The Big Idea

Greener Journeys is the UK bus and coach industry’s campaign encouraging people to switch from cars to buses and coaches. In just three years, we want to take one billion car journeys off the road. And we want to do it by forming stronger partnerships between local authorities and operators, making it easier and more attractive for people to use public transport.

These measures would see both existing and new passengers attracted by added comfort, reliability and convenience, choosing to travel more often by bus or coach instead of car.

If we reach our goal, we’ll see a reduction of 2 million tonnes of CO₂, which would deliver an additional 50% reduction in CO₂ from domestic transport to that anticipated over the same period by current Government policies. And this is just the beginning. With the widespread application of policies supporting bus and coach travel we could go much further, taking billions more car journeys off the road and making a huge contribution to the Government’s carbon reduction targets.

Percentage of CO₂ emissions from the UK road transport sector