Travel
By adopting new working practices and supporting the use of zero and low carbon transport we will reduce the impacts of our commuting and business travel.
Travel Survey and Plan
Our travel plan aims to help staff and students make greener travel choices with money off bus and train travel and discounts on bikes, which we hope you can benefit from.
We carry out regular travel surveys to monitor the effectiveness of our travel plan and to see how our staff and students travel to and between our campuses.
Read the latest version of our Travel Survey and Plan (PDF).
Business travel
Our target to become zero carbon by 2045 includes our indirect carbon emissions from business travel.
Our Travel and Expenses Policy (PDF) supports our carbon reduction goals by requiring staff to prioritise online meetings and low carbon travel between campuses, and to use surface transport (e.g. rail) over air transport for journeys less than 750 miles.
We are currently implementing new travel management procedures to strengthen our ability to monitor and manage our business travel activity in support of our sustainability, health and safety, wellbeing and financial objectives.
Our performance
See how the amount of single-occupancy car travel to our campuses has decreased and how aware our staff and students are of our Travel Plan (PDF).Getting to our campuses
We provide extensive information on the various ways you can travel to our campuses:
- Travelling to our Cambridge campus
- Travelling to our Chelmsford campus
- Travelling to ARU Peterborough
- Travelling to ARU London
Travel discounts
We've agreed travel discounts with local bus and train companies for ARU students and staff, and offer a cycle to work scheme.
1. Avoid travel. Our Sustainability Strategy includes a commitment for all cross-campus meetings to allow video conference and remote joining.
Information for ARU staff on remote working, video conferencing, and collaborative software
2. Walking and cycling. Cycling can be one of the cheapest, quickest and healthiest ways to get to our campuses. See our Cycling to ARU guide (PDF) for all the information you need, including cycling discounts, facilities, safety and security.
3. Public transport. Our campuses are well served by public transport and we’ve agreed discounts for our staff and students with local bus and train companies to make your journey better for your finances as well as the environment.
Travel discounts for ARU staff
Travel discounts for ARU students
4. Car sharing. Sign up to our dedicated car share platform on ARUgreen to make it easier and more rewarding to share your commute with fellow colleagues and students.
5. Electric vehicles. We provide an electric car charge point in the Mildmay car park at our Chelmsford campus for two vehicles for ARU staff and students. The points need to be booked in advance and parking and electric charges apply. Full details can be found in our electric car charging point guide (PDF).