A far-reaching action plan to tackle climate change in Leeds is calling on the city’s most influential organisations and individuals to work together to ensure the city reduces emissions and prepares for its worst effects.
Produced in a partnership between Leeds City Council, the Leeds Initiative and almost 100 other organisations, the draft Leeds Climate Change Strategy clearly sets out how climate change is affecting Leeds and the consequences for the city if urgent action is not taken. For more information on the including the priorities for transport in the Leeds Strategy click here.
The draft Climate Change strategy for Leeds highlights a number of key transport actions including the following.
Priorities for action
Transport makes up such a high – and growing – proportion of emissions from Leeds, that effective action is essential. This will require the development of financial packages that will allow significant investments in new low carbon infrastructure together with stronger demand management to make better use of the infrastructure that we already have.
Headline actions
I. Consider stronger demand management proposals, together with transport improvements, as part of the overall transport strategy and identify ways to generate funds to subsidise sustainable transport.
II. Lobby as Leeds City Region for increased levels of transport investment.
III. Use regional models to assess the impact of current strategies on emissions and develop models to allow future proposals to be assessed and prioritised based on carbon emissions impacts.
IV. Work with employers to incentivise sustainable transport and to make sustainable transport information more accessible.
V. Consider more flexibility over pre-payment for bus fares (e.g. smart cards with discount incentives) and better integration between public
transport providers and across relevant boundaries.
VI. Promote and subsidise bus travel for younger people to embed bus travel as the norm for later life.
To view the entire document visit www.leedsinitiative.org The final strategy is due to be published in June 2008.
