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Swindon Travel Choices

Swindon Travel Choices aims to make it easier for those living or working in
Swindon to get around without clogging up the road network. We believe that by
giving people proper travel choices, many everyday journeys can be made by
bus, bike and foot rather than by car.

Take steps not to hibernate! Use our online widget
Just because the nights are drawing in and the temperatures to plan your
are dropping, there’s no excuse not to discover the wonders of
your community or the wider countryside. journey
Walking is a really enjoyable activity through the winter months The Swindon Travel Choices
and there are plenty of bright dry days to enjoy, and various free online journey planner is now
walking groups continue to operate all year round. available as a free widget for
Take some inspiration and find walking groups or routes near any organisation or business
you at www.getwalking.org/swindon that would benefit from helping
If you’d rather walk at a time to suit you, there are plenty of its customers plan journeys to
routes to follow in the their site.
West Swindon area in By installing a simple line of
our free magazine code into the website, the widget allows people to enter a
‘Get Walking in West start point and destination, and receive directions by bus, on
Swindon’. foot, by bike or by car. The journey planner will also compare
It includes lots of journey times, calorie burn, and carbon emissions.
information on the If you would like to install the widget on your internet or
health and financial intranet, email [email protected]
benefits of walking and
the many social walking Move to a ‘no-car diet’
groups there are in the
town, as well as tips An office move to Lydiard Fields in December has prompted a
on what to wear and Swindon resident Tony
safety. Pound to take up a
Copies of the magazine challenge of living for a
are available at West year without a car
Swindon Library, or Tony, who works for
we can send you one Openwork, will sell his
if you email your car and use the 4 mile
address to: commute as an
swindontravelchoices opportunity to cycle,
@swindon.gov.uk run or walk to work
each day as training
towards an Ironman
Make challenge next year.
tracks “I know it’s not going to
be easy to live without
with a car,” he admits, “as it
will mean longer jour-
ney times, being more
Rail season ticket holders who drive to the station each day organised, and having to think about
could be throwing away hundreds of pounds each year changes of clothes, but there’s nothing that can’t be overcome
unnecessarily. PLUSBUS tickets can now be bought with the by appropriate planning.”
rail season tickets, which allow unlimited travel on the buses
around the Swindon urban area. Tony will use taxis, public transport and the Swindon Car Club
when he needs motorised transport, but is looking forward
PLUSBUS costs as little as £2 a day; far cheaper than parking to the benefits of not owning a car. “I’m going to save a huge
costs, and railcard holders can get an additional 33% off. amount of money not having to pay for insurance, running costs,
You can compare parking charges to PLUSBUS at parking, tax, MOT and servicing, but above all I’m hoping that
www.cheapercommuting.com/ my experience can inspire others to get more active and reduce
It’s not just for season ticket holders either. Any type of rail their car use.”
ticket bought in advance can be paired up with PLUSBUS at Tony will be keeping a blog about his car free challenge, which
either end of the train journey. See www.plusbus.info for details. will be linked from www.swindontravelchoices.org.uk

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