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 is an industrial research project to look at the use of acoustic sensors for traf?c monitoring and estimating vehicular emissions with spatiotemporal context. We will carry out trials around the Sandwell area to val...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: INNOVATION FACTORY LIMITED
The project focuses on using acoustic sensors to monitor and predict vehicular emissions, aligning with the question's goal of detecting and improving enforcement against vehicles with high noise emissions.
Environmental noise, defined as noise emitted from all sources except industrial workplaces, is an important global public health problem. The most common source is road traffic which accounts for over 90% of unacceptabl...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: SONOBEX LIMITED
The project addresses the need for detecting and improving enforcement against vehicles with high noise emissions by developing an advanced acoustic barrier for road & rail applications.