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Appendix 5 - Sample Action Plan

Note that this Action Plan is not exhaustive,

but will give you ideas for action for your own site.

Your Employee Travel Survey, site audit and organisational policy audit will highlight other potential actions.

Sample Actions

Person

Timeline

Targets

Responsible

Cycling

‘Soft’ Measures

(promoting behavioural change)

Introduce a Cycle to Work scheme and promote through in-house bike displays from

suppliers

Organise a Bike Maintenance class/ course

Organise cycle training/ on-road skills

Set up a Bicycle Users’ Group to discuss issues and liaise with management

Provide Cyclists’ equipment (pump, puncture repair kit etc.)

Display local area maps for cyclists/ walkers interested in local routes

Participate in National Bike Week events in June (see bikeweek.ie)

Introduce ‘fleet bikes’ for employees to borrow

Provide an electric fleet bike and a folding fleet bike for employees to try

on their commute

Arrange tours of cycling facilities for interested/ new employees

‘Hard’ Measures

(supporting infrastructure)

Conduct a site audit to gauge ease of access for cyclists coming on-site

Survey and improve cycle parking

(see sample Cycle Audit in Appendix 6)

encourage cycling to your site and cater for increases in demand

Survey and improve cyclists’ (and walkers’) changing/ storage/ locker

facilities to encourage cycling and cater for demand

Install showers to cater for cyclists travelling longer distances by bike

Provide a drying room for cyclists to air cycling clothes

Remove discarded bikes from cycle parking to free up space for cyclists (these

bikes can be renovated to use as fleet bikes).

Walking

‘Soft’ Measures

Promote walking through organised walking events/ lunchtime walks

Introduce a Slí na Sláinte or similar walking route on-site & promote to staff. Con-

sider launching the route with a staff relay or lunchtime walk.

Participate in an annual Team Walking Event (e.g. Smarter Travel Workplaces Part-

ner Pedometer Challenge, or the Irish Heart Foundation’s Step Challenge)

Offer in-house health checks for people interested in getting more active

Leave umbrellas at reception for employees to borrow on wet days

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