Walking or cycling more often decreases the number of vehicles on our roads, improves local air quality, enhances our physical and mental health and improves our productivity. Choose to walk or cycle to work, school, the shops or when running errands. Organisations can support staff and students with active travel options by providing secure storage options for bikes and end of trip facilities such as showers and change rooms.

For individuals

• Rebates available for reducing energy and waste. Find out if you are eligible for rebates or government assistance for reducing energy, water, waste and travel emissions. Find out more.
• Plan your next bike ride. You can plan your next cycling trip using the interactive Cycle Instead Journey Planner for Adelaide, where you can choose fitness, confidence level, road conditions and speed of travel when planning your route. Find out more. Try the Journey Planner tool.
• Way2Go. Get your school community involved in safer, greener and more active travel. Your school can take part in Way2Go, a whole school approach encouraging children and the community to safely walk, ride bikes or scooters, and use public transport for personal travel. Find out more.
• BikeSA courses for schools. If your school is keen to see more students cycling more often, then Bicycle SA can help. Australia's largest provider of specialist school and youth bicycle education services,they teach more than 4000 young South Australians to ride each year and have range of education and training options to suit everyone, from primary schools through to tertiary institutions. Find out more.
• Incentive for electric bicycle charging points. Rebates of up to $250 per electric bicycle charging point are available through City of Adelaide's Sustainability Incentives Scheme. Find out more.

For business

• How your business can travel smarter. Adopt safer, greener and more active travel options for your business using Smarter travel @ work. This is a free service that can help you identify possible initiatives, access online resources and join a network. Find out more.
• Funding available to support greener travel. Community groups and organisations can apply for funding to support small scale projects focused on safer, greener and more active travel choices. Projects could include improving road safety, getting people cycling, walking or catching public transport, replacing car journeys with technology, doing things locally, or using the car smarter. There is $100,000 available each year. Past recipients have included local councils, sporting clubs and businesses. Find out more.
• Plan your next bike ride. You can plan your next cycling trip using the interactive Cycle Instead Journey Planner for Adelaide, where you can choose fitness, confidence level, road conditions and speed of travel when planning your route. Find out more. Try the Journey Planner tool.
• Way2Go. Get your school community involved in safer, greener and more active travel. Your school can take part in Way2Go, a whole school approach encouraging children and the community to safely walk, ride bikes or scooters, and use public transport for personal travel. Find out more.
• BikeSA courses for schools. If your school is keen to see more students cycling more often, then Bicycle SA can help. Australia's largest provider of specialist school and youth bicycle education services,they teach more than 4000 young South Australians to ride each year and have range of education and training options to suit everyone, from primary schools through to tertiary institutions. Find out more.

Share your car trip to work or school with family, neighbours, friends or co-workers. Reducing the number of single occupant cars travelling to, in or from the city will reduce traffic congestion and our city's carbon emissions. 

For individuals

• Join a carpool. If you are making a similar journey to someone else at similar times of day, then it makes sense to share the ride. Adelaide Carpool offers a free, safer way to carpool for employees and members of participating organisations and clubs in South Australia. It’s free for workplaces to register and has an easy to use mobile app. Find out more.

For business

• How your business can travel smarter. Adopt safer, greener and more active travel options for your business using Smarter travel @ work. This is a free service that can help you identify possible initiatives, access online resources and join a network. Find out more.
• Funding available to support greener travel. Community groups and organisations can apply for funding to support small scale projects focused on safer, greener and more active travel choices. Projects could include improving road safety, getting people cycling, walking or catching public transport, replacing car journeys with technology, doing things locally, or using the car smarter. There is $100,000 available each year. Past recipients have included local councils, sporting clubs and businesses. Find out more.
• Join a carpool. If you are making a similar journey to someone else at similar times of day, then it makes sense to share the ride. Adelaide Carpool offers a free, safer way to carpool for employees and members of participating organisations and clubs in South Australia. It’s free for workplaces to register and has an easy to use mobile app. Find out more.

Car share companies have cars and other vehicles available by the hour, day, week, month or year, avoiding the obligations of having to own and maintain a private vehicle or corporate fleet. Car sharing reduces carbon emissions even when conventional (i.e. petrol / diesel) cars are used. Avoiding car ownership opens up alternate travel options.

For individuals

• Don’t own a car? Don’t worry – join a car share. Find out how you can car share at the GoGet website which offers a reliable, convenient and affordable transport service. Find out more. And check out a video about GoGet being part of Carbon Neutral Adelaide.
• Use a zero emission chauffer service. Experience being transported in an electric vehicle. Powered by renewable energy (solar and wind), Adelaide start-up MyCar is offering a premium transportation service that also reduces carbon emissions. Find out more.

For business

• Don’t own a car? Don’t worry – join a car share. Find out how you can car share at the GoGet website which offers a reliable, convenient and affordable transport service. Find out more. And check out a video about GoGet being part of Carbon Neutral Adelaide.
• Use a zero emission chauffer service. Experience being transported in an electric vehicle. Powered by renewable energy (solar and wind), Adelaide start-up MyCar is offering a premium transportation service that also reduces carbon emissions. Find out more.

Public transport is a great way to reduce emissions and save money. By catching the bus, train or tram you can avoid paying for parking, reduce your expenditure on petrol and reduce congestion on the roads. Additionally, not driving means you have time for other things, like reading, catching up on emails or preparing for that early morning meeting. Looking for inspiration? Check out a South Aussie with Cosi video about public transport.

For individuals

• Rebates available for reducing energy and waste. Find out if you are eligible for rebates or government assistance for reducing energy, water, waste and travel emissions. Find out more.
• Way2Go. Get your school community involved in safer, greener and more active travel. Your school can take part in Way2Go, a whole school approach encouraging children and the community to safely walk, ride bikes or scooters, and use public transport for personal travel. Find out more.

For business

• How your business can travel smarter. Adopt safer, greener and more active travel options for your business using Smarter travel @ work. This is a free service that can help you identify possible initiatives, access online resources and join a network. Find out more.
• Funding available to support greener travel. Community groups and organisations can apply for funding to support small scale projects focused on safer, greener and more active travel choices. Projects could include improving road safety, getting people cycling, walking or catching public transport, replacing car journeys with technology, doing things locally, or using the car smarter. There is $100,000 available each year. Past recipients have included local councils, sporting clubs and businesses. Find out more.
• Way2Go. Get your school community involved in safer, greener and more active travel. Your school can take part in Way2Go, a whole school approach encouraging children and the community to safely walk, ride bikes or scooters, and use public transport for personal travel. Find out more.

Electric powered cars, motorbikes, bicycles and hybrid vehicles can use 100% renewable energy sources. Plug in and power up with electricity from your own solar panels / battery system or charge straight from the grid - ideally with GreenPower. Get on board early and take advantage of incentives for electric vehicle charging points for your home or office, or look into changing business fleet cars to electric and be ahead of the game.

City of Adelaide resident David Mitchell welcomed the news that there were financial incentives to install a home charging dock for his electric car. Read his story.

For individuals

• Incentive for installing fast and super-fast electric vehicle charging points. Rebates of up to $1000 per fast, or $5,000 per super-fast electric vehicle charging point are available through City of Adelaide's Sustainability Incentives Scheme. Find out more.
• Rebates available for reducing energy and waste. Find out if you are eligible for rebates or government assistance for reducing energy, water, waste and travel emissions. Find out more.
• Consider a greener car. By choosing a greener vehicle, you can make a real difference to the environment and save on fuel. Check out the Green Vehicle Guide, an online tool where you can compare up to three vehicles in terms of annual fuel cost and carbon dioxide emissions. Find out more.
• Lower your vehicle's emissions. Reducing your vehicle’s emissions is good for the environment and good for your budget. Find out about buying a low emission car, modifying, maintaining and operating your existing car, using a lower emission fuel and driving efficiently. Find out more.

For business

• Incentives for installation of water and energy devices. If you live in the City of Adelaide, you may be eligible for incentives for installing water and energy devices such as solar panels, battery storage systems, electric vehicle charging points and more. Find out more.