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• Re-thinking commuting
  • Commuting basics
  • What we could do differently
    • Encouraging cycling and walking for work
      • Cycling benefits
      • Cycling as part of a work-related journey
      • Changing behaviour
      • Walking benefits
    • Commuting by rail
    • Encouraging work-related travel by bus and coach
    • Motorcycling for work
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Cycling as part of a work-related journey

Many people live significant distances from their places of work and therefore by necessity have to take the train or coach for the majority of the distance however this generally means another journey from the train or coach station to the office.

In London, Barclays Cycle Scheme is enabling thousands of people, many of them commuters, to hire a bike and use it for the remainder of their journey or for business meetings during the day.

The Barclays Cycle Scheme is only in London at present however facilities are improving generally and in September 2010, the Rt Hon Norman Baker MP opened the first ‘CyclePoint’ at Leeds City Station.

Many commuters travel with their folding bikes or leave their bike at the station (sometime having a bike at both ends of their journey), thus building in some exercise to their commute.

Taking bikes on trains is possible if they are folding bikes however at peak commuting times it is not possible to take a non-folding bike on a train. Further information is available from National Rail’s Cycling by Train pages.

Pool bikes are a real bonus for many employees as they can then cycle during the day in the course of their work. Many organisations offer these. For further information see ways2work's Cycling in Business Advisory Note (2009 version.  To access 2011 version please join as a ways2work member and find the updated version under Resources).

TfL has issued a guidance on Pool bikes for Business which can be found here