Encouraging the UK workforce to switch to greener modes of travel for commuting will be discussed at this month’s Smart Transport National Conference.

Speakers will include senior members of the Government team responsible for Commute Zero, a package of measures announced in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan designed to help businesses reduce emissions from their employees’ travel.

The programme works with large employers on measuring and reporting commuting emissions and to support the take up of lower carbon commuting. There is also a commitment to promote car sharing and increase average vehicle occupancy.

The ‘decarbonising the commute’ breakout session will also hear best practice case studies on how companies are reducing car use and business travel.

The Smart Transport National Conference takes place on 22 November at etc.venues, County Hall, London.

Speaker line-up for 'decarbonising the commute':

• Kirsty Austin, deputy director, systems and strategy, future of transport, systems and environment, Department for Transport (DfT)
• Alex Merriman, senior policy adviser, systems and strategy, future of transport, systems and environment, Department for Transport (DfT)
• Ali Clabburn, founder and chairman of Liftshare
• Oz Choudhri, head of mobility solutions - UK & Ireland, Enterprise Holdings

Chaired by Richard Dilks, chief executive of CoMoUK, it is one of a number of informative breakout sessions taking place throughout the day which will be packed with valuable insight and knowledge sharing to help companies achieve net zero.

Kirsty Austin and Alex Merriman talk about the 'decarbonising the commute' session:

Other sessions at the conference include the next steps to transport decarbonisation, how a road user charging scheme could be implemented in the UK and what decarbonisation will mean in practice for transport systems.

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