Category Archives: Transport

Tasmania’s transport emissions

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Our submission on policy initiatives needed to abate carbon emissions from Tasmania’s transport sector Submission in PDF is below. To turn pages please hover mouse over lower part of page and click on arrow. Or you may download the submission … Continue reading →

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Transport Forum – Aug 2

Posted on June 29, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Next stop for reducing carbon emissions in lutrawita / Tasmania Transport, Tasmania’s second highest emitting sector at 21%, needs to be decarbonised if we are to reach our net zero by 2030 target. But with electric vehicle ownership at less … Continue reading →

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“Plug it in: Change the world”

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Climate Tasmania

Accelerating electric vehicle uptake in lutruwita / Tasmania Read our report, outlining a transport transition plan for Tasmania, below. “With transport sector emissions reduction plans in development, there’s no better time than now for the Tasmanian Government to put the … Continue reading →

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Don’t try to fix traffic congestion

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Climate Tasmania

Speakers at Climate Tasmania’s well attended July 5 transport forum warned that trying to fix traffic congestion by catering for more cars is a costly and never ending, futile exercise. Dr Eliot Fishman (Institute for Sensible Transport) and Professor Jason … Continue reading →

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Transport Forum – July 5

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Climate Tasmania

Many factors mesh together to create liveable, vibrant, sustainable cities and regions. We need to get beyond simplistic engineering solutions to today’s traffic problems. Here’s an opportunity to think • community health • social equity • climate change • technology … Continue reading →

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Tasmanian transport emissions

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Chris Harries

A necessary debate that Tasmania needs to have regarding climate policy is about how we get around. Our electricity generation mostly being hydro-electric power, it is often mistakenly presumed that the best individual vehicle choice is to ‘go electric’. The … Continue reading →

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