Including the closely related terms cleaner air, and improve air quality.
… of 161,800 tonnes of oil to fuel our vehicles. In order to reduce our emissions and improve air quality, our transportation systems need to be transformed. This includes reducing traffic volumes, while improving traffic flows; making walking and cycling safe and accessible for all; ending the availability of petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles; ensuring zero emissions buses and freight; improving public…
… transport options; making vehicles more fuel efficient; and playing our part in implementing the Government’s Road to Zero and Clean Air Strategies. There are considerable public health benefits from the promotion of active transport options such as walking and cycling, and these also take up less road and parking space, reducing congestion and freeing up land for other uses. Hertfordshire County…
… to work together with urgency, to decarbonise our energy and transport systems by using cleaner and greener approaches. The City and District of St Albans will play its part in this transition, enabling this to happen, while seizing the opportunities that result in green jobs, more efficient use of energy, cleaner air and healthier transport. None of us could have expected that something like Covid…
… 19 would come along, as we prepared this strategy, and challenge us to rethink the way we go about our lives. Despite all the difficulties, people everywhere commented on how nice it was to have clean air, peaceful streets, to hear the birds and to see wildlife come home again. Our intention is to turn these events into opportunities for dramatic positive change. We don’t want to go back…