Transport

Projects

Transport Energy and Air pollution Model (TEAM)

The transport sector remains at the centre of any debates around energy conservation, exaggerated...

International supply chains for vehicles and batteries

The UK is currently Europe’s 3rd largest vehicle producer. The automotive sector accounts for 10%

Interactions between sectors in the delivery of low carbon aviation and shipping

Aviation and shipping both require large transportable stores of low carbon energy. At present,...

Energy pathways for emerging mobility systems

Three principal innovations dominate visions of future personal mobility: Electric propulsion...

Ecosystem service outcomes of transport electrification

This project explores the environmental implications of transport electrification using ecosystem...

Sustainable Transport and Planning Electric (STAPLE)

In December 2021 the government published a new Approved Document S in the Building Regulations...

Preparing the power network for electric vehicles

This project explores the geography of vehicle electrification, interactions with the...

The transport report

What policies are effective at reducing carbon emissions from surface passenger transport? This...

Energy/transport systemic change

Research project on the energy implications of transport, providing new insights into the...

Accelerating Decreases in VAN Carbon Emissions (adVANce)

Whilst by 2013, official fleet average emissions from cars and taxis had fallen 9.8 MtCO2e from...

Publications

Journal article

Understanding the large role of long-distance travel in carbon emissions from passenger travel

The authors find that only 2.7% of a person’s trips are for long distance travel (>50 miles one-way), but they account for 61.3% of the miles and 69.3% of the greenhouse gas (CO2 equivalent) emissions from passenger travel.

Aug 2024

Consultation response

Ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans

This joint UKERC/CREDS response outlines views on the Department for Transport and the Office for Low Emission Vehicles consultation on ending the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars and vans by 2035.

Aug 2020

Working paper

UK transport carbon model: reference guide

The UK Transport Carbon Model represents a highly disaggregated, bottom-up modelling framework of the transport-energy-environment system. This reference guide describes the model in detail, including functional relationships, data flows and main data sources.

May 2010

News

Efficient new ships won’t be enough to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals

Shipping has a low profile in discussions of energy and climate change. In this blog John Broderick...

01 Jul 2020

Road to zero or road to nowhere

Policy – and society – urgently need to engage with lowering the demand for mobility Like other...

29 Apr 2020

Are SUVs sabotaging the green transport revolution?

The demand for sports utility vehicles is threatening the UK’s attempts to clean up the transport...

09 Dec 2019

We should all feel ‘flying shame’ when we step onto a plane

Going on holiday is meant to be the one time of year when you forget your worries and let your hair...

10 Jul 2019

Disrupting transport sooner a “no brainer”

What are the impacts if the UK Government were more ambitious than the current ‘Road to Zero’

06 Jun 2019

Co-producing Policy through Stakeholder Workshops

(Repost) As part of our Whole Systems Networking Fund, the "Co-producing the Electric Vehicles...

24 Apr 2019