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Title: | The climate change mitigation effects of daily active travel in cities | Authors: | Brand, Christian DONS, Evi Anaya-Boig, Esther Avila-Palencia, Ione Clark, Anna de Nazelle, Audrey Gascon, Mireia Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin Gerike, Regine Gotschi, Thomas Iacorossi, Francesco Kahlmeier, Sonja LAEREMANS, Michelle Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. Orjuela, Juan Pablo Racioppi, Francesca Raser, Elisabeth Rojas-Rueda, David Standaert, Arnout Stigell, Erik Sulikova, Simona Wegener, Sandra INT PANIS, Luc |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Source: | Transportation Research Part D, 93 (Art N° 102764) | Abstract: | Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) is considered the most sustainable form of personal transport. Yet its net effects on mobility-related CO2 emissions are complex and underresearched. Here we collected travel activity data in seven European cities and derived life cycle CO2 emissions across modes and purposes. Daily mobility-related life cycle CO2 emissions were 3.2 kgCO(2) per person, with car travel contributing 70% and cycling 1%. Cyclists had 84% lower life cycle CO2 emissions than non-cyclists. Life cycle CO2 emissions decreased by 14% per additional cycling trip and decreased by 62% for each avoided car trip. An average person who `shifted travel modes' from car to bike decreased life cycle CO2 emissions by 3.2 kgCO(2)/day. Promoting active travel should be a cornerstone of strategies to meet net zero carbon targets, particularly in urban areas, while also improving public health and quality of urban life. | Notes: | Brand, C (corresponding author), Univ Oxford, Transport Studies Unit, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3QY, England. christian.brand@ouce.ox.ac.uk |
Other: | Brand, C (corresponding author), Univ Oxford, Transport Studies Unit, South Parks Rd, Oxford OX, christian.brand@ouce.ox.ac.uk | Keywords: | CO2 emissions;Active mobility;Walking;Cycling;Climate change mitigation;Sustainable urban transport | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/34205 | ISSN: | 1361-9209 | e-ISSN: | 1879-2340 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.trd.2021.102764 | ISI #: | WOS:000638249600002 | Rights: | 2021 World Health Organization; licensee Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY IGO license | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2022 |
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