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:
The UK Freight system is extensive comprising around 195,000 enterprises, 2.5 million employees, and contributing £121 billion gross value added (GVA) to the economy. In most places, LGVs and HGVs contribute ~30% o...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: CITY SCIENCE CORPORATION LIMITED
The project aims to provide a fully open National Freight Model that can be used to explore and analyze route/volume/congestion, which is relevant to understanding the efficiency and environmental impacts of road freight planning systems.
A considerable portion of congestion and pollution is linked to freight traffic on the UK’s roads and more particularly, to wasted or unnecessary mileage attributed to the lack of accurate road restriction information av...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: MPIE LIMITED
The project aims to develop a web-based Freight Journey Planner and integrate the Freight Repository data into a commercial vehicle navigation system, which partially addresses the question by improving route planning and scheduling of freight fleets.
CONTEXT OF THE RESEARCH: Freight transport accounts for 16% of all motorised road vehicle activity in British towns and cities and is therefore a major consumer of fossil fuels and contributor to CO2 and air pollution. I...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Southampton
The project aims to investigate the potential transport and energy benefits of closer operational collaboration between parcel carriers, which partially addresses the question by exploring future improvements to the planning system to support road freight in meeting government ambitions.