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SOME PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS FOR TRANSPORT EMISSIONS
Chris Ferrary
Associate
Moving People. Changing Expectations
Royal OverSeas League
London
Thursday 2nd October 2008
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Today, we’ll be covering
Ι Transport and Climate Change
Ι Government Policy
Ι Practical Applications:
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Commission for Integrated
Transport;
London Climate Change Action
Plan;
Greater Manchester TIF; and
Yorkshire and Humberside.
Ι Carbon Pathways Analysis
Ι What Practical Steps Should We
Take?
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Transport and Climate Change
Ι Almost universal acceptance that
man-made GHG emissions
(principally CO2 ) are causing
climate change.
Ι Transport provides 15% of CO2
emissions globally, and about 25% in
UK.
Ι One of the very few economic
sectors in UK where CO2 emissions
are still growing.
Ι Broad consensus that tacking CO2
emissions should be a priority and
action is required in a deliverable,
measurable and cost-effective way.
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Government Policy
Ι Price Signals:
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Fiscal measures (e.g. VED, RTFO); and
User charging.
Ι Technology:
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Lower carbon fuels;
Energy efficiency; and
Active Traffic Management.
Ι Smarter Choices:
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Workplace and school travel plans;
Personalised travel planning;
Information and marketing;
Travel awareness campaigns;
Teleworking;
Teleconferencing; and
Home shopping.
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Commission for Integrated Transport (2007)
Ι Mandatory targets for emissions
from new cars by 2020.
Ι Reinforcing positive driver
behaviour (e.g. ‘eco-driving’).
Ι More intensive application of
“Smarter Choices”.
Ι Technological improvements to the
van and lorry fleets.
Ι Extending the EU carbon emissions
trading scheme to cover aviation.
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London Climate Change Action Plan (2007)
Ι Changing the way people travel;
Ι Operating vehicles more efficiently;
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Ι Using improved vehicle and fuel
types.
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Greater Manchester TIF (2008)
Ι Congestion Charge;
Ι Technology; and
Ι Smarter Choices
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Yorkshire and Humberside (2008)
Ι Charging:
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Mileage Based Road User Charging;
Congestion Charging; and
Smartcards.
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Bus Priority;
Car Free Centres; and
High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.
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Car Clubs;
Workbased Travel Plans;
Personalised Journey Planning;
Travel Awareness;
Teleworking;
Home Grocery deliveries; and
School Travel Plans.
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Rail Improvement;
Land Use; and
Trams.
Ι Traffic management:
Ι Smarter Choices:
Ι Infrastructure:
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Carbon Pathways Analysis (2008)
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Emissions from road traffic form 92% of
domestic transport sector, and to reduce
transport emissions significantly, they
must be tackled.
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A variety of measures are required to
target emission reductions most cost
effectively across transport modes and
journey purposes.
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Emissions associated with commuting
trips by car are high for trips between 10
and 25 miles, (over one-third of the
total).
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There is a need to identify better
responses in the freight sector.
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Marginal Abatement Curves
Source: Department for Transport
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What Practical Steps Should We Take?
Ι Comprehensive, integrated approaches,
prioritising lower cost and short-term
solutions.
Ι Focus on measures which are best
placed to be delivered by the agencies
developing the strategies.
Ι Consider user pricing on the basis of
relative levels of CO2, if this will
deliver an appreciable reduction in
emissions.
Ι Adopt policies to support the
Government’s initiatives to encourage
technological innovation (e.g. low
emissions zones).
Ι At regional and local level, Smarter
Choices are likely to be the most costeffective measures to reduce the CO2
emissions of transport.
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Thank you
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