Transport and Covid-19: responses and resources
Transport Climate Action Directory

The Transport Climate Action Directory allows you to translate your decarbonisation ambitions into actions to achieve your climate objectives. 

Over 80 mitigation measures with the evidence to assess their effectiveness are included. Each contains information on CO2 emissions impacts, costs, co-benefits and other considerations. Use the filters to refine your requirements.

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Urban

Education and awareness raising

Awareness campaigns

Public transport information

Economic

Green public procurement

Road charging and tolls

Pricing measures for urban logistics

Parking pricing

Congestion pricing

Infrastructure

Smooth driving: from eco-driving to automated vehicles

Enhanced signalling

Enhanced bus networks

Bus rapid transit network

Express lanes / public transport priority

Land-use planning in urban areas

Park and ride facilities

Enhanced urban rail infrastructure

Support low-carbon fuel infrastructure

Integrated ticketing

Regulatory

Parking regulation

Vehicle restriction scheme

Traffic management: speed limitations

Innovation / R&D

Bike sharing

Ridesourcing and Ride Sharing

On-demand public transport

Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Car sharing

Logistics

Sustainable urban logistics plans

Land-use planning for freight

Combined passenger and freight flows

Change in delivery schedules/night deliveries

Cargo bikes for urban freight

Drop-off collection points / Pick-up consolidation

Electric vehicle delivery fleets

National

Education and awareness raising

Environmental labelling of vessels and emission reporting

Voluntary programs to reduce emissions in logistics

Vehicle and fuel labelling

Economic

Carbon tax for road vehicles

Abolish fossil fuel tax exemptions for maritime transport

Feebates

Environmentally differentiated port pricing

Road charging and tolls

Financial instruments to support decarbonisation

Aviation fuel tax

Infrastructure

Support bunkering infrastructure for alternative fuels

Ground operations emissions reduction

Enhanced non-urban passenger rail infrastructure

Smooth driving: from eco-driving to automated vehicles

Support on-shore power and electric charging facilities in ports

Promoting inland waterways

Park and ride facilities

Electrification of rail

Electric road systems

Enhanced cycle provision

Intelligent Transport Systems (freight) / Capacity increases in rail by automatisation and digitalisation

Procurement of alternatively-powered rolling stock (hydrogen or battery)

Enhanced and expanded rail for freight

Support low-carbon fuel infrastructure

Multimodal freight interfaces

Regulatory

Fuel certification and standardisation based on carbon intensity

National action plans for maritime transport

Regulate short-lived pollutants in maritime transport

Sustainable finance regulations

Vessel scrappage and retrofit schemes

Low-carbon fuel life-cycle evaluation for shipping

Low- and zero-emission vehicle mandates

Green public procurement in shipping

Company car taxation, business travel and teleworking incentives

Restricted access to zones

High capacity vehicles

Setting standards and targets for promoting charging infrastructure

Electric vehicle readiness requirements for new or refurbished buildings

Vehicle efficiency standards

Internal combustion engine and diesel bans

Vehicle weight standards

Fuel quality/Low-carbon fuel standard

Fuel blending mandate

Innovation / R&D

Rural Mobility as a Service (MaaS)

Voluntary programs to reduce emissions in logistics

Freight transport: asset sharing and digital platform

Logistics

Voluntary programs to reduce emissions in logistics

Intelligent Transport Systems (freight) / Capacity increases in rail by automatisation and digitalisation

International

Education and awareness raising

Enhance technical co-operation and capacity building in maritime transport

Environmental labelling of vessels and emission reporting

Carbon labelling for flights

Voluntary programs to reduce emissions in logistics

Economic

Carbon pricing for international shipping

Abolish fossil fuel tax exemptions for maritime transport

Conditionalities in subsidies or tax subsidies in maritime transport

Financial instruments to support decarbonisation

Aviation fuel tax

Emissions trading (aviation)

Carbon offsetting (aviation)

Infrastructure

Intelligent Transport Systems (freight) / Capacity increases in rail by automatisation and digitalisation

Enhanced and expanded rail for freight

Multimodal freight interfaces

Regulatory

Fuel certification and standardisation based on carbon intensity

Regulate short-lived pollutants in maritime transport

Sustainable finance regulations

Low-carbon fuel life-cycle evaluation for shipping

Vessel speed reduction

Regulations to improve energy efficiency of ships

High capacity vehicles

Fuel quality/Low-carbon fuel standard

Innovation / R&D

Voluntary programs to reduce emissions in logistics

Freight transport: asset sharing and digital platform

Logistics

Maritime logistics performance

Voluntary programs to reduce emissions in logistics

Intelligent Transport Systems (freight) / Capacity increases in rail by automatisation and digitalisation