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Sheffield City Council

… of affected vehicles. • We have installed 20 rapid charge electric vehicle charging points in the past year, with a further 7 forthcoming imminently. • We are running electric van and taxi trials to allow businesses, organisations and taxi drivers to trial electric vehicles risk free. • We are consulting on three Active Travel Fund projects to improve cycling routes and reduce traffic in local…

…. Nature is also vital for our wellbeing. We will seek to act in ways which maximise our emissions reductions and addresses the nature emergency and uses nature based solutions. P age 23 Electric vans trials Our hugely popular electric van trial scheme uses behavioural change insights to tackle one of the key barriers in switching to electric vehicles: uncertainty about new…

… neighbourhoods by 2022 and delivering a city centre bike hub. • We are providing a salary sacrifice scheme for employee electric vehicles and will proactively promote this and the bike and ebike salary sacrifice schemes. • To decarbonise the council’s travel, we have invested in 62 electric and ultra low emission vehicles, and are in the middle of a six year vehicle replacement strategy initially aimed…

… at clean air compliance and prioritising electric vehicles. This will be reviewed annually. Nature based solutions and the nature emergency • We will continue to manage our trees and woodlands to protect the 22kt CO2 per year carbon sequestration they provide. • We have increased the amount of land that is managed naturalistically, and are increasing this further. • We are committed to planting…

… • Reduce fleet mileage through driver behaviour training, optimising route planning and journey consolidation. • Switch cars and vans to electric vehicles through fleet replacement programmes. 4. Our role as an employer • We will work to ensure that our electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme is coordinated with other interventions to maximise its impact. • We will understand the skills needed…