… support investment needed; - Private sector, investment funding, new business models and public private partnerships, including the City Leap Energy Partnership; - Embedding carbon neutral and resilient infrastructure planning in investment, operational and regulatory cycles and decision- making. This will include working with regulators to change regulatory frameworks; - New financing…
… action is needed to achieve the vision for Bristol in 2030. Across each of these, we need action at every level. These are: 1. Transport: switching to significantly more walking, cycling and zero carbon public transport modes; converting the remaining vehicles to zero carbon fuels; transforming freight, aviation and shipping 2. Buildings: retrofitting and building them to become carbon…
… of concern, with 77% of people in Bristol concerned about congestion and air quality. However, 57,000 people walk or cycle to work, and the number of people cycling to work in Bristol increased by 64% between 2011 (15,800) and 2018 (25,900). In 2018, the Low Carbon Environmental Goods and Services sector supported about 14,000 employee jobs in Bristol and about 37,000 in the West of England…
… seen miles of cycle infrastructure built and improved, we’ve seen bus patronage go up significantly. From a low base in 2011, Bristol is now in the top ten cities for bus use in the UK. Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) schemes have been delivered to reduce local flood risk, such as in Embleton Road in Southmead. Similarly, Bristol City Council’s gully maintenance programme has…
… Change Act 2013 – Avonmouth Wind Turbines energised 2007 – Bristol Green Capital Partnership forms 2011 – Bristol becomes UK’s first Cycling City 2014 – Greater Bristol Bus Network established 2015 – Bristol becomes UK’s first European Green Capital 2019 – First commercial heat network connection 2019 –Avonmouth and Severnside flood defence scheme approved 2019 – Metrobus…