The UK's transportation sector remains a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for nearly 30% of the nation's total. Despite advancements in other areas, transportation emissions have seen minimal reduction in recent decades, underscoring the urgency for comprehensive decarbonisation strategies. Between 1990 and 2022, domestic transport emissions decreased by 12%, while total UK domestic emissions fell by 50% in the same period, indicating that transportation emissions have seen minimal reduction compared to other sectors.1
The critical question arises: Should efforts focus on reducing emissions across all transport modes or encouraging a shift towards lower-emission alternatives, or a combination of both?
