Walking & Cycling Savings Calculator
See what swapping short car trips for walking or cycling could really save you a year, fuel, wear-and-tear and parking, plus a rough calorie bonus and what the saving could grow to if invested.
Estimate only. These are estimates based on the figures you enter, actual fuel economy, fuel prices, running costs, calories burned and emissions all vary. This is not health, environmental or financial advice.
Enter your short car trips
Your annual saving, calorie bonus and invested-instead projection appear here as you type.
How the saving is worked out
The cost of driving a short trip is your fuel cost per mile (from your car's mpg and the fuel price, the same formula as our Fuel Cost Calculator) plus a wear-and-tear allowance per mile, the AA's rough running-cost guidance suggests around 15p/mile for tyres, servicing and general wear, on top of fuel. Multiplying that combined rate by your round-trip distance, trips per week and weeks per year gives the annual saving from swapping the trip for walking or cycling, plus any parking you'd no longer pay for. The calorie and CO2 figures are rough, illustrative bonuses on top of the money saved, not health or environmental advice.
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