Decarbonising transport: Inequality, joined-up action, and the risk of technological optimism

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The Department for Transport’s (DfT) long-awaited Decarbonising Transport plan presents a technologically optimistic vision that ignores the need to act now, argue Dr Cristina Temenos and Dr Joe Blakey from The University of Manchester. It risks locking in high-carbon futures whilst overlooking transport inequalities and opportunities for joined-up thinking.