Transport

Transport authorities and city planners need to work out how to unlock their city without causing a spike in infection rates due to increased levels of activity and social interaction.

Hydrogen has an important role to play in decarbonising the transport sector, which accounts for up to 35% of carbon emissions in some countries. But hydrogen can’t fulfil its potential unless the refuelling infrastructure is scaled up.
The need for this infrastructure is clear. While battery technology is suitable for smaller vehicles and buses on lower end duty cycles, hydrogen is widely seen as the most promising decarbonisation option for trucks, operationally more stretched buses, ships, planes and trains. For these modes of transport, batteries’ lower energy density (hence lower range and hauling capabilities) and slow recharging performance are major disadvantages.

Today, the funding models and wider congestion and emissions priorities roads must meet are vastly more complex. Is it time to revisit road-pricing as we develop and fund highways fit for the 21st century?