Guidance

Quantifying carbon emissions for local transport planning

Describes methods of carbon analysis and how these can inform local transport strategies and schemes.

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 28 August 2025

Documents

Local transport quantifiable carbon guidance (QCG)

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Local transport quantifiable carbon guidance (QCG): high-level summary

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Details

Practical guidance on how local authorities can apply carbon analysis to inform the development and quantify the carbon impacts of their transport strategies and schemes.

This document provides guidance on:

• how and when carbon analysis can be integrated into the process of developing transport strategies and schemes
• different methods for assessing carbon impacts, including the methodologies and datasets that can be used

It is a foundation from which carbon analysis methods and data can continue to be developed by the Department for Transport and the sector.

Published 28 August 2025