Driving is down and walking is up!
The University of Leicester has completed a comprehensive review of how the travel plans of its 28,000 staff and students have changed over the last five years.
The review, conducted by Leicester-based sustainable travel specialist, Go Travel Solutions, revealed that the numbers of staff and students driving alone has dramatically reduced (from 49% in 2010 to 37% in 2015 for staff and from 9% in 2010 to 5% in 2015 for students), whilst staff walking to campus has increased from 16% to 21% and students walking is up from 56% to 62% over the same time period.
The review of the University of Leicester Travel Plan included a University-wide staff and student survey, carbon calculations, GIS mapping of postcode data for bus, walk and cycle routes and advice on data capture. Sandra Lee, Sustainability Officer at the University of Leicester said:
Robin Pointon, Managing Director of Go Travel Solutions added: “Since the first travel plan in 2010, the University has committed to reducing its overall environmental impact through transport related emissions. The 2015 Travel Survey has highlighted the potential for greater use of sustainable travel by staff and students with over 100 staff, who are existing single car drivers, expressing a willingness to travel more sustainably to work.
