University of Sunderland - Travel Plan Final 200510-1

University of Sunderland Travel Plan Update
Salary Sacrifice Public Transport Tickets
Presently, the University of Sunderland offers all its discounted public transport tickets via salary
deduction. In December 2009, HMRC issued new guidan guidance ce on salary sacrifice schemes. This
guidance stated that organisati organisations could offer public transport tickets via salary sacrifice sacrifice, but
these tickets would not be exempt of tax or National Insurance contributions unless the journeys
are route specific (i.e. point to point journeys) journeys). Presently, all discounted public transpor transport tickets
offered by the University are by area or zone tickets. In light of the above, the University will
contact relevant public transport operators to see if there is potential to offer ‘point to point’
discounted public transport tickets via salary sa sacrifice. crifice. This type of scheme would potentially be
complicated to administer, but the ta tax x benefits for staff would be an excellent incentive to use
public transport instead of the private car. A summary of the HMRC Salary Sacrifice guidance can
be found in Appendix F.
2.2.1.3 Cycling and Walking
Cycling
Another cycle path meets ets National Cycle Route 1 at the back
of the Technology Park and links Sunderland to Ashbrooke, Hillview and Ryhope to the south as
well as Millfield, South Hylton (3.5 miles) and Washington ( (8 8 miles) to the west. Local cycle routes
are shown in
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There is a cycle path (shared with pedestrians) at the rear of
the Murray Library (pictured). . The path is part of National
Cycle Route 1, which links Dover to London and continues
up the east coast of the country to John O'Groats, the
Orkneys and the Shetlands via Edinburgh Edinburgh.
Locally, the route links the City Campus and Sunderland city
centre to Ryhope (3 miles) and Seaham (5.5 miles) to the
south as well as coastal areas including South Shields (7.5
miles) to the north.