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Sustainable Travel

45% of city workers who use a car to get to work drive less than 3 miles. This accounts for over 27,000 cars per day!

Many of our everyday travel actions consume energy and produce carbon dioxide emissions - everything from taking holiday or business flights to driving a car. 

By taking the bus or train, or walking or cycling instead of driving, you are helping to reduce congestion and pollution - making our city an even nicer place to be and the world a greener one!

Tips for reducing your carbon footprint
Here are our Top 10 some tips for reducing your travel carbon footprint.

1. Go by foot - Brighton is a compact, walkable city - if you're not going far, why not make the journey on foot?

2. Bike it - Research suggests regular cyclists suffer less stress and enjoy a greater sense of well being. So, do you really need to take the car? With an extensive network of cycle lanes across the city, cycling is quick and safe and you'll get fit too.

3. Use the train - If you're travelling outside the city, Brighton has excellent rail connections from and to all areas of the country. Or for large groups travelling to, or from, Brighton, Rail Blue Charters offer environmentally friendly private business and leisure charter trains for 100 to 650 people.

4. Use the bus - With an award-winning network of frequent, low emission bus services, taking the bus is a great sustainable option.

5. Car share - If you do need to drive why not consider a:

• car share
• pay as you drive car club
• Catch A Ride Scheme? 

Alternatively, opt for the greenest car option available, either by converting your car to LPG fuel or purchasing zero-emission hydrogen fuel cars. You can also try driving more economically by driving at a constant speed and not revving the engine frequently.

6. Use www.journeyon.co.uk  - Find your way around the city with this unique journey planner. It could help you save time and money, as well as reduce your carbon emissions.

7. Calculate your annual travel carbon footprint
Work out your carbon footprint, based on your annual travel.

8. Calculate potential flight emissions before you travel - For every hour we fly, each of us produces about 0.1 tonnes of C02. On a return flight to Athens that's the same as boiling the kettle non-stop for four weeks! Find out what your carbon emissions would be when taking the plane.

9. Be Carbon Wise - A great way to counter act the effects of carbon emissions is to offset them. Find out how to calculate, reduce and offset your carbon emissions.

10. Educate your kids - If you've got children, find out how you can help your children get to school in a sustainable way.

Other useful links

• Find out about Brighton council's Local Transport Plan.
• Find out more about sustainable transport at the Department of Transport website.

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