Increasing the rate at which public transportation is decarbonized through Arriva's Zero Emission Institute
One of Intelligent Transport’s newest Advisory Board Members, Matt Greener, provides insight into the role that Arriva’s Zero Emission Institute will play in accelerating the decarbonisation of public transportation and the significance of using data and technology to create more efficient and sustainable transport systems, as well as why collaboration within the industry is key to achieving climate action targets.
Arriva launched the Zero Emission Institute to help to accelerate decarbonisation. We wanted to create a central hub of knowledge and expertise to support passenger transport authorities (PTAs) in the development and delivery of fleet decarbonisation strategies. We have a unique footprint across Europe, so we have had the opportunity to work with a number of different fuel and energy types, and in different geographic and climatic locations. This means that we are well-placed to share our expertise and work with PTAs to help them to achieve their long-term goals.
We cannot rely on any single solution for decarbonisation – instead, we will need to establish the right technology for each of the countries and regions that we serve based on our clients’ objectives, operational requirements, energy grid capacity and alternative bio-fuel availability.