Disappointing Anti-LTN Rhetoric from High-Carbon Transport Secretary Harper Transport Secretary Mark Harper indulged in populist anti-active travel propaganda in Sunday’s Telegraph. It is becoming increasingly clear that Prime Minister Sunak leads a government that is anti-active travel and uninterested in
Quantified Carbon Reductions The DfT is due to produce guidance for councils’ new Local Transport Plans (LTPs). It will include detailed information about how local authorities should deliver Quantified Carbon Reductions (QCRs) from their transport networks. The LTP guidance is
DfT Will Fail to Meet its 2025 Active Travel Objectives – NAO The Department for Transport (DfT) is set to fail to meet its 2025 objectives for active travel, according to a new report by the National Audit Office (NAO).
Only 20% Traffic Reduction by 2030 Consistent with UK Climate Goals A 20% traffic reduction by 2030 would be consistent with the UK’s climate goals as set out in the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) Balanced Pathway. Unfortunately the UK government
DfT Major Road-Building Policy Pays Minimal Attention to Climate and Nature The DfT is planning to bust the UK’s carbon budgets and destroy wildlife habitat by carrying on with road-building business as usual. It is consulting on a draft National
New Cycling Stats from the DfT The DfT has launched a new Cycling Index for England, showing cycling levels on a rolling annual basis. The data come from 158 DfT sensors, or Auto Traffic Cycle Counters (ATCs). There are now
Active Travel England Publishes Local Authority Ratings Active Travel England (ATE) has published its local authority ratings. Authorities are rated on a scale of 0 to 4. Five councils have been awarded Level 3. They are Nottingham, Leicester, West Midlands
Government to Make Savage Cuts to Active Travel Spending The government appears to be set to cut active travel funding in savage fashion. A written statement by Secretary of State for Transport Mark Harper, and a DfT press release, set
DfT Refuses to Release Emissions Figures Behind Transport Decarbonisation Plan The government is refusing to release the emissions figures behind its Transport Decarbonisation Plan, according to a report in the Guardian. The request for the figures was made to the
CO2 from Transport up 10% in 2021 Provisional figures for greenhouse gases estimate that emissions from transport increased by 10% in 2021 compared with 2020. That’s according to the DfT’s Road Traffic Estimates 2021. UK emissions as a whole increased