emissions

15/09/2022

Local highway authorities need significant investment to bring their traffic signal assets up to date, but must also do more to specify low-carbon construction methods, a key industry figure has said.

31/01/2022

Oxford City Council is set to trial Britain’s first Zero Emission Zone (ZEZ) as part of the local authority’s effort to reduce carbon emissions in the city centre.

30/11/2018

Transport research centre TRL has been commissioned by Highways England and the Department for Transport to identify and appraise zero emission HGV technologies.

02/03/2018

Three London boroughs have won a share of £766,000 to help accelerate the switch to zero emission vehicles and tackle London’s toxic air pollution, with a further £875,000 coming from the councils themselves.

06/02/2018

Campaigners have reacted sceptically to Government plans to crack down on car manufacturers using defeat devices to cheat emissions tests.

06/03/2017

Pollution levels around the Dartford Crossing have been excluded from government air quality assessments because it was classed as a "rural" road, the BBC has discovered.

20/02/2017

The announcement by London Mayor Sadiq Khan to introduce an emissions surcharge on older, polluting vehicles within the city has been welcomed by the Freight Transport Association.

30/01/2017

Current and foreseeable policies to mitigate carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions from global transport activity will not suffice to achieve the international community’s climate ambitions, according to new study published by the International Transport Forum.

23/12/2015

The government has announced a long-term extension to the Plug-in Car Grant, backed by a £400 million package to treble the number of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV) on Britain’s roads.

03/09/2013

The Scottish Government is investing £2 million in the country’s eco-friendly bus fleet in a bid to lower carbon emissions.