Norfolk County Council has launched a new car club programme for its employees that is designed to reduce travel costs and pressure on parking and lower carbon emissions.
The council said the approach will reduce expenditure on ‘grey fleet’ mileage costs by encouraging employees to book and use the low-emission car club vehicles instead of using their own vehicles for work.
It added this will also mean less parking is needed for private cars at the council's offices.
Ten Enterprise Car Club Vauxhall Corsas will be based at the council's Norwich headquarters for employees to use as 'virtual' pool cars that can be booked by the hour.
There are a further four Ford Focus estates for the 'swift teams' who respond to out-of-hours emergencies among elderly and infirm residents.
In addition to Enterprise Car Club, council staff can hire vehicles by the day from Enterprise Rent-A-Car and rent commercial vehicles on a long-term basis through Enterprise Flex-E-Rent. They also now have access to a wide range of other sustainable business travel options.
Tracy Jessop, Assistant Director, Community & Environmental Services at Norfolk County Council, said: “Enterprise helped us understand how, where, when and why our employees travel for business. Our intention, in addition to making savings on our business mileage costs, is to release pressure on parking at our main offices. Having a 'virtual' pool car fleet provided by Enterprise Car Club will also lead to fewer people having to drive their own cars to work, in support of our other sustainable travel initiatives.”
See our July/August issue for the latest facts and figures on car hire.
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