Plan your route

Planning your route in advance can help you reduce journey time and even the distance you travel, so saving fuel and CO₂ emissions.

This journey planner, provided by Transport Direct, is a useful tool to help you map your door-to-door trip by public transport or car. Simply enter your start and end points (whether they are postcodes, places, stations and even local attractions) and the planner will do the rest.

• To map your route, use the journey planner.

Combine trips

An additional way to reduce your mileage is to combine several trips into one. Approximately a fifth of a household’s car's CO₂ emissions come from journeys under five miles, and 64% come from journeys under 25 miles, so combining trips is a really effective way of tackling CO₂ emissions.

Here are three tips to help you combine car journeys:

1. Make a list. Think about all you need to get the job done – e.g. make one trip to the hardware store instead of several.
2. Think ahead. What else do you need to do while you're out and about? Are there any other errands you could fit in to save a separate trip later on?
3. Try closer shops. Can you get what you need nearer by?

By planning your journey and/or combining trips, you could save yourself time and money, as well as reducing your carbon footprint.