This report by Claire Haigh draws out the key conclusions of the Pathways to Net Zero Roundtable Discussion Series held in March-April 2022 The series is the culmination of a project that began in March 2020 with a Transport Knowledge Hub Decarbonising Transport event which set out to answer the following question: “What would be a…
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This report by Claire Haigh outlines the main conclusions from Greener Transport Solutions research on decarbonising transport. The key message of the Manifesto for Decarbonising Transport, published in September 2021, was that Government must turn its focus to behaviour change and demand reduction. The Foundation for Integrated Transport is providing grant funding to support Greener Transport…
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A Statement by the Greener Transport Council We are a group of leading professionals in the transport and planning sectors who together support the UK Government’s commitment to decarbonising our economy while sharing a deep concern that much greater urgency and action is needed to address the challenge society faces. Our focus is upon what…
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Claire Haigh, Founder & CEO of Greener Transport Solutions, writes a monthly column for Passenger Transport magazine. You can read in this report 2021 issues, including: 30th September 2021: How can transport achieve net zero? Today Greener Transport Solutions publishes a new report which calls for national plan to deliver real and rapid behaviour change…
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This paper by Professor David Begg and Claire Haigh sets out a proposal for a national road pricing scheme. It forms supplementary written evidence submitted by Greener Transport Solutions to the Transport Select Committee Inquiry into Zero Emissions Vehicles and Road Pricing. Road pricing is one of the best fiscal changes that any government could…
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This report by Claire Haigh examines what is needed to decarbonise our transport system. The climate crisis is already hitting worst case scenario levels that if left unchecked will lead to the collapse of entire ecosystems. Our thinking needs to change if we are to rise to the scale of the challenge. Transport is the…
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Write-up of the seventh PTRC Fireside Chat examining the transport implications of the pandemic by Professor Glenn Lyons Over 250 people gathered together for the eighth PTRC Fireside Chat on 25 February 2021. This was an opportunity to probe whether or not the adage ‘never let a good crisis go to waste’ would apply to the…
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Greener Transport Solutions welcomed the Transport Select Committee Inquiry into Zero Emissions Vehicles and Road Pricing for putting a spotlight on two key issues central to decarbonising transport: We need to accelerate the shift to zero emissions vehicles. At the same time, some form of road pricing will be essential. Firstly, to replace receipts from…
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Claire Haigh, Founder & CEO of Greener Transport Solutions, writes a monthly column for Passenger Transport magazine. You can read in this report 2020 issues, including: 27th November 2020: Electric Vehicles won’t be enough. Simply swapping petrol and diesel cars for electric ones won’t hit our decarbonisation targets. Mode shift has a crucial role to…
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In February 2020 Department for Transport (DfT) announced £5 billion of new funding for bus services and cycling. £2 billion has been allocated to active travel and £3 billion to bus travel. Of the £3 billion of new funding for buses, DfT has suggested an initial allocation of funding £1 billion to support investment in…
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David Bayliss, Stephen Glaister and Tony Travers address the problems of funding local transport infrastructure and transport services without making additional financial demands on central or local government. They propose the creation of regional, public interest transport funding bodies. Their income would be an allocation of the extra revenue from increasing the rate of road…
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Claire Haigh, Founder & CEO of Greener Transport Solutions, writes a monthly column for Passenger Transport magazine. You can read in this report 2019 issues, including: 13th December 2019: We must see this as an opportunity. Next year’s COP26 climate summit takes place in Glasgow. As the host nation we must keep our own house…
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