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Public Transport - Carbon Reduction

Tips to helping you reduce your personal travel footprint

Public Transport - Carbon Reduction

Tips and Advice to help you cut carbon and energy cost

Almost 90 per cent of all trips in the UK are conducted by road, a figure which has remained almost static for the last 10 years.

Car travel will need to drop by 20-60 per cent between now and 2030, to stay within transport's carbon budget for a 1.5C scenario.

Travel less and travel more carbon footprint friendly

Journeys on public bus services since 2011 has seen a fall of 340 million according to Department for Transport data. Despite unpopular fare increases, travel on the rail network has been increasing stedily , but is mainly in the commuter belt around SE London.
For short bus journeys; Walk or Cycle
Plan holidays and travel ahead of time to get the most efficent transport routes.
Travel standard instead of first class on trains.

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