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Earn rewards for healthier journeys

Wouldn’t it be great to travel around with less noise from traffic and breathe cleaner air? We all get fed up about sitting in traffic…ignoring that we’re part of the problem. A surprising fact is that your exposure to air pollution is significantly higher when you sit in your idling car than when you walk or cycle past traffic. So let’s all do our bit by reducing short car journeys to improve air quality in our local areas.

Surrey is one of the five worst traffic hotspots in the country – worse than almost all London boroughs. And what’s more, the local Surrey economy loses as much as £550,000,000 every single year, just from people being stuck in traffic (Surrey County Council Local Transport Plan). The good news is that thousands of Surrey residents are reducing the number of car trips per week to tackle this problem together. And they are using Better Points app to earn rewards for their effort.

There's an app called BetterPoints that rewards you every time you make a journey by foot, bike, or public transport. You'll get discounts and freebies and avoid traffic stress. But there are also loads of other benefits to leaving your car at home a couple of times per week:

  • Seeing our beautiful countryside in a whole new way, and taking Surrey's cycle paths to stay off the roads you don't like.
  • Saving money on petrol by reducing the number of short car trips that rack up costs over a year.
  • Getting healthier - mentally and physically.