Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Thursday, 21 April 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 April 2022. It was answered by Trudy Harrison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 26 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice has his Department given to National Highways on delivering on the Transport Decarbonisation Plan's strategic priority that people should use their cars less often.

Answer: National Highways’ Net Zero plan, published in July 2021, sets out how it will make the operation, maintenance and enhancement of our strategic roads net zero. This aligns with the Department’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan, also published in July 2021, which sets out ambitious and accelerating plans to decarbonise all road traffic and will transform roads’ impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Alongside this, one of the strategic priorities in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan is “Accelerating modal shift to public and active transport" and the document sets out how this this will be achieved.

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