Lessons from a region’s rapid road space reallocation
By Dr Richard Dunning and Dr Alexander Nurse In May 2020 the Government announced a £250 million Emergency Active Travel Fund for local authorities in …
Place-based
Understanding changes in car ownership over time
By Malcolm Morgan The UK has a car problem. They are responsible for more than half of all surface transport carbon emissions. High car use is …
Instant Journal Launch: ‘Cumbria 2037: Decarbonising Mobility Futures’
On 22 and 23 November 2022, the DecarboN8 Research Network and the Zero Carbon Cumbria Partnership brought together 80 researchers, policymakers, community groups and local …
Neighbourhood Planning and Transport Decarbonisation Toolkit
by Caglar Koksal Since 2016, transport (excluding international aviation and shipping) has been the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the UK, with the large …
A tale of two places: Contrasting experiences of rapid road-space reallocation
by Stephen Parkes The Covid-19 pandemic and associated national lockdowns brought about rapid changes to how we normally travelled and the frequency of these journeys. …
Leeds event explores options to make active travel more inclusive
Given the cost of living crisis, the climate crisis, and the proven benefits of exercise for our physical and mental health, getting around by walking, …
Stantec and DecarboN8 announce new research programme: Bridging the Gap
Stantec and DecarboN8 have announced a new research programme about people and place: the missing piece of the surface transport decarbonisation agenda. Since the publication …
How E-bikes can help drastically reduce carbon emissions
New publication: ‘E-bikes and their capability to reduce car CO2 emissions’ Authors: Ian Philips, Jillian Anable, Tim Chatterton In July 2020 the UK government published …
Real zero in a hurry: a UK transport policy maker’s guide to climate action
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 …
Life course and changing travel patterns
by Greg Marsden Drive Less? Who? Me? As local and national transport authorities work through the task of what decarbonising transport in line with the …