ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces a generalised approach to saving energy and emissions in transport; you will need this in conversation and to help structure your own findings. To start with, we discuss personal mobility as a cross-cutting example. COVID has changed how we travel for work; in business, video conferencing has replaced the in-person meeting in many cases, and whilst video brings its own carbon emissions, it is certainly emits much less than driving or flying to meet someone. Business travel is, as discussed, an essential part of doing business, but as anyone who has had to do it regularly will attest, any novelty wears off fast. Airports are the same as home or the office and waiting around is not productive. Increasing congestion and the risks associated with driving make this too an unproductive use of the valuable employees’ time.
