How much does active travel for recreational purposes lead to people using active travel for work and other non-recreational purposes?
Background
The reducing environmental impacts strategic priority is in recognition that there is an environmental aspect to all transport, and therefore almost all the work of DfT. Transport is the largest emitting sector of greenhouse gases in the UK, contributing 27% of domestic emissions in 2019. Our transport system must change to deliver the government’s Net Zero ambition and DfT will drive forwards that change through our longer-term green transport agenda. On decarbonisation specifically, we published our Transport decarbonisation plan (TDP) in July 2021, which sets out the steps we will take to deliver the necessary carbon reductions across every form of transport. Sustainability will be at the heart of levelling-up. People everywhere will feel the benefits – villages, towns, cities, and countryside will be cleaner, greener, healthier and more prosperous and pleasant environments in which to live and work
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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ICF: Healthy Low-Carbon Transport Hub (HLTH)
Accelerated transport decarbonisation is essential for the UK to meet CO2e emissions requirements. Measures adopted must maximise physical/mental health co-benefits, but this has not been the case historically. Replacing...
Funded by: MRC
Lead research organisation: University of Southampton
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on the health co-benefits of transport decarbonisation measures, which directly relates to the impact of active travel on people's health and well-being.
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Providing insights into multi-day traveller behaviour to inform sustainable transport policies and practices
A good understanding of traveller behaviour underpins all policies which are effective in influencing travel behaviour to reduce congestion, increase activity levels, improve air quality and/or reduce carbon emissions. I...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on understanding travel behavior and patterns, which is directly relevant to the question of how active travel for recreational purposes leads to active travel for work and other non-recreational purposes.
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Sandpit: Transport Behaviours Network.
This Network extends the December 2010, UK Research Councils Ideas Factory "Transport Grand Challenge: Travel behaviour, habits and practice". The Ideas Factory drew attention to the significant contribution th...
Funded by: EPSRC