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:
This project will reduce the ecological and economic costs associated with the ownership of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs). CAVs are widely anticipated to disrupt the future of transportation -- with estimatio...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: ROMAX TECHNOLOGY LTD.
The project aims to benchmark existing passenger vehicles based on their lifecycle economic and ecological cost, and propose a novel vehicle design with lower lifecycle costs, which directly addresses the question.
The proposed multidisciplinary network for Decarbonizing Transport through Electrification (DTE) will bring together research expertise to address the challenges of interactions between energy networks, future electric v...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: Cardiff University
The project focuses on decarbonizing the transport sector through electrification and addresses the challenges of interactions between energy networks, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, autonomous vehicles, and electrification of the rail network, which partially addresses the question.
CURVE will assess the feasibility of a radically new zero-emission electric vehicle. CURVE is a Narrow Leaning Vehicle (NLV) designed to meet category M ('normal' car) classification and provide a comfortable and familia...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: STRYKER DESIGN LIMITED
The project assesses the feasibility of a radically new zero-emission electric vehicle, which indirectly addresses the question by contributing to the development of advanced vehicle designs and technologies.