
Travel less, do more (or do what’s necessary, anyway) – transportxtra.com
Society’s capacity to innovate suggests we can use learning from the pandemic to plan for less traffic…
22 March 2022
Percentage reduction in trips and miles saved per mode (over and above pre-Covid-19 levels) if 50% of June 2021 working from home (WFH) levels are maintained, for those that can (N=1724).5
A timely new report, Less is more: Changing travel in a post-pandemic society, finds that people have been able to adapt significant elements of their daily travel to do what they want by travelling less.
The researchers call on policy makers to:
• Actively manage the return to the office to kickstart more sustainable commuting
• Stimulate a return to public transport
• Prioritise improving pedestrian environments with the funding and attention it deserves
• Encourage leisure cyclists to broaden their cycle use
• Tackle the rise in light goods vehicle traffic
• Support a shift to lower car ownership
22 March 2022
Percentage reduction in trips and miles saved per mode (over and above pre-Covid-19 levels) if 50% of June 2021 working from home (WFH) levels are maintained, for those that can (N=1724).5
A timely new report, Less is more: Changing travel in a post-pandemic society, finds that people have been able to adapt significant elements of their daily travel to do what they want by travelling less.
The researchers call on policy makers to:
• Actively manage the return to the office to kickstart more sustainable commuting
• Stimulate a return to public transport
• Prioritise improving pedestrian environments with the funding and attention it deserves
• Encourage leisure cyclists to broaden their cycle use
• Tackle the rise in light goods vehicle traffic
• Support a shift to lower car ownership