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motorway congestion

Where next for transport and carbon budgets?

7 February 2024

by Greg Marsden This post originally appeared on EDRC The Climate Change Committee (CCC) is currently building its methodology and evidence base for the 7th five-year …

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

New report identifies ‘gap’ in Britain’s transport decarbonisation journey

15 November 202313 November 2023

The study suggests that radical changes are needed to the planning and design of places to meet mobility carbon targets. A new report has been …

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Categories Planning and policy, Societal readiness, Travel demand

The Department for Sustainable Commuting

16 October 2023

Greg Marsden spoke last week at Mobilityways Zero Carbon Commuting Conference. His presentation explored the idea of what he would do in his first 100 …

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Categories Planning and policy, Travel demand
house on fire

Rowing Backwards: The New Politics of Decarbonisation

25 September 202325 September 2023

by Greg Marsden In this short blog I reflect on what Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement on Wednesday really means for decarbonisation policy in transport. …

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Categories Carbon ambition, Planning and policy, Uncategorised
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
liverpool port

Freeports and the Net Zero Review

10 May 202310 May 2023

The UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has commissioned a review of the government’s approach to delivering on its promise to deliver …

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Categories Carbon ambition, Freight, Planning and policy, Uncategorised
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

Lessons from a region’s rapid road space reallocation

22 February 202330 January 2023

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 …

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Categories Active travel, Place-based, Planning and policy
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

Neighbourhood Planning and Transport Decarbonisation Toolkit

22 February 20237 November 2022

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 …

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Categories Co-design and inclusion, Place-based, Planning and policy
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