Do you support the statements below? If so, could you please add your name and title to the open letter below and circulate this message to others who work in transport?
We will send and publicise the letter on Wednesday, but continue to collect signatures until the government makes an announcement (reportedly due on July 6th).
Best Regards
Dr Steve Melia
Senior Lecturer in Transport and Planning
University of the West of England
Dear Chancellor and Secretary of State,
Car Scrappage Scheme and the Phase-Out of Petrol and Diesel Cars and Vans
We are writing in response to media reports that the government is considering a car scrappage scheme to encourage the uptake of electric cars, and reports that the industry is lobbying to widen such a scheme, to include hybrids or other vehicles powered by fossil fuels. As transport academics and professionals we urge you to resist that lobbying and to restrict the scheme to zero emission vehicles only. We would also recommend incentives to encourage the purchase of electric bikes and mopeds/scooters, which would be affordable to more people.
Continued: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fs5p1Yn8DN-H_q1Zn8Q6WGN2kInIKTma77DhvGgqzTU/edit?usp=sharing
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