Sustainable Transport Special Report

Experts see car dependency and inadequate infrastructure as barriers to reaching our ambitious targets

The trends in transport coming down the tracks and what impacts these changes will have on all of us

Reducing the attractiveness of SUVs would make Ireland’s emissions targets easier to reach, experts suggest

As we prepare for a mass shift to electric motoring, here’s how the cars we drive will evolve

The ideal urban setting has all the amenities you need within a 15-minute walk or cycle. Are 15-minute cities feasible in Ireland?

Plenty can be done to encourage drivers to buy an electric vehicle as their next car

Connecting Ireland plans to give 70 per cent of rural dwellers three return bus journeys a day

Are emissions-free HGVs feasible? Yes but at present the infrastructure just isn’t there

Some see environmental merit in sticking with an old car – they’re wrong, writes Barry McCall

Do electric scooters live up to their environmental claims? And are they safe enough?

As the electrification of the national fleet accelerates, so too does that of the business fleet

Electric-bike production creates more greenhouse gases than regular bicycles but do they hold more potential to change the way we travel?

Ireland’s cycling infrastructure is getting an overhaul in order to make cycling more convenient and, even more importantly, safer

How electric vehicles are taking over the market