Get Going Top Tips
Top Tips!
- Walk to school - if you have children, walk or cycle with them to school
- 1 in 5 - if you drive to work, try travelling sustainably just one day a week
- Public transport – set a realistic goal. Try travelling on public transport once a week. When you get used to how the system works you can travel more places, more often.
- Plan your journey – there are many websites that will help you plan a journey using public transport
- Pedometer – buy a pedometer and count how many steps you take in an average day, then set targets for increasing your walking
- Travel Plans – if your work place does not have a Green Travel Plan, ask them to contact the Council for help in setting one up
Walking one mile in 20 minutes uses as much energy as….
Running a mile in 10 minutes- Swimming breast stroke for 10 minutes
- Playing football for 12 minutes
- Cycling for 16 minutes
- Doing aerobics for 16 minutes
- Weight training for 17 minutes
In the morning peak, 1 in 5 cars on the road is on the school run.
The average school run journey in the car produces 800g of CO2.
In heavy traffic, the levels of pollution inside a car can be as much as 3 times higher than levels on the pavement.
According to the British Medical Association cycling just 20 miles a week HALVES the risk of heart attack.
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