Can transport authorities balance road building with net zero goals? | FT Rethink

[Music] Can transport authorities combine burgeoning highway building programs with challenging net zero targets. Road transport is responsible for around 12% of greenhouse gas emissions globally. Currently, it's estimated new road building projects worth $2.7% trillion are underway around the world.projects that will almost certainly increase the total volume of traffic and especially car journeys. That may not be ideal from an environmental perspective, but many places still lack the public transport infr ...