A wealth of work is under way in North Yorkshire to transform travel across the county and reach an ambitious target to slash harmful carbon dioxide emissions to help tackle climate change within the next eight years.
Action plans are being developed to enhance the network of public electric vehicle charging points, support public transport in making the move to electric vehicles and investigate how more council vehicles can make the switch.
This means addressing challenges, some of which are specific to North Yorkshire, including the deeply rural nature of parts of the county, the level of grid connection and capacity available and the high number of residents who rely on on-street parking.
Members of our transport, economy and environment overview and scrutiny committee will hear an update on work that is progressing towards low and zero-carbon emission transport…