Reducing carbon footprint primary driver for change
Source: Queensland. Minister for Transport. Media Release
“Driving down the carbon footprint of necessary car trips will be the target of a $56 million transport and roads package announced today as part of the ClimateQ program. Transport Minister Rachel Nolan and Main Roads Minister Craig Wallace said while trip reduction through public transport use and travel demand management were the cleanest and greenest forms of transport use, there was also a need to minimise the carbon impact of unavoidable vehicle usage. Minister Nolan said the package included an initiative to create a greener taxi fleet by providing incentives for operators to choose vehicles with lower greenhouse emissions. “The Queensland taxi industry consists of over 3,000 vehicles and is responsible for about 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions,” Ms Nolan said.”