More than 120 days after COP 26, local authorities – and the the transport sector in general  – are carefully analysing Government signals about how the road to zero carbon is being followed.

Local and regional council strategy could have direct impact on one-third of local emissions through levers over housing, transport and the natural environment, but many are wondering if the funding and political is to take forward such policies exists.

The past few weeks have seen mixed messages emerge from politicians: support for EVs and charging infrastructure, but reductions in fuel duty, reluctance to reconsider road schemes using new carbon prices and traffic forecasts, calls for micro mobility to be more tightly regulated, and reductions in funding for bus services.

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This webinar will explore what the next steps to net zero should be:

• learning from post-pandemic travel demand changes – what is the real role of transport planning today?
• is there a case for making major shifts in funding and priority from the roads programme to active travel, public transport, and sustainable planning?
• how much do place-based approaches really matter?
• making net zero fair: considering mobility, safety, health and economic inequalities

Chair: Katie Hall, Transport Planning Sector Director, Systra

Speakers include: 

• Peter Cole, Principal Environmental and Sustainability officer, Transport for the North - From strategy to action
• Caroline Mullen, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds - Fairness and social equity in transitions to low carbon mobility 
• Alexandra Penn, Senior Research Fellow, University of Surrey – a systems approach to transport decarbonisation
• David Connolly, Director of Technical Development, SYSTRA - A tool-kit for building paths to Net Zero

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