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Warwick District Council

… Transport In 2017, nearly a third of Warwick’s total CO2 emissions (32.9%) came from transport and mostly road transport from cars, vans, lorries and buses. Action is needed to reduce car journeys, increase cycling and walking, and improve public transport and more low emission vehicles. Such action will achieve better air quality, mobility and health for citizens. Actions could…

… and loans to match fund carbon neutral initiatives and sustainable transport solutions  Establish a responsive local monitoring, forecasting and reporting method for GHG emissions enabling collation of data and emissions reporting across the District. This needs to cover energy use and account for changes in land use from activities like tree planting. The impact of the Local Plan needs…

… a spatial strategy that minimises the need to travel by placing new developments in locations that are accessible to services by sustainable modes of transport and/or ensures new developments integrate a wide range services  Plan ahead for large scale infrastructure investments e.g. new transport hubs and interchanges; green power generation sites – moving radically away from trying to address…

… with WCC to provide suitable re- charging points  Promote modal transport shifts from the use of cars to cycling, walking and public transport through increase of safe routes and encouraging work-based changing facilities where locations permit  Engage local employers and encourage the introduction and investment in Green Travel Plans promoting low emission commuting schemes, best practice…

… and remote working / home working.  Work with WCC, local businesses and other organisations e.g. Transport for West Midlands; Sustrans; Chiltern Railways on a Sustainable Transport Strategy for the District and region which would have wider and more integrated transport emission benefits  Require buses and taxis to be low emission/alternative fuel by 2030  Examine differential parking…