ACTIONS

Visitor travel arrangements:

• Ensure that all communications regarding transport options, routes and incentives are given out well in advance of the event, and regularly repeated, to allow for proper planning.

• Use the festival website, public advertisements and social media to encourage visitors to choose eco-friendly transport options and to ‘leave the car at home’.

• Offer incentives for travelling by low carbon transport such as reduced price tickets, refreshments on route, free shower on arrival, earlier access to the site etc.

• Provide clear site location information by using map apps, to avoid unnecessary travel and/or people getting lost.

• Encourage travelling by foot or by bicycle by coordinating groups, mapping out and manning a safe route in conjunction with local authorities.

• Provide safe and secure bike parking facilities and have an onsite bicycle repair shop.

• Include an option for a free or reduced price ticket for local public transport in the admission ticket price - communicate with public transport providers.

• Arrange shuttle services from the nearest bus and train stations and major transport hubs, or establish park and ride facilities.

• Add a car parking charge and invest the fee into sustainability initiatives; or reduce or eliminate parking altogether.

• e.g. by organising a cycling group from certain locations, adding extra shuttles to busy routes, setting up a car pooling initiative through social media etc.

• Organise hybrid events, so that people can experience elements of the festival without travelling.

Linkage with SDGs