Aligning transport decarbonisation across policy levels
CONCITO has joined forces with Professor Greg Marsden from University of Leeds in analyzing how efforts to decarbonise transport are coordinated between national and local governments.
The results have been published in March 2023 in the study “Aligning transport decarbonisation across policy levels” The study looks in detail at three countries, Great Britain, Sweden, and Denmark.
Based on the study, the following recommendations for the national level are presented:
- Develop a clear national strategy for transport decarbonisation pointing towards climate neutrality, to help reduce uncertainties experienced by citizens, business, and local authorities,
- Explicitly recognize the potential and role of municipal and regional bodies in helping transport decarbonisation, including actions that underpin and implement national measures, as well as measures that employ the unique levers enabled by local conditions, resources, mandates, and democratic engagement,
- Develop a national support program for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning with elements like customized national guidance, platforms, and fora of exchange.
- Explore the prospects of consolidating national funding streams from separate short-term pots of money and individual transport infrastructure investments into longer-term unified support packages with a view to delivering low carbon sustainable urban mobility plans and practices.
Read the analysis ”Aligning transport decarbonisation across policy levels” here:
The recommendations are elaborated in a Danish CONCITO Brief here.
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