Lilian Greenwood

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people in the UK need to shift from cars to Public Transport to address The Challenge of Climate Change , says the government.

Transport Secretary-General, Grant shapp's said: "Public Transport and active travel is The Natural First Choice for our daily activities.

"We will be our cars less and be able to rely on a convenient, cost-effective and coherent Public Transport network. "

Transport activists was surprised by his comments.

in the Foreword of the government's De-Carboni sing-Transport -advice.

The document was quietly released, without notification of the media, and the seasoned Cycling campaigner Roger Geffen told Bbc News : "It is absolutely amazing.

"Grant The power of shapp's The First government minister in the UK talk tried about traffic reduction since John Prescott (and failed) to achieve this goal, in the late 1990s.

“There are some holes in the document, But it suggests that the government seem to be really taking Climate Change seriously. "

such A hole in the air travel. While Making It clear that many motorists, it is expected that a shift to Public Transport , walking or Cycling, if you suggest seems Mr shapp's' Preface to the aviation emissions Can be solved by technology.

This term is highly controversial, due to the air travel pollution experts.

Mr shapp's shift in emphasis away from to said - where possible - could improve the health of people, better places To Live and travel, and also the promotion of clean Economic Growth .

He Said : "We Are the ideal presents to economic opportunities, in The Vanguard of this change. The faster we act, the greater the benefits.

"Twenty-twenty will be the year we set the required strategies and plans to combat emissions from Transport . This document marks the beginning of this process. "

Stephen Joseph , visiting Professor at Hertfordshire University, told Bbc News : "This is completely gob-smacking. We Are still digesting the document, But Grant shapp's' to really mean the words seem to be a Radical Change . "

The Department of Transport has failed to do for severe criticism in the last few years to reduce emissions, In Line with The Other departments.

Some of the activists, the government must begin to say with the reduction in the sale of large, heavy SUVs, which need more fuel than smaller vehicles and a greater demand for materials, the companies Even if you with power.

When I broke The News of Mr shapp's comments to former Commons-Transport -Chairman Lilian Greenwood she replied: "Wow. This is incredibly welcome, if the rhetoric matches the reality.

"now all our energies on dealing with the Corona Virus, But when we come, on The Other hand, we have a serious emergency, because the emissions need to be addressed from Transport , if We Are serious about turning to The Future of The Planet for the coming generations. "

"It's great if the First Choice is to take the Public Transport and active Transport - But that means to change the government radically to Investment . "

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Source of news: bbc.com