Company Travel Plan

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Sustainability

One of the main instruments to improve mobility is based on actions to optimise workers’ mobility and time, put alternative modes of transport before private vehicles and streamline car use.

Barcelona City Council

Spain

Local policy

POLICY OBJECTIVE

To implement a comprehensive strategy for a more sustainable and responsible mobility within the organisation that incorporates equal opportunities and perspectives of gender and diversity, reduces emissions and energy consumption, decreases accidents, and improves health.

By combining these factors, one of the main objectives is to reduce commuting and mobility time.

CONTEXT

The current mobility model is based on intensive use of motorised private vehicles both in and out of the city.

This model increases traffic and urban congestion and, above all, a set of externalities including atmospheric and noise pollution, depletion of nonrenewable natural resources, waste, sprawl, loss of functionality of public spaces and accidents that directly impact the environment and citizens’ quality of life.

POLICY DESCRIPTION

Seeking a basic and necessary instrument to improve the conditions of travel within workplaces and organisations, not to mention a culture of sustainable mobility in the various areas of the organisation, Barcelona Activa (Barcelona’s Employment and Enterprise Service) has developed a first Business Travel Plan within the framework of the Social Responsibility Policy.

This plan includes 4 programmes and 28 actions.

KEY ASPECTS

Internal plan to promote non-motorised modes of transport and public transport, reduce emissions from private vehicles and manage sustainable mobility.

RESULTS

The 2021 report found that beneficiaries included 384 workers (301 women and 83 men).

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Alicia

Egea Galipienso

Director for Organisation and Quality
Barcelona Activa

alicia.egea@barcelonactiva.cat

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