{"organism":"Page","children":[{"organism":"Container.Raw","children":[{"organism":"Metadata","color":"brand1-solid","model":{"title":"Journey Management Planning","text":"For every journey one should ask if the journey is actually necessary; the safest journey is the one not taken.","links":[{"name":"Journey Management Planning","value":"https://www.shell.com/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning.html"}],"image":{"src":"https://www.shell.com/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning/_jcr_content/root/metadata.shellimg.jpeg/1718103129562/girl-smiling-while-seeing-in-mobile.jpeg","alt":"girl-smiling-while-seeing-in-mobile","width":3164,"height":1781}},"id":"/content/shell/corporate/global/en_gb/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning/jcr_content/root/metadata"},{"organism":"ContentOwner","color":"brand1-solid","model":{},"id":"/content/shell/corporate/global/en_gb/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning/jcr_content/root/contentowner"},{"organism":"Container.Header","children":[{"organism":"Container.Raw","ref":"https://www.shell.com/_jcr_content/root/header/inherited.model.json","id":"/content/shell/corporate/global/en_gb/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning/jcr_content/root/header/inherited","model":{}},{"organism":"Breadcrumb","model":{"links":[{"name":"Home","value":"https://www.shell.com/"},{"name":"Business customers","value":"https://www.shell.com/business-customers.html"},{"name":"Shell Fleet Solutions","value":"https://www.shell.com/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions.html"},{"name":"Fleet Focus: News & Resources","value":"https://www.shell.com/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus.html"},{"name":"Journey management planning","value":"https://www.shell.com/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning.html"}]},"id":"/content/shell/corporate/global/en_gb/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning/jcr_content/root/header/breadcrumb"}],"id":"/content/shell/corporate/global/en_gb/business-customers/shell-fleet-solutions/fleet-focus/journey-management-planning/jcr_content/root/header","model":{}},{"organism":"Container.Main","children":[{"organism":"Container.Section","children":[{"organism":"PageHeaderBanner","color":"semitransparent","model":{"title":"Journey Management Planning","text":"\u003Cp\u003EFor every journey one should ask if the journey is actually necessary; the safest journey is the one not taken. 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