EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Save Money, Save Time, Get Fit and Healthy!
Cycling to work can save you money and time, and it will improve your health and fitness levels. It is an easy way of building low levels of exercise into your daily routine, and you never know, you may make new friends by participating in this challenge.
Save Money!
Commute to work by bicycle to save money on public transport fares or the cost of running a motor vehicle. This may also mean you no longer need that expensive gym membership as you are building your exercise into your daily routine. Your organisation may even be able to set up a ‘Cycle to Work Scheme’ that allows employers to provide loans to employees for the purchase of a bicycle, free of VAT and income tax!
Save Time!
"Cycling is the quickest mode of transport in London for journeys under five miles." (Transport 2000)
A 4 mile trip in London takes on average 22 minutes by bicycle as compared to 40 minutes by car and 30 minutes by public transport
"Riding a bike at a steady speed takes only about as much energy as to walk at one quarter that speed." (Chris Juden, CTC).
Get Fit and Healthy!
Medical research details both ‘quick wins’ and longer term benefits which can be attained from cycling as little as three times a week.
See Cycling England www.cyclingengland.co.uk and Sustrans www.sustrans.org.uk websites for a wealth of information on the positive health effects of cycling.
