Minister reports major achievements in sustainable transport
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Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan has published the second annual progress report on the implementation of the National Sustainable Mobility Policy (SMP), and the associated SMP Action Plan 2022-2025.
The report summarises the substantial progress made since the policy was launched in 2022. It highlights significant achievements in the second year of the policy’s implementation, including:
The report shows that, of the 91 actions set out in the SMP Action Plan, 70% of actions are completed, on schedule or ongoing. Most of the delayed actions are due for completion by the end of 2024. A detailed progress update is provided on all actions in Annex 1 of the Report.
The report can be accessed on the gov.ie website here.
Speaking about the publication of the report, Minister Ryan said:
“Achieving our carbon emissions reduction targets in the transport sector will be an enormously challenging task, but the tide is starting to turn. Although transport is proving to be one of the hardest sectors to transition to ‘net zero’, the latest figures from the Environmental Protection Agency showed that transport-related emissions in 2023 were 4.3 per cent below 2019 levels, and virtually level with 2022 figures – the first indication we have seen that transport emissions are becoming decoupled from economic growth.”
The Minister added:
“The Sustainable Mobility Policy is intended to create the conditions for more sustainable travel choices, by improving and strengthening our public transport and active travel infrastructure and services, and I remain confident that - by continuing to work together to implement its actions – the Policy can transform how we all travel for work, education, sports and social activities, and how we go about our daily lives with friends, family and within our communities. Supplementing the Sustainable Mobility Policy, a new ‘Moving Together’ strategy, which has recently concluded a process of public consultation, will be another crucial step towards ensuring that our multi-modal transport system is more effective and works for everyone.”
The report demonstrates the extensive collaboration that is happening across a wide stakeholder group – departments, agencies, local authorities, civil society groups, business, industry, political representatives, communities an unions - to achieve the broad-ranging objectives of the Sustainable Mobility Policy.