How are/should place-based programmes focus on improving active and sustainable travel infrastructure to improve town centres?
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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Related UKRI funded projects
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ENHANCE: Enhancing Sustainable Travel in Small Cities and Outer Metropolitan Areas
The concept of the 15-minute city was developed for inner city districts in major metropolitan centres, but it is also highly relevant to outer metropolitan areas and smaller towns and cities to foster more sustainable t...
Funded by: ESRC
Why might this be relevant?
The ENHANCE project focuses on enhancing sustainable travel infrastructure in small cities and towns, aligning with the question's emphasis on improving active and sustainable travel infrastructure in town centres.
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393 ENHANCE (Enhancing sustainable travel in small cities and outer metropolitan areas)
The concept of the 15-minute city was developed for inner city districts in major metropolitan centres, but it is also highly relevant to outer metropolitan areas and smaller towns and cities to foster more sustainable t...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The ENHANCE project focuses on enhancing sustainable travel in small cities and outer metropolitan areas, addressing barriers and providing evidence to improve local planning decision-making, which aligns with the question's emphasis on improving active and sustainable travel infrastructure in town centres.
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Sustainable Transport Evidence and modelling Paradigms: Cohort Household Analysis to support New Goals in Engineering design (STEP-CHANGE)
There is an accepted need to promote step changes towards more sustainable urban environments, notably in transport and travel, which we will focus on. While many model-based desk-studies have aimed to simulate such envi...
Funded by: EPSRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on promoting step changes towards more sustainable urban environments, specifically in transport and travel, which aligns with the question's emphasis on improving active and sustainable travel infrastructure in town centres.