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Introduction
Here in Dorset transport alone is responsible for an estimated 765 kilotons of CO2e each year, making it the single biggest contributor to our county’s footprint. To reach zero-carbon, fossil fuel use in the transport sector will need to be eliminated. This will not be as simple as just switching to different fuels or energy sources. It will require significant changes in attitudes, planning and infrastructure, economic incentives and political and institutional changes.
Significant action will be required from the Council to eliminate associated emissions from its own activities & services, as well as working with partners and using its influence to facilitate change on a county-wide level.
After detailed evidence and information gathering exercises, led by the EAP and carried out by officer working groups, it has been recommended that the Council implement the following 30 actions in relation to Transport.
Milestones have been identified for each action. This plan shows the immediate targets we will need to achieve by 2023 to keep us on track.
Objective 1
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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Influence national government to secure additional funding |
Partnership/influence | Medium | Improves ecology, builds resilience, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | Medium |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Lobby government |
Partnership/influence | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Lobby paper presented to government by 2021 |
Respond to government calls and submit high quality grant applications e.g. for sustainable travel schemes |
Partnership/influence | High | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability | Medium | Bids made as & when required |
Redirect investment from strategic road schemes to low carbon transport (Work with Subnational Transport Body (STB) and Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) |
Partnership/influence | High | Improves ecology, builds resilience, encourages economic sustainability | None | Meetings held with STB & LEP by 2021 |
Objective 2
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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Improve low carbon transport infrastructure |
Direct, indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | Medium |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Reinforce low carbon transport policies through statutory planning documents including refreshed LTP and new Local Plan |
Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | Medium |
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Ensure access to sustainable transport is considered in planning applications |
Direct | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Planning process to ensure sustainable transport is included as a priority for planning applications |
Investigate potential for small scale park & ride hubs with electric vehicle charging point availability |
Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | Low | Investigation complete by Dec 2021 |
Through Local plan ensure (as far as possible) that developments provide high quality spaces, routes & facilities, or contribute towards facilities for pedestrians, cycles and other car-free modes, EV charging and cycle parking |
Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Transport policies |
Objective 3
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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Encourage decarbonisation of road transport in Dorset |
Indirect, partnership/influence | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Encourage decarbonisation of road transport through development of public EV charging network & promotion of ultra low emissions vehicles, and including on-going management | Indirect | High | Improves ecology | High |
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Encourage use of ultra low emission public transport vehicles (including taxis) – particularly smaller buses | Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Future target beyond 2023 |
Encourage low carbon freight and logistics | Partnership/influence | Medium | Enhances health and wellbeing | None | Freight strategy reviewed and amended |
Objective 4
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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Encourage behaviour change |
Indirect, partnership/influence | Medium | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Encourage and enable more walking and cycling through the production of local cycling and walking investment plans, related bids and initiating infrastructure delivery. Behaviour change through communications. | Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
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Expand cycle training and independent travel training programmes |
Indirect | Low | Encourages economic sustainability | High | Training programmes expanded by March 2023 |
Explore introduction of a bike share scheme in larger settlements | Indirect | Low | Encourages economic sustainability | Medium | Study of bike share scheme completed & implementation initiated by 2022 |
Improve the quality and availability of public transport with a focus on maintaining the core network, better using S106 funds, and creating a new Enhanced Partnership scheme to make services more attractive to the travelling public. |
Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | Medium |
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Encourage behaviour change through active & sustainable travel campaigns and initiatives. |
Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
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Deploy Mobility as a Service (MaaS) applications that provide clear information across a range of travel modes & promote use of the most sustainable travel options |
Indirect | Low | Enhances health and wellbeing | Medium | Deployment plan created & initiated |
Review of parking policy to support mode shift |
Indirect | Medium | Enhances health and wellbeing | None | Parking policy reviewed & policy agreed by March 2021 |
Through the Local Plan ensure (as far as possible) developments are located in sustainable locations close to key services & the need to travel by car is reduced |
Indirect | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Policies developed & agreed |
Work with schools, parents and partners to reduce the carbon foot print of the daily school commute |
Partnership/influence | Medium | Enhances health and wellbeing | Medium |
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Engage with businesses to support sustainable business travel and active travel through the Business Travel Network (BTN)or successor groups | Partnership/influence | Low | None | Medium | Future target |
Objective 5
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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Reduce the need to travel in Dorset |
Partnership/influence | Medium | Enhances health and wellbeing | None |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Working closely with Dorset Business Travel Network and Digital Dorset to promote the use of ICT to individuals and businesses to avoid travel / encourage working from home |
Partnership/influence | Medium | Enhances health and wellbeing | None |
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Objective 6
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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Increase climate resilience of transport infrastructure | Direct | None | Improves ecology, builds resilience | Low |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Understand key risks and potential costs posed by climate change to transport & travel in Dorset |
Direct | None | Improves ecology, builds resilience | Low | Future target |
Objective 7
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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To lead by example |
Direct | Low | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Review & amend procurement procedures to prioritise carbon reduction for Transport Purchases & Leasing |
Direct | Low | Improves ecology | None | Procurement procedure reviewed & amended to prioritise carbon reduction by March 2022 |
Reduce carbon emissions from transport infrastructure construction and maintenance |
Direct | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Ongoing review of warm mix asphalt with view to move to cool mix beyond 2023 |
Objective 8
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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To green the Council fleet |
Direct | Low | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Maximise ultra low carbon vehicle replacement within the Dorset Council fleet - To replace all fleet cars and small vans with battery electric or best possible ULEV alternative by 2025/26 | Direct | Low | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
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Maximise ultra low carbon vehicle replacement within the Dorset Council fleet - Staged replacement of all remaining classes of fleet vehicles other than cars or light vans with electric or best possible ULEV alternative by 2025/26 |
Direct | Low | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | High | Future target |
Expand electric vehicle charging points and other ultra-low emission fuel alternatives across the Council property estate. | Direct | Low | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | High |
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Minimise personal vehicle use for business travel through the introduction of ULEV pool fleet |
Direct | Low | Improves ecology | High |
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Objective 9
Objective | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost |
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To challenge business as usual | Direct | Low | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | Medium |
Actions | Action type | CO2 saving potential | Co-benefits | Cost | 2021-23 target |
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Encourage and facilitate behavioural change in way staff travel to and for work including grey fleet reduction, strategic travel planning with partner organisations | Direct | Low | Improves ecology, encourages economic sustainability, enhances health and wellbeing | Medium | Dorset Council Travel Plan created & initiated by March 2022 |
Reduce the need for staff to travel to and for work through remote working and the use of digital | Direct | Medium | Improves ecology, enhances health and wellbeing | None | Agree future working arrangements through the Workplace Transformation Programme by Sept 2021 |