Transport and travel
To reduce our direct carbon emissions, we’re moving our fleet to electric vehicles (EVs). And installing the infrastructure to charge them. We’re also helping our workforce to move to more sustainable and active ways to travel.
We're working with Transport for Greater Manchester, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Government. Together, we’re improving active travel and public transport in the city. And we'll continue to secure funding to tackle air pollution. To make the city a better place to live, work and study in.
Key action from 2020 to 2025:
- We built one of the UK’s first low-carbon mobility hubs. It aims to reduce vehicle use and improve air quality in the area. It has EV charging, cycle storage, parking for car shares, a parcel hub and community spaces. And it's a low-carbon build with solar panels and green walls.
- We have an active travel strategy and investment plan for the city. It aims to make walking the natural choice for short journeys. And to grow cycling from 6% to 12% of journeys.
- We completed the Chorlton to Manchester cycleway. And the Deansgate and Whitworth Street West Active Travel Scheme. They add 6.5km of uninterrupted cycleway from South Manchester to the city centre.
- We improved the Yellow Brick Road cycleway. It provides a traffic-free route of more than 6km between East and South Manchester.
- We have a new staff travel policy and provide staff workshops and advice. This helped to lower our emissions from business travel by 14% in 2024/25.
- We became the European Capital of Cycling for 2024.
- We leased 55 EVs and six hybrid vehicles for our fleet. And we bought 12 electric cargo bikes and six electric cargo trailers.
- We have a new EV charging strategy for the city. It sets out our role in growing the number of charging points.
- Manchester Airport Group joined Manchester Climate Ready. And were a founding member of the Jet Zero Taskforce.