A page of useful links to help you plan a low-carbon journey, from the commute to work to an exotic holiday
Local
Car Share Swindon. Add your regular journey to the database on this site, and it will help to match you up with others making similar journeys so that you can share the journey.
http://www.carshareswindon.com/
Swindon bus timetables.
Thamesdown Transport - http://www.thamesdown-transport.co.uk/times/times.htm
Stagecoach - http://www.stagecoachbus.com/swindon/timetables.php
A map of Swindon's cycle routes can be downloaded from Swindon Borough Council's web site at http://www.swindon.gov.uk/roadtransport/roadsandtransport-cycling.htm
National
Transport Direct's web site allows you to plan a journey from door to door anywhere in the UK, and allows you to see at a glance the best or quickest combination of bus, coach and train links to reach your destination. It can also provide driving directions and can even compare the carbon footprint of your journey by different modes of transport.
http://www.transportdirect.info/
International
The Man in Seat Sixty-One provides information to help plan a journey to a wide range of international destinations without having to board a plane.
http://www.seat61.com/
Deutsche Bahn, Germany's state railway, provides train timetables for the whole of Europe. The English version of their web site is http://www.bahn.co.uk/
Do you know of a great web site for planning low-carbon journeys? Share it with us at contact@swindonclimate.org.uk
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