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Podcast: Engineering Matters
Episode: #149 Roads: Invention needs Ambition
Description: In the UK in 2020, 80% of freight was moved by road and 90% of passenger miles were travelled by road. It is considered a high-carbon form of transport today, but this is changing as new technology is rapidly making electric vehicles and alternative fuels more attractive.Â
With the decarbonisation of road transport, its popularity is expected to increase, with traffic levels set to be higher in 2050 than they are today. Even juggernaut investments in rail such as High Speed 2 are expected to take just 1 to 3% of traffic off the Strategic Road Network.
But while road transport is t...