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gear shift

Reverse gear: The reality and implications of national transport emission reduction policies

25 September 202316 May 2023

New analysis has shown that Department for Transport has quietly rolled back its ambition to introduce cleaner, more efficient road travel.   Transport is the UK’s …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Planning and policy, Travel demand
Llandudno

A change of direction: DecarboN8 informs the Welsh Roads Review Panel

4 April 202327 February 2023

By Greg Marsden On 14th February the Welsh Roads Review Panel reported its recommendations to the Welsh Minister. The Review Panel had been established in …

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Categories EE, Planning and policy, Uncategorised
private access

Our FOI request has been appealed by DfT: here’s why that matters

4 April 202314 December 2022

by Greg Marsden In March 2022 I submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the Department for Transport, asking to see the assumptions about …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Planning and policy, Travel demand
Everything counts press release

New Research Reveals the Hidden Cost of Transport Infrastructure

23 February 202324 February 2022

[Press Release: 24 February 2022] New research from DecarboN8 shows that transport’s carbon problem stems not only from tailpipe emissions but also from the construction, …

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Categories EE, Planning and policy
bus and bike in front of Manchester station

Real zero in a hurry: a UK transport policy maker’s guide to climate action

4 April 20232 November 2021

by Greg Marsden and Richard Walker This post originally appeared on Policy Leeds Previously in this blog series for COP26, Paul Chatterton laid down the challenge …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Place-based, Planning and policy
Bus and cyclists

Six ways for Government to make a serious shift to net-zero transport

4 April 202313 July 2021

By Jillian Anable and Greg Marsden This post originally appeared on CREDS This week the Department for Transport (DfT) is expected to publish its long-awaited Transport …

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Categories EE, Planning and policy
slow down sign on scaffolding

“Is this new road OK? It’s only a bit more carbon…” A guide to carbon budgets and new infrastructure development

4 April 202314 April 2021

By Professor Greg Marsden The choices are simple, it’s the answers that some organisations don’t like. This article is a very short and simple guide …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Place-based, Planning and policy

A New Green Shovel? Options for the transport stimulus package

4 April 20239 June 2020

By Jillian Anable, Greg Marsden, and Iain Docherty This post originally appeared on CREDS As we begin the difficult transition out of lockdown, attention is …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Planning and policy, Travel demand

Budget 2020 – Transport: We can’t build our way out of the climate challenge

4 April 202311 March 2020

DecarboN8 Director, Professor Greg Marsden, analyses the implications of Budget 2020 for decarbonising transport The budget is a missed opportunity to rebalance what we spend …

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Categories Carbon ambition, EE, Planning and policy

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