One Car Less Program
Type: Union News Subject: Nursing Issues
4 July 2009
A show of hands by NCAHS staff using active transport.
The North Coast Area Health Service (NCAHS) has officially launched a new occupational health and safety program called 'One Car Less'.
The program is a health initiative that aims to encourage staff to leave their cars at home at least one day per week and find other ways to commute, such as walking, cycling, taking public transport or carpooling, to increase levels of exercise and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
‘We developed One Car Less after finding out the majority of our staff drive solo to work at least three or more days per week and yet 19% live within five kilometres of their workplace.
There was also expressed interest in finding alternative ways of travelling to and from work,’ NCAHS Health Promotion, Nutrition and Physical Activity Coordinator Jillian Adams told the Bellingen Courier Sun.
North Coast nurses hope to be role models in the community for walking, cycling and car pooling, and to create a demand for affordable and accessible public transport.
NSWNA applauds the One Car Less program and encourages its branches in other Area Health Services to lobby for similar programs at their own workplaces.
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