… the borough • Increase the number of residential electric vehicle charging points in the borough and assess business charging needs Programme development • Reduce car parking spaces and increase cycle parking • Introduce a borough-wide controlled parking zone • Reduce speed limits to 20mph on appropriate major roads • Create new and improve existing cycle network infrastructure and walking…
…, we’re proud that we’re already: • building low carbon homes • creating safer routes for walking and cycling • creating controlled parking zones to discourage car use • installing electric vehicle charging points • planting thousands of extra trees • procuring 100% green electricity • setting up a partnership of businesses and local organisations to help reduce emissions across…
… the borough. But we know we need to do a lot more. About a third of emissions in the borough come from transport, but despite the work of councils, Transport for London (TfL) and successive Mayors of London to enable more people to walk and cycle, the number of miles driven on London’s roads is still going up. Between 2009 and 2019, the number of miles driven on roads in the Royal Borough…
… to climate change and support carbon neutral living. Transport is the second biggest source of emissions in Royal Greenwich, after buildings. We need to make walking cycling and public transport the first choice and support the roll-out of ultra-low emission vehicles. Empowering wider change making reaching carbon neutral part of everything we do, including by encouraging and enabling…
… change also deliver many other benefits to the borough, for example: • Cutting emissions from transport requires moving away from combustion engine vehicles which are a major contributor to air pollution. • Insulating and improving homes to make them more energy efficient reduces energy bills and makes homes warmer. • Encouraging active travel by walking and cycling and decreasing…