Southern Vectis is urging the Island’s motorists to consider a minor change in their travel habits to make a major difference to the planet this Earth Day – Saturday 22 April.
On Earth Day people across the world from all backgrounds come together to advance sustainability and highlight the need to protect the climate and environment.
Wickham: Earth Day ties in perfectly with what we are trying to achieve
Southern Vectis managing director, Andrew Wickham, said,
“For our part, we want to encourage those living within our community to help ease congestion and improve air quality here on the Island – by choosing to leave their vehicles at home just twice a month for the rest of the year and switch their journey to bus, rail or bicycle.
“Our bus fleet is among the newest and cleanest on the south coast. Over recent years, we have introduced brand new buses to operate our services across the Isle of Wight – with more to follow this year. Many of these sport the very latest Euro 6 engine – releasing fewer emissions than the average new diesel car.
“Earth Day ties in perfectly with what we are trying to achieve. Buses provide the perfect and affordable solution to reducing air pollution – with just one double decker having the potential to remove up to 75 cars from our roads. With this in mind, we’re proud to have invested millions of pounds in improving the comfort and reliability of our services here.
“This is also an excellent time to remind our customers that they can travel on any single journey on our buses for £2 or less, as part of the government’s fare cap scheme, which has been extended until the end of June.
“They can also use any payment method – including tap on, tap off contactless, the app, and cash.”
Motorists typically make around 600 car journeys annually. Switching just one in every 25 of these journeys to a bus – equivalent to a couple of trips a month – would reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by two million tonnes per year.
News shared by Paula on behalf of Southern Vectis. Ed
