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Wokingham Borough Council

… electric vehicle-charging sites across the borough; • Encouraging the take up of electric vehicles. Between 15/16 and 17/18 growth in the number of licenced Ultra Low Emission Vehicles (ULEV) in Wokingham Borough was 456 vehicles (76.3%), compared to 30,632 vehicles (74.3%) in the South East region.13 • Promoting ‘My Journey Wokingham’, an active and sustainable travel campaign that supports…

… the borough Page | 20 Areas of carbon reduction Outcomes Actions Improve air quality in the borough. (SDG3; SDG4; SDG5) • Identify and improve key routes to get maximum uptake of walking and cycling • Make public transport more convenient and greener to operate • Increase the electric vehicle charging network in the borough • Considerations to pedestrianising retail centres…

… of strategies such as, the Local Transport Plan 4 there are new opportunities to support the transition to Electric Vehicles (EV), as well as to enable mode shift to public transport, walking and cycling. Where new development takes place there are opportunities to construct sustainable transport infrastructure from the outset. • As the LPU is in the process of being developed there is an opportunity…

… target and is undertaking ongoing work to look at ‘Smart City’ interventions that can improve traffic flows, reduce congestion and stimulate behaviour change to optimise the use of the existing road network. • Electric Vehicles (EV) The council has installed a number of EV charging points across Wokingham Borough in anticipation of the increasing take-up of EVs in the future. The council…

… of sustainable transport modes (Spatial Strategy for the Local Plan will partly influence this) (SDG11; SDG13; SDG17) Increase the number of electric cars in the borough (SDG7) • Local Transport Plan (LTP4) will include consideration of the future of transport and CO2 • My Journey to increase focus on CO2 • Enabling mode shift to increase active and sustainable travel opportunities across…