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Active Travel: Environment Protection

Asked by Deirdre CostiganLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 17 October 2024UIN 8288

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential environmental benefits of increasing active travel.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Government recognises the environmental benefits from increasing active travel including improved air quality and reduced transport carbon emissions. The Department has published a range of reports which outline the environmental benefits from investment in active travel schemes and programmes.

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