Watching the wheels go round

According to the city of Warsaw, the Polish capital now has 800 km of cycle routes – including over 500 km of cycle paths and 130 km of cycle lanes. The city also has a network of rental points with over 3,300 bikes. Electric scooters are also popular as well as hoverboards and Segways. According to Wioletta Nowotnik, the head of office property management services, property and asset management at Savills: “Our internal research shows that cars are still the dominant means of transport for getting to work, particularly in areas far from city centres and with limited access to public transport. Weather conditions also affect how we travel to work,” she reveals. But this doesn’t mean that there are no alternatives to the car. “When properties are in good locations with easy access to the metro, trains or tram systems, we can see that employees are happy to use such options as they value the time they spend commuting. Employers often want to promote such mea