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Guidance

Quantifying carbon emissions for local transport planning

Describes methods of carbon analysis and how these can inform local transport strategies and schemes.

From:
Department for Transport
Published
28 August 2025

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Practical guidance on how local authorities can apply carbon analysis to inform the development and quantify the carbon impacts of their transport strategies and schemes.

This document provides guidance on:

  • how and when carbon analysis can be integrated into the process of developing transport strategies and schemes
  • different methods for assessing carbon impacts, including the methodologies and datasets that can be used

It is a foundation from which carbon analysis methods and data can continue to be developed by the Department for Transport and the sector.

It is supported by the Department for Transport’s:

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Published 28 August 2025

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