What we’ve done

This page details what actions we took based on the results of previous Travel to Work Surveys.

Bath & North East Somerset

Bath & North East Somerset Council continues to deliver sustainable travel initiatives that aim to:

• Minimise the environmental impact of travel
• Reduce traffic congestion
• Improve local air quality
• Cut harmful emissions

This year, a record number of workplaces took part in the Travel to Work Survey in B&NES, helping us build a clearer picture of how people move around the region.

We greatly value your feedback. Information is shared with relevant teams who work on:

• Transport planning and strategy
• Public transport
• Cycling infrastructure
• Dott e-scooter and e-bike operations
• Electric vehicle operations

We also pass on feedback to transport operators including First Bus, Faresaver Buses, Stagecoach, (plus other bus and coach operators), Dott and Great Western Railway, especially any comments about service reliability and user experience.

Your responses help us to understand the wider transport picture in B&NES, alongside other data sources like the Quality of Life (Voicebox) survey and census data.

They also provide valuable insights for individual organisations. Many use this data to monitor how staff travel patterns change over time and also help to measure your organisations carbon footprint – so your input could directly influence your workplace’s travel planning.

Looking ahead, your feedback will helps us improve future Travel to Work Surveys – making questions more relevant and easier to answer, and ensuring they better inform transport policy.
In 2025, 4,407 respondents chose to take part in B&NES’s Travel to Work Survey – a huge step forward in citizen engagement.

There are dozens of transport projects currently underway that your survey responses will influence. To learn more, visit: https://travelwest.info/projects

Bristol

City of Bristol respondents make up around a third of responses and comments in the Travel to Work Survey every year and provide valuable insights of the transport picture across the city.

Each years’ survey is used to identify trends and compare travel and working patterns through the years to inform transport policy. Anonymised results are shared with our teams who are delivering various transport projects such as public transport services and active travel infrastructure.

We also share anonymised comments about services and reliability with bus and train operators which helps them understand their passenger experiences and opportunities for improvements.

The responses give businesses a better understanding of how and when staff travel, allowing businesses to use the data and make direct changes to their workplace that improve facilities and initiatives, with many businesses making use of the council’s active travel business support.

South Gloucestershire

Over the past few years, there has been an opportunity to add comments to the annual travel to work survey, here are some examples of improvements made or being made that have been raised in past surveys.

  • Transforming the A38, from Alveston to Thornbury, with an active travel scheme that includes separate cycle lanes and footpaths, enhanced pedestrian crossings, a priority bus lane and improved bus stops.
  • Improving Bradley Stoke Way to make journeys quicker and more convenient when travelling by bus from Bradley Stoke and the surrounding area towards Aztec West and Bristol. There will be improved bus stops, with shelters and better crossings for easier access, and an additional priority bus lane to minimise delays for buses.
  • Working on the A432 between Yate and the Wick Wick roundabout to improve it for pedestrian users and cyclists including redesigned junctions, upgraded bus stops, more cycle paths and pedestrian crossings.
  • Building a new train station in Charfield to improve local public transport, providing direct rail links to Bristol and Gloucester.
  • Making improvements to the Bristol and Bath Railway Path to make it a safer and more attractive route for cyclists, pedestrians and wheelers.
  • Installing new crossings, cycleways, pathways and other improvements between Emersons Green, Bromley Heath and the Coldharbour Lane junction on the A4174.
  • Making it easier and safer for people to get around Yate and make the most of the local facilities. This includes helping people to walk, cycle and use public transport to reduce traffic and improve air quality.

We will continue working closely with North Bristol SusCom to identify and potentially deliver solutions to some of the issues identified.

Where possible, we will endeavour to share comments related to specific locations, services or items of infrastructure with the relevant operator or local authority.