Transport Planning Associates (TPA)

  The Department for Transport (DfT) and the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) published guidance to assist local authorities’ development of policies on how cross-pavement electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions can be safely and effectively used.  What is contained within the guidance, and what is its significance?  The guidance, applicable only to England, sets out information on the areas, regulations, and processes that local authorities are advised to consider when devising policies in relation to charging solutions for EVs. Included in the guidance are case studies of local authorities that have achieved success with installation trials.  The Government stated that while the market for cross-pavement charging solutions was “at an early stage”, local authorities had already tried out various solutions. Details are provided on the processes that local authorities have adopted, and the associated learning points.  The DfT and OZEV stated th...

  With the aim of ensuring the UK’s transition to net zero protects and promotes physical and mental health, seven new transdisciplinary research hubs are being launched, with funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).  One of those hubs that will be of particular interest to many transport consultants and their clients, is the Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub (HLTH).  This research hub has been established to lead studies into the potential to maximise the health benefits arising from low-carbon transport.  The importance of faster transport decarbonisation – and the associated health advantages  As the UK seeks to meet its statutory targets for greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions, the acceleration of its transport decarbonisation drive will play an integral role.  In the past, measures to reduce CO2e emissions haven’t tended to systematically consider physical and mental health i...