WORKERS at Leeds's Thorpe Park business park are signing up to the idea of sustainable transportation.

A roadshow co-ordinated by the management team at the business park, along with the Highways Agency and Travel Plan Services, saw hundreds of employees registering with a website designed to offer alternatives to travelling alone in private transport to and from the park.

The website offers staff the chance to arrange car sharing opportunities, as well as detailing all the public transport links servicing the business park at Colton – including a new shuttle bus that runs from Cross Gates railway station to the heart of the business park.

"The response was amazing – it just shows how receptive people are to sustainable transport once they have the information they need to make alternative plans," said Andrew Crowther, associate director at Thorpe Park Developments Ltd, the management company for the business park.

"Our partners, including Leeds City Council, are looking at Thorpe Park to develop a truly sustainable transport initiative which can be rolled out to the rest of the city, and we are delighted to be working in conjunction with them."

The roadshow also incorporated a number of 'Dr Bikes' sessions in which The Bike Shop at Cross Gates provided free maintenance tips and advice for cyclists.