropolitan University- 32% reduction in the number of days lost to staff sickness absence since 2008. Velindre NHS Trust: reduced the number of staff single occupancy car trips to their site by 12% from 2008-2011. Zurich: video conferencing at its four sites resulted in £122,000 worth of fuel cost savings KPMG in 2010: 430 extra ‘work hours’ that would be spent travelling were created Reduced staff absence Modal Shift Financial savings Time Savings

How can we help? We can provide free support in : Understanding your workplace Advising and assisting with the Travel Plan Implementation Monitoring arrangements Travel Events Cycle training, Dr Bike and cycle maintenance demonstrations

Who are we working with? Lloyds TSB – helped set up a pool bike scheme UHW – supported a number of events HMRC – developed a Travel Plan from scratch and won a Sewta Travel Plan Award University of South Wales – developing an Active Travel Map Caerphilly Business Park – developing a Travel Plan

Resources There are a number of free resources that are available: Smarter Journeys to Work toolkit Sustainable travel leaflets/literature ‘hands on’ support with events

Swyddog Prosiect Mannau Gwaith Caerdydd Mala Bhardwa   Swyddog Prosiect Mannau Gwaith Caerdydd Project Officer Cardiff Workplaces Sustrans Cymru 123 Stryd Bute Caerdydd CF10 5AE 123 Bute Street Cardiff CF10 5AE  Ffon/Tel: 029 2065 0602