1. Choose a venue that is accessible by public transport.
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2. Provide discounts on ticket prices for audience members using only environmentally friendly means of transport (e.g., bikes, trains, buses, car sharing).
3. Modify concert starting times to facilitate the use of public transport.
4. Provide free and regular shuttle buses from public transport stations to facilitate the transfer to the event venue.
5. Raise the cost of parking to discourage the use of private cars to reach the event venue.
6. Provide clear and detailed information (e.g., venue map, nearest train and bus stops, transport timetables, etc) to audience members, on all communication tools, with the different options of public transport, cycling and car sharing, and promote them whenever possible.
7. Provide secure parking for bicycles during the performance.
8. Actively share the positive car sharing and carpooling experiences of event participants.
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9. Provide the public with a few charging points for electric cars, powered by electricity produced from renewable energy sources.
10. Allocate a portion of festival tickets to be available only with dedicated bus tickets.
Reaching the event venue by environmentally friendly collective means of transport (trains and buses) produces many environmental benefits: if the average distance for an audience member is 50km, the total emissions of the 400 spectators all travelling by private car are 4.87t CO2, 2.8t CO2 if this car is electric with an energy mix of 70% fossil fuels, 0.2t of CO2 if this car is electric but powered only by renewable energy sources, 0.1t if the audience members travel only by electric bikes, 0.55t of CO2 if the spectators moveonly by bus, 0.40 t of CO2 if the spectators move only by train ortram, 0 t if they move by foot or bicycle.
The use of car sharing and car-pooling instead of private car use would lead to a total emission of 1.46t CO2 for the 400 audience members with an overall reduction of 3.4t CO2.
