What is TravelSmart?

TravelSmart is an action based program that deals with the way we get about. It aims to reduce our reliance on the motor vehicle for travel.

TravelSmart encourages us to use healthier, more environmental friendly forms of travel such as public transport, walking, cycling and car-pooling.

Making the decision to walk, ride your bike or catch a bus just one day a week, instead of taking the car, makes a difference. It can make a difference to your health and it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which makes a difference to the environment. It could mean we don’t need to spend so much money on road building in the future – and we could avoid the major congestion and pollution issues faced by other cities.

It sounds easy – and logical. So why don’t more of us do it more often? Why do we automatically jump in the car for that trip to work, school, shops or sport? Sometimes we have no choice, but more often we probably do have options.

TravelSmart gives you the chance to discover those options.