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- Transport for NSW aims to increase the mode share of public transport services and reduce the use of single-occupancy vehicles. This includes the Travel Choices Program and travel demand management measures. Apart from reducing emissions through more efficient shared vehicles, this will also have a positive impact on congestion.
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Walking, cycling and public transport lower environmental impacts. Transport for NSW is committed to being a leader in environmental and sustainability performance. It seeks to minimise the environmental impacts of our transport system across all stages of the asset lifecycle, and to identify innovative ways to assess and realise the ...
Improve environmental outcomes. Support the transition to a circular economy for Transport by designing waste and pollution out and keeping products and materials in use; Reduce environmental impacts of projects and operations
Transport is committed to contributing to the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of NSW in the context of a changing climate and current and emerging international and national policy settings and actions to address climate change. This policy prescribes the principles and requirements to:
Transport for NSW seeks to avoid, minimise and mitigate the impacts of roads and other infrastructure on biodiversity during the development and design of its projects. Where impacts cannot be avoided or mitigated, Transport either participates in the NSW Biodiversity Offset Scheme or applies the Transport Biodiversity Policy.
For NSW transport planners and asset managers, there is pressing need to reduce climate risks and impacts on physical assets. One of the ways they’re doing this in NSW is by understanding future climate risks so that they can build more resilient transport infrastructure.
Overall, total NSW emissions were 44 Mt CO 2 -e (or 25%) lower in 2019 than in 1990 . Emissions from some sectors increased from 1990 to 2019: emissions from stationary energy for electricity generation increased from 44 Mt to 52 Mt (18%) transport emissions increased from 19 Mt to 28 Mt (48%).
A range of transport infrastructure and service initiatives being delivered under Future Transport 2056 aims to encourage travel by public and active transport (such as walking and cycling), rather than by private car, which will help reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
