City of Greater Bendigo has recently embarked on a challenge to increase the use of active, public, and shared commute methods to 20% or more by 2026.
In July 2022, Council conducted a survey to establish a baseline for staff commuting habits and associated carbon emissions. This information will enable Council to make more targeted decisions in the future.
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Travel methods have been grouped into Active/Public/Shared methods and Individual methods:
Active/Public/Shared Methods:
Lower carbon emission per km travelled per person
Walk/Run/Cycle
Bus/Train
Taxi/Carpool
Individual Methods:
Higher carbon emission per km travelled per person
Car
Motorbike
The Work Commute survey was conducted on 12 to 29 July 2022 and recorded responses from 162 people. The results provide a snapshot of how staff travel to and from work, in the week before the survey.
Respondents commuted a total distance of 13,921 km and produced a total trip emission of 2.91 t in one week. This is roughly enough CO2 to fill 13 Olympic sized swimming pools. The average distance travelled is 13 km, with an average of 2.7 kg of emissions per trip.
12 - 29
July
162
Respondents
Total distance
13921 km
Average distance per trip
13 km
Total emissions
2.91 t
Average emissions per trip
0.0027 t
The following three charts illustrates the top three travel methods by Distance, Trip Count and Emissions.
The three graphs below helps us understand how staff commute to work. The ‘Trip Count’ graph shows the total number of trips. The other graphs break this down into the various transport types.
The information below illustrates respondents’ working arrangements across the week and helps identify staff commuting habits.
53%
Hybrid
41%
On-site
6%
WFH
The chart below shows the distribution of staff commute days throughout the week.
It helps us understand travel patterns for onsite and hybrid work arrangements.
The bar(s) in yellow shows the day(s) staff members most often commute to work.
The graph below shows a rough distribution of staff according to the length of their commutes. This information is useful to understand the distances staff travel to work, and how they are distributed along those distances.
The following graph helps us compare the travel modes (individual vs.active/public/shared) preferred by staff within various commute distances.
Active/Public/Shared Methods:
Lower carbon emission per km travelled per person
Walk/Run/Cycle
Bus/Train
Taxi/Carpool
Individual Methods:
Higher carbon emission per km travelled per person.
Car
Motorbike
Participants were provided with an option to suggest ways that Council can support and incentivise staff to choose more sustainable modes of transport to and from work.
These numbers show the percentage of all people in the survey who suggested this improvement. Some people are in more than one category, and some people didn’t have any suggestions - that’s why the numbers don’t add up to 100%. A stand out in the responses is the suggestions to improving Cycling/Walking infrastructure, increase Public Transit and End-of-Trip facilities at workplace.
End of trip facilities
22%
Incentives behavioural change
8%
Increase public transit
15%
Access to fleet cars carpooling
7%
Improving bike/walk infrastructure
12%
Arrangements for family members
8%
Other
13%