Manchester Airport staff travel threatens carbon neutral goal
22.04.08
Efforts to encourage people to travel to Manchester Airport by public transport are not having much effect on the airport's own employees, new figures reveal. The results of a 2007 employee travel survey show the number driving to work on their own dropped by only 1 percent compared to 2006, threatening the airports stated goal of going carbon neutral from their ground operations.
According to the survey, 79 percent of the airport's employees travel to work by car, including 69 percent who travel alone, 6 percent who travel as passengers and 4 percent who carry passengers in their car.
The number of staff using the bus increased by 1 percent to 9 percent and train usage was 3 percent, up from 2 percent in 2006. Two percent go by bike, 2 percent walk, 1 percent use motorcycles and mopeds and 2 percent come by taxi.
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