@article{Brand:2021:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102224,
author = {Brand, C and Gotschi, T and Dons, E and Gerike, R and Anaya-Boig, E and Avila-Palencia, I and de, Nazelle A and Gascon, M and Gaupp-Berghausen, M and Iacorossi, F and Kahlmeier, S and Panis, LI and Racioppi, F and Rojas-Rueda, D and Standaert, A and Stigell, E and Sulikova, S and Wegener, S and Nieuwenhuijsen, MJ},
doi = {10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102224},
journal = {GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS},
pages = {1--15},
title = {The climate change mitigation impacts of active travel: Evidence from a longitudinal panel study in seven European cities},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102224},
volume = {67},
year = {2021}
}

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AB  - Active travel (walking or cycling for transport) is considered the most sustainable and low carbon form of getting from A to B. Yet the net effects of changes in active travel on changes in mobility-related CO2 emissions are complex and under-researched. Here we collected longitudinal data on daily travel behavior, journey purpose, as well as personal and geospatial characteristics in seven European cities and derived mobility-related lifecycle CO2 emissions over time and space. Statistical modelling of longitudinal panel (n = 1849) data was performed to assess how changes in active travel, the ‘main mode’ of daily travel, and cycling frequency influenced changes in mobility-related lifecycle CO2 emissions.We found that changes in active travel have significant lifecycle carbon emissions benefits, even in European urban contexts with already high walking and cycling shares. An increase in cycling or walking consistently and independently decreased mobility-related lifecycle CO2 emissions, suggesting that active travel substituted for motorized travel – i.e. the increase was not just additional (induced) travel over and above motorized travel. To illustrate this, an average person cycling 1 trip/day more and driving 1 trip/day less for 200 days a year would decrease mobility-related lifecycle CO2 emissions by about 0.5 tonnes over a year, representing a substantial share of average per capita CO2 emissions from transport. The largest benefits from shifts from car to active travel were for business purposes, followed by social and recreational trips, and commuting to work or place of education. Changes to commuting emissions were more pronounced for those who were younger, lived closer to work and further to a public transport station.Even if not all car trips could be substituted by active travel the potential for decreasing emissions is considerable and significant. The study gives policy and practice the empirical evidence needed to assess climate
AU  - Brand,C
AU  - Gotschi,T
AU  - Dons,E
AU  - Gerike,R
AU  - Anaya-Boig,E
AU  - Avila-Palencia,I
AU  - de,Nazelle A
AU  - Gascon,M
AU  - Gaupp-Berghausen,M
AU  - Iacorossi,F
AU  - Kahlmeier,S
AU  - Panis,LI
AU  - Racioppi,F
AU  - Rojas-Rueda,D
AU  - Standaert,A
AU  - Stigell,E
AU  - Sulikova,S
AU  - Wegener,S
AU  - Nieuwenhuijsen,MJ
DO  - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102224
EP  - 15
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 0959-3780
SP  - 1
TI  - The climate change mitigation impacts of active travel: Evidence from a longitudinal panel study in seven European cities
T2  - GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102224
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000634865600012&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378021000030?via%3Dihub
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/89043
VL  - 67
ER  - 

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