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Wychavon District Council

… Low carbon travel With low levels of access to public transport outside of the three towns and few dedicated cycle paths, much of the district is highly reliant on road transport. In fact, transport is responsible for 36% of the district’s carbon emissions. While there was a 12% fall in transport related emissions between 2005 and 2013, since then emissions have grown steadily and are now 8…

… commitments to tackle climate change. In January 2018, the Government published ‘A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment’. This sets out goals for improving the environment in England, within a generation, and details how the Government will work with communities and businesses to do this. In July 2018, the Government published ‘Reducing emissions from road transport: Road…

… to Zero Strategy’. This sets out new measures to clean up road transport and lead the world in developing, manufacturing and using zero emission road vehicles. The document outlines how the Government will support the transition to zero emission road transport and reduce emissions from conventional vehicles during the transition. The Government acknowledges the key role of local…

… emissions. The district is reasonably well served by train services and now has a total of six stations. Provision of public bus services across the district is limited and has reduced in recent years. Across Worcestershire the number of bus passenger journeys has fallen by more than four million over the last decade. Community transport solutions and car-sharing clubs are increasingly likely…

… to become more viable ways of meeting local transport needs than new commercially run bus services. Prior to Covid-19, less than 2% of adults travelled by bicycle three or more times a week for non-leisure purposes. During the Covid-19 lockdown, levels of cycling and walking appeared to increase significantly and we are keen to retain some of this modal shift going forward. There is growing…