MyTravel Calculator | HASTe - Hub for Active School Travel

MyTravel is an online calculator for individuals and groups to measure the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) arising from transportation to and from school. Its unique ability to balance accuracy, details, student identity safety, simplicity and fun allows easy access to measurable and meaningful results.

There are two version of MyTravel - read on to see which one is right for you:

The original version of MyTravel is written in Flash. You can launch this version of the calculator by clicking the Flash button on the right (or here if the version you see is too big for your screen) It's fast, powerful and looks great. And it works with the MyTravel Database, so students can save their results and teachers can organize classes, or whole schools.
The new version of MyTravel is written in Javascript. You can launch this version of the calculator by clicking the Java button on the right. It's not as slick as the Flash version, and students can't save their results - but it works well on older computers that may have trouble running Flash, and allows user to calculate the impacts of any kind of trip, not just to-and-from school.

Click here to see how different groups can make use of MyTravel

Individuals can use MyTravel to:

Calculate the emissions currrently generated by their travel to and from school.
Make a plan to reduce their transportation emissions.
See what will happen if they implement their plan.
Take action and check their results.

Teachers can use MyTravel to:

Teach applied math – estimate and calculate total distance travelled, calories spent walking or biking, fuel consumption and fuel cost savings, tonnes of CO2 emissions reduced.
Evaluate students’ transportation habits before and after undertaking a sustainability education program.

Students can use MyTravel to:

Help their fellow students become conscious of and work to reduce the environmental impacts of their transportation choices.
Conduct a school wide inventory of transportation emissions and set school goals for emissions reduction.
Support a Walk or Bike To School day or campaign.

Click here to see some screen shots of the MyTravel Calculator in action

Finding your school and home on the MyTravel Map is easy

Calculating the impacts of your to-and-from school travel

MyTravel Calculator results and action plan

Pledge your action plan and save your info in the database

Note to teachers: if you want to use the Flash MyTravel emissions calculator with your class, you can use the MyTravel database to record and track their results.

Not sure if your computer has flash? Click here