Cleaner, cheaper and better transport Choices
Transport connects us to everything: our communities, workplaces, friends and family, and all of life’s essentials. At the moment, too many Australians are reliant on polluting cars that are expensive to run because we don’t have other options. Australia’s car-centric transport system is costing us in high petrol bills and climate pollution, while making our streets congested and unsafe.
The good news?
We have all the solutions we need to clean up transport and give Australians better choices for getting around.
Improving access to cleaner cars that are cheaper to run
Catalysing action and investment on shared and active transport in our big cities
Advocating for faster interstate rail as an alternative to long haul car trips and plane rides
Improve transport options for Australians
80% of Australians want governments to deliver more and better public transport, services, and two-thirds want governments to deliver more footpaths and bike lanes across the country. Are you one of them?
latest media
Stuck in traffic: 7 million Aussies missing out on public transport
New Climate Council analysis has found more than 7 million Australians living in our five biggest cities don’t have access to the frequent, convenient and reliable public transport options, leaving them stuck using polluting and expensive cars for most of their trips.
Gold standard: New car laws to slash pollution by 20 million tonnes
Climate Council analysis, released today, shows the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard will cut more climate pollution than getting all Aussie homes off gas.
The law that’s slamming the brakes on transport pollution
By end of the decade, the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard will cut climate pollution produced by new cars by more than half.
Resources and reports
Next stop suburbia: making shared transport work for everyone in aussie cities
Our car-centric transport system leaves too many Aussies with little choice in how to get around. We can change this by stepping up the availability, frequency and reliability of shared and active transport.
Our plan to keep cutting climate pollution this decade: How we’ll get around
Under our plan for cutting pollution from transport, more of us will use shared, active and electrified ways of getting around and transporting goods, more often.
What is shared and active transport, and why does it matter?
Transport is Australia’s second largest source of climate pollution, and road transport, like cars and trucks, makes up 83% of this. For decades, governments have prioritised private cars. The result is that, too often, people have no other way to get around. So, what can we do about it?
The law that’s slamming the brakes on transport pollution
By end of the decade, the New Vehicle Efficiency Standard will cut climate pollution produced by new cars by more than half.
Let’s seize the decade!
Want the full plan for how Australia can cut climate pollution by 75% by 2030?
