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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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Highways England is working towards developing the Strategic Road Network (SRN) to have minimal air pollution impact on neighbouring communities. The ADMS-Roads air quality modelling software tool is key to this goal bec...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CAMBRIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CONSULTANTS LIMITED
The project provides a tool to assess air quality impacts of roadway design and traffic management, which can answer the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.
In the last 5 years, air quality has become a key consideration for the UK government agenda, as illustrated by the increasing number of Low Emission Zones (LEZ), Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ, including the first ULEZ ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: AIMSUN LIMITED
The project focuses on network emissions and vehicle flow management adjustment, which partially answers the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.
"Poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to Public Health in the UK" (DEFRA, 2017) and is consequently a focus of a range of regional and national policy interventions. However, since our transport s...
Funded by: SPF
Lead research organisation: Imperial College London
The project is not directly related to roadway design and traffic management, but the authors have the necessary expertise.