Readers' Blog: Potential for cycling to cut carbon emissions

The Government’s recently published Annual Transition Statement 2018 has ignored the potential for cycling to reduce transport emissions (1). The legislation is designed to enable Ireland’s transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050.

However, the section of the Statement dealing with the decarbonising of the transport sector demonstrates a complete failure by Minister Ross and his Department of Transport (DTTAS) to grasp the potential contribution that cycling can make to a reduction in carbon emissions.