Future of travel: Government seeks views on rural role for green transport innovation

Cecilia Keating
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Series of reports and policy documents published by the Department for Transport this week seek to advance 'future of transport' programme and spur new wave of low carbon transport innovation

From e-bikes to drone deliveries and digital mapping, the government has this week launched a fresh effort to explore how it can leverage technological innovations to make transport systems in the UK's...

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