Highways Agency

Our Plan, Targets and Monitoring

Our Plan

Based on the staff survey and workshop findings we have identified four key aims for our "Green Travel Plan". These are to:

• reduce the overall amount of car travel, particularly sole use
• increase the use of alternative modes of transport
• reduce business travel
• explore opportunities for reducing the need to travel

We will work with others to deliver this Plan. This Plan will last three years.

Targets

The Government has set a voluntary target in relation to reducing single person car use. We have set our own additional targets, based on findings of our survey and workshops, which will help us to measure the success of our "Green Travel Plan". Over the next three years we will aim to:

• reduce the number of car journeys to work by 10%
• reduce the number of people travelling to work alone by car by 10%
• reduce the recorded business mileage by car by 10%
• increase walking and cycling journeys by 15%

Each Agency office will develop its own "Green Travel Plan" which will set out its contribution to these overall Agency targets. These will be designed to reflect the particular local circumstances. Some central initiatives will also contribute to these targets.

Monitoring

We will monitor progress against these targets. Bi-annually we will receive progress reports from local co-ordinators and annually we will conduct staff surveys in each office. We will include the results in our Annual Report.