Chapter 1. Towards Transport Net Zero

The Transport and Sustainability book series was established in 2009 and its first volume, Cycling and Sustainability , was published in 2012. This is the 20th volume in the series and comprises chapters from editors of and key contributors to the preceding 19 books. They discuss significant issues associated with the subject matter of their own edited volumes as they relate to the transport net zero agenda. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the Transport and Sustainability series and explain why we chose transport net zero as the focus of this volume. We summarise the contents of this book, which have been ordered to first ‘set the scene’ before dealing with active modes, mechanised personal vehicles, mechanised shared modes, transport’s role in economic sectors, and progress towards net zero through a geographical lens and, finally, from different social and demographic perspectives. We conclude by identifying key themes and potential future directions that emerge from the analysis contained within the various chapters.