The UAL pilot scheme with Cyclescheme.co.uk has run successfully with 32 salaried employees taking up the scheme within the last year. The average bike purchase is approximately £700 with an average expected saving of £286 per employee. (UAL saving £80 … Continue reading
An interesting news story in the Guardian today: BBC Worldwide bans short-haul executive flights. “Staff at BBC Worldwide have been banned from taking domestic and short-haul flights as part of one of the most wide-ranging green travel programmes yet attempted … Continue reading
A joint consultation between HEFCE, Universities UK and GuildHE on developing a carbon reduction target and strategy for higher education in England is being published today. The consultation asks for views on proposed sector-level targets for the reduction of carbon … Continue reading
During June Transport for London are running the London Workplace Cycle Challenge which they describe as a ”fun, free competition that encourages organisations to compete against each other and see who can get the most staff cycling.” Go to: https://cyclechallenge.tfl.gov.uk/ and sign … Continue reading
WCA colleagues (staff, and students who’ll be around over the summer) are invited to tomorrow’s ‘Try Cycling to Work’ event, to be held outside WCA canteen from 10.30am – 12.30pm. The idea of this event is to encourage people who may be … Continue reading
WCA online travel survey has today been launched as part of Wimbledon’s travel planning work, previously announced on this blog. The survey’s open to all staff including VLs and students based at Wimbledon and we plan to run it for … Continue reading
WCA has embarked on a workplace travel plan with support from Transport for London. It’s early days yet and as part of this there will be site audits across WCA taking place shortly. We’re hoping for a range of benefits … Continue reading
Do you have views on how to improve cycle parking in London? The Transport Committee has launched an investigation to identify ways of increasing the provision of good quality cycle parking. It will look at the role of all the … Continue reading
A new cycle hire scheme is due to be introduced to central London in 2010, similar to the successful Vélib scheme in Paris. The scheme will allow you to pick up a cycle at a docking station, use it as … Continue reading
A new website that aims to help designers get smart quick about design for the bicycle has launched at www.bikeoff.org. It contains 2 years of AHRC/EPSRC funded research, visualisation and developed research tools (see “design resource” on www.bikeoff.org) aimed at … Continue reading