Internal initiatives

The aim of Suffolk County Council's Green Travel Plan is to persuade our staff to use sustainable transport whenever possible for both business and private purposes. We try to do this by:


Promoting alternative transport to work

  • providing more facilities at work for walkers and cyclists e.g. lockers, secure cycle parking, showers and changing facilities
  • providing subsidies for public transport and publicising available services

Minimising the environmental impacts (emissions) of car usage

Other initiatives

  • a new cycling payment of £2 per day for council journeys.
  • defensive driver training programme for all fleet and lease vehicle drivers.
  • new pool cycles in Bury St. Edmunds.
  • new pool cycles for out-lying offices to connect with town centres.


We also monitor our business mileage on a quarterly basis as part of the wider reporting on carbon emissions that is required by central government.