The climate change mitigation effects of daily active travel in cities
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- dc.contributor.author Brand, Christian
- dc.contributor.author Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
- dc.contributor.author Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-
- dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
- dc.contributor.author Rojas Rueda, David, 1979-
- dc.contributor.author Int Panis, Luc
- dc.date.accessioned 2022-06-03T06:24:53Z
- dc.date.available 2022-06-03T06:24:53Z
- dc.date.issued 2021
- dc.description.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 under-researched. 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 kgCO2 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 kgCO2/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.
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the European project Physical Activity through Sustainable Transportation Approaches (PASTA). PASTA (http://www.pastaproject.eu/) was a four-year project funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program (EU FP7) under European Commission ‐ Grant Agreement No. 602624. CB is also supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Centre for Research on Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS, Grant agreement number EP/R035288/1). ED is also supported by a postdoctoral scholarship from FWO – Research Foundation Flanders. ML held a joint PASTA/VITO PhD scholarship. SS is supported by the Martin Filko Scholarship from the Ministry of Education in Slovakia.
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- dc.identifier.citation Brand C, Dons E, Anaya-Boig E, Avila-Palencia I, Clark A, de Nazelle A et al. The climate change mitigation effects of daily active travel in cities. Transportation Research Part D. 2021;93:102764. DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2021.102764
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102764
- dc.identifier.issn 1361-9209
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53376
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof Transportation Research Part D. 2021;93:102764
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/602624
- dc.rights © 2021 World Health Organization; licensee Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY IGO license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/)
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- dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
- dc.subject.keyword CO2 emissions
- dc.subject.keyword Active mobility
- dc.subject.keyword Walking
- dc.subject.keyword Cycling
- dc.subject.keyword Climate change mitigation
- dc.subject.keyword Sustainable urban transport
- dc.title The climate change mitigation effects of daily active travel in cities
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