New report identifies ‘gap’ in Britain’s transport decarbonisation journey
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 …
Planning and policy
The Department for Sustainable Commuting
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 …
Rowing Backwards: The New Politics of Decarbonisation
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. …
Reverse gear: The reality and implications of national transport emission reduction policies
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 …
Freeports and the Net Zero Review
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 …
A change of direction: DecarboN8 informs the Welsh Roads Review Panel
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 …
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 …
Our FOI request has been appealed by DfT: here’s why that matters
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 …
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. …