All Decarbonisation articles – Page 24
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MT ArticleBath appoints Shire Leasing to deliver financial assistance for hauliers hit by city’s CAZ
Bath hauliers whose businesses suffer from the introduction of the city’s clean air zone (CAZ) next year will be able to apply to Shire Leasing for financial assistance.Bath and North East Somerset Council has announced this week that it is taking on Shire Leasing to deliver its financial assistance scheme ...
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MT ArticleDfT mulls trial of 25.25m long, 60-tonne road train
The government is considering a trial of 25-metre double artics on Britain’s roads as part of a wider multi-modal transport strategy.The move follows the recent launch of a DfT consultation into the use of longer semi-trailers (LSTs) on the UK’s roads, following a successful seven-year trial which showed LSTs delivered ...
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MT ArticleWebfleet offers operators chance to cut fleet emissions and help re-green African drylands
Operators can cut their CO2 emissions and help re-green arid drylands in Africa under an initiative launched this week by Webfleet Solutions and charity JustDiggit.The Green Your Fleet platform allows customers to estimate their annual CO2 emissions based on their fleet size and vehicle types.It then calculates the amount required ...
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MT ArticleManchester CAZ £98m fleet upgrade fund a “sticking plaster on a misguided policy”, says RHA
Greater Manchester is asking for £98m of government funding to help local HGV, coach, van and minibus operators upgrade their fleets to Euro-6 standard ahead of the launch of its clean air zone (CAZ) in the spring of 2022.However the RHA dismissed the funding plans this week as a “very ...
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MT ArticlePetition calling for traffic congestion measures to be ditched gains 15,800 signatures in two days
A parliamentary petition calling for the removal of temporary traffic measures to tackle congestion has reached over 15,800 signatures in just two days.The petition is targeting the temporary road closures, new cycle lanes and the expansion of pedestrian areas and reduction of road space introduced across the UK during the ...
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Birmingham CAZ will launch in June next year, city council confirms
The delayed Birmingham City clean air zone (CAZ) will be launched on 1 June 2021, the city council has confirmed. The move will see non-Euro 6 trucks, buses and coaches charged £50 a day to enter the zone, which lies within the A4540 ring road. Non-compliant cars will be charged ...
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MT ArticleRoad trains could offer eco-friendly solution to shifting freight
How can we move freight with reduced environmental impact? Speaking in a session on Eco trucks at the Commercial Motor Show, Kevin Buck, MD of HazComp, highlighted the concept of the 25.25m long, 60-tonne GCW road train over seven, eight or nine axles.As two such vehicles could be used in ...
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Plummeting pollution levels prompt Leeds and Sheffield to review CAZ plans
Falling levels of air pollution during the Covid-19 pandemic could see Leeds and Sheffield City Councils drop their plans for charging Clean Air Zones.In April this year the government announced the suspension of all Clean Air Zones until “no earlier” than January 2021, as a result of the impact of ...
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MT ArticleSheffield scraps Clean Air Zone plan
Sheffield has dropped “economically damaging plans” to introduce a Clean Air Zone (CAZ) after Covid-19 showed there were alternative ways of improving air quality without charging businesses.Following decisions by Bristol and Leeds to change their approach to driving down emissions, Sheffield City Council said the situation was now “dramatically different” ...
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MT ArticleDFDS to ask third party hauliers to cut emissions as part of climate action plan
DFDS has launched a climate action plan which will require third-party haulier trucks to cut their fleets emissions.The move is part of the ferry operator's plans to cut its carbon emissions by up to 35% over the next 10 years as part of wider plans to become carbon neutral by ...
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MT ArticleFuel duty rise would be huge blow to sector's recovery, warns Logistics UK
Logistics UK has called on the government to scrap plans to ramp up fuel duty to help pay for the Covid-19 crisis.Media reports have claimed chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering raising duty by 5p per litre in his autumn budget, ending a 10-year tax freeze.However, Logistics UK director of policy, ...
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MT ArticlePrimark orders 15 Don-Bur semi-trailers to underline eco credentials
Fashion retailer Primark has taken delivery of 15 longer semi-trailers (LSTs) manufactured by Stoke-on-Trent-based Don-Bur and arranged in partnership with DHL Supply Chain.The LSTs will each carry twice the volume of stock as the company’s existing trailers and will mean 1,600 fewer trailer journeys annually. This amounts to 728,000 fewer ...
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MT ArticleRHA begins National Lorry Week campaign
The RHA has begun ramping up the industry’s profile as it embarks on a 13-week campaign culminating in National Lorry Week between 16-22 November.The event will showcase logistics as being innovative, inclusive and sustainable and follows the HGV Heroes campaign, in which the trade association celebrated the very best of ...
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MT ArticleDitch “fantasy” road allocation policy, RHA tells government
Government plans to reallocate road space is based on a “fantasy” and should be reconsidered, according to the RHA.The association is accusing the government of failing to consider the practical reality and economic consequences of hiving off road space for cyclists and pedestrians, and of using the Covid-19 pandemic to ...
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MT ArticleLeeds Clean Air Zone plan "suspended for foreseeable future"
Leeds City Council has announced that their planned clean air zone (CAZ) has been “suspended for the foreseeable future”, with a review earmarked for the autumn.Officials said that improvements in air quality during the pandemic could mean government support and funding is withdrawn.Chris Ashley, the RHA’s head of policy on ...
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MT ArticleNew carbon fibre home delivery fleet to drive down road miles and emissions
UK engineering firm Penso has delivered its first Blue Ocean home delivery pods, with launch customer Asda taking an initial order for 25 units.Manufactured from a blend of carbon fibre and recycled plastic, the triple-compartment ultra-lightweight pods are said to be able to transport approximately the same weight of goods ...
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MT ArticleNew urban routeing technology based on research into ant behaviour
Researchers at Aston University have claimed commercial fleets could halve their emissions and better meet clean air targets using new technology which imitates how ants share knowledge and scales it up to optimise routes around busy cities.The software, which has been developed and tested by computer scientists in the college ...
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MT ArticleChancellor moots delivery tax to help high street and cut congestion
Chancellor Rishi Sunak is mulling a new tax on deliveries, according to Downing Street, as part of plans to revive the high street and cut emissions and congestion.The tax would be targeted at goods sold online and could take the form of a 2% levy on online sales or a ...
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MT ArticleMove to ban HGVs on Sundays “absolutely wrong”, says RHA
A plan by Hampshire County Council to cut freight movements across the county’s highways by banning truck movements on Sundays has been slammed by the RHA.The plan is part of the council’s policy to reduce the county’s carbon emissions.The strategy also proposes a new rule to stop HGVs from overtaking ...