
Episode 400: Talking Headways Back in Time
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
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How Government Can Influence the Change to More Energy Efficient Transport
Government in terms of their procurement can influence the change to more energy efficient transport yeah so for example what we did in biceps is to set some minimum criteria that supplier has to satisfy when it applies for a public tender for service. Incentives and subsidies are a way for CD to help especially small players to afford zero emission vehicle but there are also other ways because if you just replace a normal vehicle with a zero emission vehicle you don't solve the congestion problem. Other possibilities linked to consolidation that's related to goods but also the use of smaller vehicles like cargo bikes for example.
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