The first year of Transport Decarbonisation Plan sees thousands of electric vehicle chargepoints installed and 130 cycling and walking projects launched.

The electric motorbikes to soon become norm on UK roads as new consultation opens to end the sale of new petrol and diesel two wheelers by 2035.

The one-year anniversary marked with launch of new strategy to make walking and cycling people’s first choice for short journeys

The plan set out the UK’s world-leading ‘greenprint’ to create cleaner air, healthier communities and tens of thousands of new green jobs across the UK.

The progress one year on today shows almost 7,500 extra electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed, supporting the 900,000 green vehicles that are on UK roads, and over 130 new walking and cycling schemes have been funded.

The production of zero emission vehicles alone has the potential to support 72,000 green jobs worth up to £9.7 billion in gross value added by 2050.

To mark its one-year anniversary, the government is to launch a new public consultation to accelerate the transition to zero emission travel by phasing out the sale of new fossil-fuelled motorbikes and moped by 2035, or even earlier for some vehicles.

A further public consultation, Course to Zero, is being launched seeking views on the best route to net zero emissions by 2050 for the UK’s domestic maritime sector. This will help inform the government’s future actions to achieve full decarbonisation across UK’s vital domestic shipping industry.

Trudy Harrison, Transport Minister, said:

"Across road, rail, sea and air we have taken decisive action to reduce harmful emissions while enabling innovation and growing the economy."