{"id":129261,"date":"2024-03-27T07:57:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/the-surge-in-suv-sales-in-the-uk-implications-for-carbon-emissions-and-urban-planning\/"},"modified":"2024-03-27T07:57:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T05:57:12","slug":"the-surge-in-suv-sales-in-the-uk-implications-for-carbon-emissions-and-urban-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/the-surge-in-suv-sales-in-the-uk-implications-for-carbon-emissions-and-urban-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surge in SUV Sales in the UK: Implications for Carbon Emissions and Urban Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129261\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>In 2021, SUVs constituted 50% of new car registrations in the UK, a figure that climbed to 60% in 2023. Projected trends suggest that, by 2027, SUVs might account for three-quarters of all new registrations. This growth trajectory, dominated by oil, diesel, and hybrid vehicles, which make up 83% of these SUVs, casts a long shadow over the UK\u2019s carbon budgets.<\/p>\n<p>The environmental impacts of this trend are multifaceted. From a carbon emissions perspective, the preference for larger, fuel-intensive vehicles directly contradicts the UK\u2019s net-zero ambitions. On an urban scale, the rise in SUV registrations exacerbates existing challenges in road safety and efficient space utilization. The increasing vehicle size strains UK roads, posing risks not only to vehicular traffic but also to cyclists and pedestrians. Furthermore, the environmental burden extends beyond carbon emissions, with SUV tires contributing significantly to air pollution levels.<\/p>\n<p>The trend towards wider vehicles is not only reducing road space for other vehicles and cyclists but also encroaching on footpaths with parked cars. Crash data indicating a 3.9-inch increase in the height of vehicle fronts carries a 30% higher risk of fatalities in collisions with pedestrians and cyclists. Several European cities have responded by implementing more restrictive parking rules for SUVs. Paris, the latest and largest European city to address this trend, has proposed tripling parking fees for particularly heavy cars, with citizens voting on the matter. A recent poll by the Clean Cities Campaign found that around two-thirds of Parisians support higher parking fees for large, heavy, and polluting vehicles. If approved, these measures would set a significant precedent for many other European cities considering similar changes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.environmentenergyleader.com\/2024\/03\/the-surge-in-suv-sales-in-the-uk\/\">Environment Energy Leader<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/4-500\/\">The Surge in SUV Sales in the UK: Implications for Carbon Emissions and Urban Planning<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[703,575,13945,11869],"class_list":["post-129261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-emissions","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-planning","tag-suv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}