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 A leading Hampshire business park has identified key areas for how sustainable travel can be made easier for the 3,000 people who work there after launching it’s first ever travel survey.
Wendy Fletcher, Travel Co-ordinator from Chineham Park, Basingstoke sent the survey at the end of 2007 to over 40 companies ranging from local enterprises through to international headquarters to find out about their methods of transport and how they can be made more sustainable.
The survey reveals that 39% of respondents expressed an interest in utilising a car share scheme, which would reduce fuel costs, decrease congestion and give users a more sociable and less stressful way of travelling.
The survey also showed that 15% of respondents utilise the courtesy coaches as their main form of transport. Chineham Park's dedicated and complimentary bus service runs between Chineham Park and Basingstoke railway station every 15 minutes at peak hours. In 2007 the coaches undertook 150,000 passenger movements, which is a 10% increase on the 2006 level. Furthermore a significant portion of respondents expressed an interest in embracing healthier ways of travelling to work such as walking or cycling.
Wendy Fletcher said: "The feedback and views from surveys, such as this, helps Chineham Park to understand then meet the needs of everyone who works here. It's only by receiving such feedback that improvements can be made."
With the Environment Agency estimating that we need to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60% to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, sustainability is high on Chineham Park’s agenda. The business park is in the process of creating a car share scheme ‘Share & Care’, which will help their occupiers to adopt more sustainable ways to travel to work.
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· The next travel survey will be launched in December 2008
· For more details about Chineham Park, please visit www.mepc.com/chinehampark/Home.aspx
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