East End on the move
Active Travel

 

Read about the environmental benefits of active travel. 

Active Travel

Put simply, active travel is using your own power to travel. Active travel doesn’t have to take up the whole journey, you could walk to a bus stop, use the bus, then walk to your destination. Alternatively you could use ‘park and stride’ to drive to a convenient carpark near your destination then walk the rest of the way, rather than trying to park outside. Walking and cycling are the most common forms of active travel, but there’s nothing to stop you rowing along the Clyde or skateboarding into town as well.

Environmental benefits of active travel

Everyone breaths a little easier if you travel on foot, or by bike. All motorised transport emits pollutants which harm the environment, even when you sit in a car in traffic, you are exposed to more of these pollutants than if you are on a bike or on foot, damaging your health as well as the environment

Believe it or not, but it doesn’t rain all the time, and even if it is, you can wear a jacket or use an umbrella. It’s only rain.

As part of East End on the move, work is being done throughout Calton, Dalmarnock, Bridgeton & Parkhead to make the built environment more enjoyable to walk in. These changes will include better signage, wider footways, new cycle routes and improving the landscape.

Most nations in the developed world have committed to trying to drastically reduce their carbon footprint. Transport is a major cause of carbon emissions and using active travel to reduce your footprint can really help. Buses and trains emit much less carbon that private cars, so you can combine walking or cycling with public transport to do your bit to help the East End environment. And by walking or cycling for local trips, you still retain control of how long the journey will take, far more so than in a car where traffic jams can cause delays.

When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.  ~H.G. Wells