Transport and Sustainability

Course learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• outline the energy and environmental impacts of transport activities and their importance, and understand that behavioural changes have an important role in achieving transport sustainability
• carry out simple calculations on fuel consumption, CO₂ emissions and running costs and understand the possible limitations to their deployment
• describe the key differences between petrol and diesel engines
• describe the low-carbon fuels and vehicle technologies available to reduce emissions.